Black River Laser Is Making Tools!

[Chief31794]

Blackriverlaser.com is making tools now, I just finished reviewing their new hole punching die set for the Tandy Snap Setting Press. It is a great product and a lot less than the same tool at Tandy. Here is a link to their tool.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRESS-DIE-LEATHER-PUNCH-HOLDER-SET-FITS-ANDYS-PRESS-SUPERIOR-COSTS-LESS-/141212867759?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20e0f15caf

and here is a video on youtube demonstrating the product.

http://youtu.be/GakWFa9WqJo

Great product and BlackRiverLaser is a great supplier.

Chief

[GlenH]

That's good to know. I've bought quite a few templates from them and have had them make a few custom for me (including having a maker's stamp made), so it's interesting to see them branch off into tools. I bought the hand press from Tandy when it was on sale a few weeks ago, so it'll be interesting to see what else they come up with for it. When I got the press, I only got the rivet setter dies. Been looking at the dies OTB sells, but they're about as expensive as Tandy's.

Have you used any of their templates that use the new flexible material?

[Chief31794]

That's good to know. I've bought quite a few templates from them and have had them make a few custom for me (including having a maker's stamp made), so it's interesting to see them branch off into tools. I bought the hand press from Tandy when it was on sale a few weeks ago, so it'll be interesting to see what else they come up with for it. When I got the press, I only got the rivet setter dies. Been looking at the dies OTB sells, but they're about as expensive as Tandy's.

Have you used any of their templates that use the new flexible material?

Yes,

I try a lot of their stuff when it's designed. I have had them make some custom templates, have most of their standard templates and accessories, and some of my custom templates they sell now as standard. They've made me two maker's marks in different sizes and I did a video on them as well. Great company to work with, I love their products and they are great people.

Chief

Edited March 19, 2014 by Chief31794

[GlenH]

I had some shapes I wanted to use as Christmas ornaments, and I sent Joyce a scan of them. I then had Springfield send her a couple feet of 4 oz leather and she not only made templates from my scan, she was able to cut out the shapes from the leather. That's a big time saver. I just sent some leather for her to use to cut out the guitar pick cases (living in Nashville I hope there's a demand for those). She cut a couple of those from the ornament leather that was left over and those worked so well I figured I'd get a dozen or so (whatever she can cut out of a foot and a half of leather).

On your video you said that you always use round holes for the Mexican round braid. That's a good idea. I did a knife sheath a few years ago and had to drill holes with the drimmel tool because of the thickness. Hmm, I wonder what the maximum thickness you could punch a hole into with this die set is?

Glen