Members JWP Posted June 15, 2013 Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 Good Morning, I'm very new at this and even though I've only been at it for 6 months I'm hoplessly addicted. You guys and gals are doing some amazing things that really blow me away . My question this morning is when using a beveler on my knife cuts the edges of my cuts are pretty much 90 degrees. Some of the work I see from the folks that know what they are doing is different. The knife cut edge has a very attractive roumd shape to it or eased edge. It is like that nice round edge you get when a 3/4 inch board has had a "Sure Form" file taken to it. Is that a matter of technique or is it the type of beveler being used. Would appreciate your thoughts on the matter as well as any helpful guide lines to using this forum i.e. ediquette, length of post, content, etc. Thank you in advance for any help. BTW what are topic tags? Quote
electrathon Posted June 15, 2013 Report Posted June 15, 2013 Pictures would help a lot of what you are doing and how you want it to look. Aaron Quote
Members JWP Posted June 15, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 Thank you Aaron, I have an errand to run and when I get back I'll put it together and post it. Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted June 15, 2013 Contributing Member Report Posted June 15, 2013 The rounded edge is a result of a process. When you first cut the leather, it should be at around 90 degrees. Then, an edger is used to 'shave' the corner off of the edge. Once that is done, the edge is further dressed by dampening and 'slicking'. A tool with a concave face is used to reshape the leather to the rounded edge. But wait, there's more! Once the initial slicking is done, the edge is then burnished (friction and pressure) to make the edge keep that rounded shape. After that it is dyed, and sealed. A very detailed description of this is available here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=18101 Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members Cyberthrasher Posted June 15, 2013 Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 He On 6/15/2013 at 4:04 PM, TwinOaks said: The rounded edge is a result of a process. Hey Mike, I think he was referring to the edges of our tooling. If you just cut a line and bevel it, you're often left with a 90 deg edge on your artwork. There are a couple of ways to take care of that. One is to make a second pass and tilt the beveler back and hope it does what you need - I'm not a fan of that one. My preferred method is to use a modeling spoon. I go over my line once at a 45deg angle to knock off the corner, and then run it over the top real quick to knock back that ridge that was just made, and then sometimes I'll need to go one more along the side (near the cut) to get a nice rounded profile. Once you figure out how to hold the modeler it's just a couple quick swipes. Quote hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted June 15, 2013 Contributing Member Report Posted June 15, 2013 After re-reading the OP I see that now! oops. Nice catch, and I agree with the above. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members Cyberthrasher Posted June 15, 2013 Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 On 6/15/2013 at 4:57 PM, TwinOaks said: After re-reading the OP I see that now! oops. Nice catch, and I agree with the above. Hey, it's Saturday morning - I'll give you a pass Quote hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
Members JWP Posted June 15, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 Well Aaron I found some examples and pasted them into this but got an error saying that jepg wasn't allowed. Do you now how I can get these pics to you? Could I put them in a word document and attach it? Quote
Members JWP Posted June 15, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 Thank you folks. I will still work on getting the examples to you Aaron. Twinoaks, go guitar been playing professionally for 35 years. Thanks gang. Quote
electrathon Posted June 16, 2013 Report Posted June 16, 2013 The above confusion was why I asked for pics. I am guessing that your pics were too big, sometimes they need to be resized down. Quote
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