Complete Beginner - Can Someone Look Over My Order (Am I Missing Anything?)

[pbj]

Hey guys-

I'm trying to make a simple case for my daily items (some paper/kindle/book) and decided to try my hand at it as I can't find one in a size I'm looking for. I'm trying to mimic this design as a launching ground: http://www.tannergoods.com/collections/all/products/document-folio-3 mostly because it looks simple enough to start toying around with and then go from there

In my Tandy cart, I have:

11310-53 - Button Stud 8mm Screwback Brass

1379-11 - Double Cap Rivets Small Solid Brass 100/pk

3101-00 - 2 lb. Mini Anvil

3779-04 - Buttonhole Leather Punch 5mm

8056-00 - Craftool Dot/Rivet Anvil

8076-03 - Craftool Edge Beveler Sz 3

8100-00 - Craftool Rivet Setter

99606-02 - Economy Single Shoulder 6 to 7 oz.

I already have straight edges/cutting boards/knives. Is there anything else I should add to my cart that I'm missing? Anything I should substitute out?

Thanks everyone!

[TXAG]

Ok, forget it then.

Edited December 28, 2013 by TXAG

[electrathon]

Don't buy the anvil, the rivets, the rivet setter, the rivet anvil. All of that is to se one rivet. Either use one chicago screw or sew the sot n the middle.

[electrathon]

tTanner Goods is in Portland, are you here too?

[pbj]

I wanted to try my hand on some cheap leather while I worked out my pattern and to practice my finishing. I plan to eventually buy a nicer piece

Re: rivets. Excellent advice... Don't know why I was so fixated on the rivet. Sewing isn't a bad idea.

The anvil I added because of the sale price, but I guess I don't need it. If there's any more advice like this, I'm all ears!

I'm actually in NY- I found out about tanner through a local shop that carries their dog leashes and collars.

Thanks again!

[electrathon]

OK, if you were in Portland I was going to tell you to show up tomorrow morning for project class.

[Dwight]

I saw one tool I would get if I were you, . . . it is called a plastic bone folder. It sells for about 6 bucks.

It will allow you to burnish the edges of your project, . . . and there looks like a lot of edge work on that particular type folder.

Some folks don't do anything but edge their leather projects, . . . I burnish mine also, giving them a smooth appearance, and making them smooth to the touch, which in the long run will make them much less apt to fray, get rough, and look like a hobo's grub sack.

That tool is real easy to use also, . . . after you have edged and sanded the project, . . . lay it flesh side down on your work surface, . . . select the right trough for the leather to ride in, . . . dampen the leather edge with water, . . . rub the tool back and forth, . . . it slicks the edge right nicely.

The tool looks (a side view) like the drawing, and it does a really nice job on 8 oz or lighter veggie tanned leather.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Northmount]

The little Tandy anvil is so useless, it can maybe be classed as a decoration. When you do go for an anvil, get something that is 15 to 20 lbs or more.

Tom

[Nuttish]

That Tandy economy shoulder will have a lot of flaws to work around and may not be big enough for what you need. The Tanner envelope is one piece of leather if I recall correctly.

Honestly, for what it's going to cost to make and the practice it will take to make it well enough, just call Tanner up on the fone and ask them to make you one in a bigger size. Lots of people draw their patterns in Adobe Illustrator so they can resize anything very easily. I suspect a bunch of Portland hipsters will be able to do you right if you ask nicely and give them some mustache wax.

Damn that would be lovely in 6/7 English bridle.

[Nuttish]

Also, the design is deceptively un-simple. Drawing that pattern will be a fun exercise.

Add a 1/2" Pippin punch to your shopping basket.