Members rmr Posted February 22, 2015 Author Members Report Posted February 22, 2015 Hi Thor Thanks for the advice Quote
Members Oldtoolsniper Posted February 22, 2015 Members Report Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Try looking for a gouge in the correct size you need. Wood carving type. They come in about any size you could hope to want. A lot of the woodworking stuff will work on leather. I'm not a carver but I think the radius of the cut is called the sweep. Edited February 22, 2015 by Oldtoolsniper Quote
Members BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 22, 2015 Members Report Posted February 22, 2015 Take electrical conduit, or some other pipe/tube with an inside diameter that will work and use it. Just sharpen the edge by beveling the outside to a proper edge, then cut 3/4 of it off. When punching I found that end grain wood works best. Across the grain won't cut as clean, but end grain allows the punch to bury some into the fibers resulting in a clean, and easy cut. At work I use a short 4x4 on end. Quote You laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at you because you are all the same.
Members johnv474 Posted March 1, 2015 Members Report Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) The Tandy corner punch costs $30-50. A much cheaper alternative ($14 or so) is to buy a large-sized CS Osborne belt punch and file/Dremel off the part you don't need. A 3/4" diameter is part number Osborne 245 3/4. Here is their chart, showing that they are made up to 1" diameter: http://www.csosborneupholsterytools.com/product_detail.php?p_id=925 While searching for online prices I found them from Greenboatstuff, I think it was called. Other places sell too (some at ridiculous prices). -JV474 Edited March 1, 2015 by johnv474 Quote
Members CustomDoug Posted March 1, 2015 Members Report Posted March 1, 2015 My .02$ - I'd actually rather have to sharpen the chinese ones rather than have to start from scratch and make a whole range of corner punches from conduit or round punches... though I have no doubt that they'd work just as good or better. But if needing a range of them the Chinese ones are a cheap way to save a lot of effort IMHO. I'd look at buying the ones from Goodsjapan since their tools usually get a bit better reviews than the tandy tools.. and they are reasonably priced too. On the other hand, I have had the following set in my 'watch list' for a while too - they are chinese yes, but they certainly look a lot more refined than some of the others (FWIW): http://goo.gl/nPZa2Y Doug C Quote Does Anyone Know Where the Love of God Goes When the Waves Turn Minutes to Hours?
stelmackr Posted March 1, 2015 Report Posted March 1, 2015 I cut thousands of corners every year and use this: http://www.amazon.com/Lassco-Radius-Corner-Rounder-Desktop/dp/B006OEG3JS It is expensive, but cuts leather consistently the same.... Bob Stelmack Quote Bob Stelmack Desert Leathercraft LLC Former Editor of the, RawHide Gazette, for the Puget Sound Leather Artisans Co-Op, 25 years of doing it was enough...
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