Beveling Small Details

[3ntin]

Hi guys!

I have a question, quite stupid I think, but I am a noob so please be patient =)

I have some troubles when I have to bevel small details on my carvings. I have a Craftool B197 beveler, which is good for general usage, but not very comfortable for small details, and I di many works with small details.

So the question is: are there smaller bevelers to do that? Any particular technique?? Or do I need more practice??

Thanks a lot!!

Daniele

[Tree Reaper]

Daniel;

There are smaller bevelers than the 197.

Barry King puts a steeper angle on his bevelers which is better than the Tandy tools for small impressions.

If the impressions are real small a stamp may suffice.

When you can't buy what you want then you can always have it made.

[Cyberthrasher]

Yes on all points.

You'll want a "Sheridan" style beveler. Most aren't labeled as such. They're just steeper angles. All of Barry King's bevelers are Sheridan style, as well as many of the other makers that aren't associated with Tandy. The "Sheridan" tools are designed to work in those tight places that you find in that type of work. I use Barry King's smooth bevelers. Also, a modeling tool is a beveler as well and can/should be used for those tight spots. Most importantly, practice

Edited December 23, 2013 by Cyberthrasher

[3ntin]

thanks for the answers..!

I got my beveler with a basic kit including the swivel knife and some tools...it worked good for the first time, but now I need something better. can you tell me where ti find such tools?

[Tree Reaper]

http://barrykingtools.com/page5.htm

I'd contact Barry and tell him exactly what you need.

[JLSleather]

It depends on what you call "small" and "detail". I bought that B197 a LONG time ago, still use it. There's always some monkey wanting to talk you into buying some more stuff around the leather shop. YOU decide if you need it, or it's just someone repeating something they heard from someone who heard from someone ....

If you want to spend more money, get the best grade of leather available. learn the proper moisture content, and have fun. These were done with those "cheap" craftools (including the 197) with chubby little fingers ... (oh, yeah, the anchor picture actual size is 6" circle, chain links are about 1/4" long x 1/8" wide).

Edited December 24, 2013 by JLSleather

[JLSleather]

Oh, and all these belts made with the same useless 'junk' (some by me, some by that chubby girl). Crap - I should just throw those old tools away, maybe ... (I admit it seems a bit rediklus to use a compressed file to talk about detail )

[Tree Reaper]

Are those stars stamped or carved?

[electrathon]

It depends on what you call "small" and "detail". I bought that B197 a LONG time ago, still use it. There's always some monkey wanting to talk you into buying some more stuff around the leather shop. YOU decide if you need it, or it's just someone repeating something they heard from someone who heard from someone ....

If you want to spend more money, get the best grade of leather available. learn the proper moisture content, and have fun. These were done with those "cheap" craftools (including the 197) with chubby little fingers ... (oh, yeah, the anchor picture actual size is 6" circle, chain links are about 1/4" long x 1/8" wide).

You are right. Many of the old Craft tools were decent quality. It is the new ones that are a mess.

Your work looks good. I would love to see something you did with the crispness of high end tools. I think you likely would be one of the masters.

Aaron

[JLSleather]

Thanks, Aaron .. and those stars are stamped (yep, cheap crap, Tandy Z-something)

Oh, and jus fer fun, here's the rest of that design. I think these are hard. NO part of the design is original, except the size and shape of the binder. With an original design, you can do whatever shape you think of, and you can make it any color you want to. With this, and a few others, some Coast Guard boys went nuts needing these for some kind of rank thing. The design had to adhere to the original and the colors had to be at least quite close. The anchor design is standard USCG 'stuff', and the grey (which was a bit difficult to match) is some kind of job classification (hydraulic guy, I think).

So, the emblem and classification courtesy of the USCG boys, the banner mine, and the color belongs to a little chubby girl. Still, I kinda liked it.

Edited December 24, 2013 by JLSleather