Moderator bruce johnson Posted September 15, 2008 Moderator Report Posted September 15, 2008 I have been taught two ways to skin the handhole. Originally I was taught on the swell forks to make the hand hole cuts in my ground seat buildups as I went. The first few slickforks I did it that way too. I then went to cutting the handhole last on them, and like that smooth transition behind the horn better. Curious how everybody else does this, and any tips and tricks are always appreciated. Quote Bruce Johnson Malachi 4:2 "the windshield's bigger than the mirror, somewhere west of Laramie" - Dave Stamey Vintage Refurbished And Selected New Leather Tools For Sale - www.brucejohnsonleather.com
Members greg gomersall Posted September 15, 2008 Members Report Posted September 15, 2008 I cut all of mine after the ground work is complete. Due to the fact I use an all leather ground seat I have to make sure my seat is completely dry before cutting. Greg Quote
Members AndyKnight Posted September 15, 2008 Members Report Posted September 15, 2008 I also cut mine when the ground seat is complete. same reason as Greg. Quote Andy knight Visit My Website
Steve Brewer Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 I cut the hole out after the seat is put in and dry.Build a few that we don"t cut the hole at all. Quote
Members kseidel Posted September 22, 2008 Members Report Posted September 22, 2008 Bruce, On an all leather ground seat, I too cut dry and finished. However, on a seat with a metal strainer, I rough cut as I go. I use right and left handed lip knives for this job. It is much easier to cut the curves. Keith Quote Keith Seidel Seidel's Saddlery www.seidelsaddlery.com
JAM Posted October 4, 2008 Report Posted October 4, 2008 Bruce,On an all leather ground seat, I too cut dry and finished. However, on a seat with a metal strainer, I rough cut as I go. I use right and left handed lip knives for this job. It is much easier to cut the curves. Keith, what is a lip knife? Quote Life is unpredictable; eat dessert first.
Members kseidel Posted October 6, 2008 Members Report Posted October 6, 2008 JAM, A lip knife is a knife popular with shoe and bootmakers. It has a squared off tip and the tip is curved tp the right or left at about a 90 degree angle. The "lip" is not sharpened, and the length of the blade is only sharpened on the outside creating a curved blade. The curve allows the blade to cut only curved lines. Thus the right and left knives. I believe that Panhandle leather stocks them. http://www.panhandleleather.com/ They are fairly in-expensive. Keith Quote Keith Seidel Seidel's Saddlery www.seidelsaddlery.com
Members okiwen Posted October 6, 2008 Members Report Posted October 6, 2008 We cut the hand hole out after the ground is dry with a small hole saw from the underside. Quote - - - -Kevin Orr
gtwister09 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Posted October 14, 2008 Bruce, I always cut them last. Looked at several of the "leather ground seat" instructions that I have around and all of them likewise did it last. Regards, Ben Quote
ArtS Posted October 15, 2008 Report Posted October 15, 2008 I was taught to build it around it as I built up the ground seat. I use the plug like AS did. Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
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