Macbook Air Case

[Stitch Dex Holsters]

Sometimes simple just works, to me, this just works. I got a Macbook Air, naturally it needed a case

[Hi Im Joe]

So did you airbrush the letters on? It looks pretty awesome!

[Stitch Dex Holsters]

Thank you for the kind words. I guess i should have said something, it is laser engraved.

[JoeSnuffie]

I really like how you did the buckle.

[Hi Im Joe]

Thank you for the kind words. I guess i should have said something, it is laser engraved.

That is even cooler!

[Stitch Dex Holsters]

Thanks guys! Sometimes I feel like I am cheating. I just put it in the laser and it cuts it out and engraves it. All i do is sew it up and make the patterns. I am trying to look at like an art of a different kind......all of these guys do beautiful work tooling leather...well I can't do that but, I can work in adobe AI

[Hi Im Joe]

Sometimes it is very important to know what you are good at. However, If I can mash stamps onto leather and produce a design so can you. By the same token I know if I spend enough time learning adobe (I use inkscape b/c its free) I can create cool laser cut designs. It's really a function of how bad you want it.

[Stitch Dex Holsters]

Sometimes it is very important to know what you are good at. However, If I can mash stamps onto leather and produce a design so can you. By the same token I know if I spend enough time learning adobe (I use inkscape b/c its free) I can create cool laser cut designs. It's really a function of how bad you want it.

Thats true, I enjoy the design side of leather crafting. When I do the tooling its harder to get whats in my head out in the leather, but I guess thats true for most people.

I got the laser to cut out patterns for my holsters. I wasn't even thinking about the engraving side of it. Now it has become a big part of my business and one of the things that sets me apart from the crowd.

[MonicaJacobson]

Dude, you got a laser cutter? Cool. Also, very nice case. I love it. The closing tab, the laser engraving, and everything. It looks really classy. I don't think laser cutting is cheating; you still had to put it together, and it doesn't look like tooling, it looks like laser engraving, which is cool.

[Wild Bill46]

I'm with both Joe's and Monica.

If you say its laser, its laser and not tooled, thats not cheating at all ! You did have to learn Adobe in the first place Right ? you simply found yourself a knitch in which to use your learned skill, Thats cool. I like everything about it ... Great work !

[Stitch Dex Holsters]

When my daughter seen my macbook case, she wanted me to make her an iPad case. She is an english major, this has something to do with literature...... I don't know I just do what she tells me

Edited June 30, 2014 by Stitch Dex Holsters

[Jess Jones]

May I ask what laser engraver set up you have? Also how much you paid for the total setup? Thanks!

[Stitch Dex Holsters]

Jess,

I bought a Rabbit laser....before shipping, installation and training it was $6,400.00 for the model I got. So far they have been nothing but helpful from the beginning. I can't say enough good things about everyone there.