You Never Know What You Are Going To Get In To

[taintedelephant]

So I went to Tandy to get one of those kits, because I needed something to carry a multi tool and a flashlight. Next thing you know I'm building a work bench and scrambling for tools. I have a bug, and I don't see a cure in sight.

[hobbihorse]

HaHa...Welcome! I got the bug when hubby bought me a Tandy's beginners kit for my Bday. Now we no longer have a kitchen table...it is my work station!

[Troy Burch]

Welcome. A word of advice, put that leather in a dark place or wrap a blanket or something around it. It will darken where the light gets to it and when you unroll it you'll have light and dark areas. Good luck and happy carving Troy

[taintedelephant]

Thanks Troy. Do you see any other problems storing it rolled up like that?

[Tramps Leatherworking]

I know what you mean --- I have been on a tool buying binge here lately, and thanks to me Barry King should have a very Merry Christmas...

[Halitech]

That's the way it happens, you start out making one little thing and it turns into an obsession lol

I used to keep mine rolled and only issue I had was trying to get it flat enough to cut for projects. I started hanging mine flat in my closet with a blanket covering it to keep the light off it.

[Peter Darby]

I had lots of good knives with crappy sheaths. Course once you make a sheath you need a belt. And a little pouch would be nice. Then your wife and mother need something and suddenly you have a new hobby.

[Dwight]

Like all hobbies, . . . when we get to be ground temperature, . . . it won't affect us as much any more, . . . but until then, . . . ya just gotta give in and have at it.

My wife thinks I have too many hobbies, . . . I'm still looking around to see if there is anything I am missing

May God bless,

Dwight

[BDAZ]

I started by making a replacement belt for a Zuni buckle...$10,000 later I'm in the leather business with no dining room, family room and one less bathroom. I figure the belt cost $200 an inch!

We need a 12 step program!

Cya!

Bob

[cgleathercraft]

I started by making a replacement belt for a Zuni buckle...$10,000 later I'm in the leather business with no dining room, family room and one less bathroom. I figure the belt cost $200 an inch!

We need a 12 step program!

I stopped adding it up at $4000. that was only from a little over a year when i first started. 3.5 years later its still a hobby...

looking for that 12 step program to "hobby" full time now....

[taintedelephant]

Thanks guys. It doesn't help me any that one of my other hobbies is tool acquisition, or that I always get the idea that I can build specialty tools either cheaper or better than I can buy them. Any way I'm afraid to do the math on my purchases.

Halitech. I wanted to hang it flat, but I just didn't have the space on that wall, I need a bigger place.

Dwight, Have you tried painting, photography, or wood working? I got carried away with all of those just not as fast as leather.

[Red Cent]

Troy Burch, are you jerking somebody's chain:)?

[cgleathercraft]

Troy Burch, are you jerking somebody's chain:)?

Ruined a project because it set in the perfect position to catch direct light from the sun on only half of it. light on one side, nice and dark on the other (like getting a tan).

Short answer - nope

[Grey Drakkon]

Welcome to the club! I figure there's far worse things than being addicted to leather since it keeps ya busy and out of trouble...Until you get near some tools you just need to have, oh, or maybe some new patterns to try out, oh, or some nice new leather... >_> No, I don't suffer from an addiction, I love every minute of it! ;D

[Troy Burch]

No I'm not jerking anyones chain. Everyone knows sunlight will darken leather, but I can tell you from experience light bulbs will also. I came home with a new side I'd picked out myself and it was a very nice and clean piece of leather, left it rolled up and laying on a table where the only light was coming from ceiling fan light. When I unrolled it about 2 weeks later there were dark streaks on the edges and thru the middle of the roll, had to work around the two different colors.

[taintedelephant]

Wish I could get a tan from light bulbs. I was going to ask about light bulbs, I'm going to tack something over it.

That also gives me an idea, to make some sort of a mask, or even a high contrast black and white negative, and do that intentionally.

[Tramps Leatherworking]

Damn, that whole light thing must be what happened to this cow... Troy, is this where you get your leather?

Edited December 9, 2014 by Tramps Leatherworking

[BDAZ]

it happens from the UV in fluorescent bulbs and CFLs give off a lot. I am not sure how much effect an incandescent bulb would have. I am in the wide format printing business and for certain advertising applications we have to warn about being too close to fluorescent lighting to avoid color changes.

Cya!

Bob

[Colt W Knight]

Like all hobbies, . . . when we get to be ground temperature, . . . it won't affect us as much any more, . . . but until then, . . . ya just gotta give in and have at it.

My wife thinks I have too many hobbies, . . . I'm still looking around to see if there is anything I am missing

May God bless,

Dwight

I have the too many hobbies problem. I have a new rule. I don't start any new hobbies that don't pay for themselves. Fortunately, my firearm and photography hobby began before my rule was enacted. They get grandfathered in.

I like that celtic looking bear. It looks very neat.

[leatherwytch]

I have mine rolled up in tubes and in a closet. Works for me.

[taintedelephant]

I have the too many hobbies problem. I have a new rule. I don't start any new hobbies that don't pay for themselves. Fortunately, my firearm and photography hobby began before my rule was enacted. They get grandfathered in.

I like that celtic looking bear. It looks very neat.

I'm going to put that on the cuffs on the right, as soon as I get brave enough, I think I'm almost there.

I have mine rolled up in tubes and in a closet. Works for me.

What kind of tube, cardboard? Where did you get one big enough?

[MonicaJacobson]

Yeah, the bear is awesome.

I would never have started leatherworking if I had realized how expensive. But it's awesome, it certainly can pay for itself very quickly.

[Dan28]

Got the same bug. I guess I'm about 5 months in, and have probably already spent $1500 to $2000 on leather and pig skin alone. I've also bought a lot of hardware and supplies that is probably at least a couple hundred in drings, rivets, buckles etc. I don't have a ton of tools, but I have begun expanding my collection and they are generally not cheap. Then there is stuff like a powder coating gun, powders, and small toaster oven I bought because I wanted different color hardware. When I started, I wanted to make a heavy belt, a holster and possibly a messenger bag. I'm probably in at least $4000 myself and I'm not selling anything. A lot of my costs came because I decided to make all my Christmas presents this year.

[taintedelephant]

Gifts are my excuse for spending right now, I have to come up with a new one soon. I got a good deal on a couple of sides, between that and the remnants I got that should keep me in leather for a while.

[BDAZ]

I decided to make all my Christmas presents this year.

Probably will be your most expensive Christmas presents EVER!

Cya!

Bob