Members gicts Posted November 30, 2008 Members Report Posted November 30, 2008 My sweet heart's father is a big guy....really big. She asked me for Christmas to take 2 of his old watches he enjoyed wearing and make wrist bands 2 inches longer than the largest wrist band that's on it (the biggest replacement which he could find produced) so he could wear it. After looking them over, I'm pretty comfortable with the strap part. Simple one piece,fold in half and stitch. I'll need to find a pretty tiny hole punch though! When it comes to the buckle strap, I'm having problems seeing how it is cut and assembled. Any help or pics would really be appreciated. Thanks! Quote
Members Monticore Posted November 30, 2008 Members Report Posted November 30, 2008 try here ,http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=2532389&rid=2003 but the buckle part is the same way with two folds and a skived joint underneath . depending on leather thickness and watch/springbar distance you may need to skive/thin out the area at the lugs to get it to fit. i am still a rookie so the pros might some more info. My sweet heart's father is a big guy....really big. She asked me for Christmas to take 2 of his old watches he enjoyed wearing and make wrist bands 2 inches longer than the largest wrist band that's on it (the biggest replacement which he could find produced) so he could wear it. After looking them over, I'm pretty comfortable with the strap part. Simple one piece,fold in half and stitch. I'll need to find a pretty tiny hole punch though! When it comes to the buckle strap, I'm having problems seeing how it is cut and assembled. Any help or pics would really be appreciated. Thanks! Quote
Members gicts Posted November 30, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 30, 2008 (edited) thanks for the link. Kinda needed to see it in action. For the life of me I can't figure out how he slipped the buckle in! Edited November 30, 2008 by gicts Quote
Members gicts Posted November 30, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 30, 2008 (edited) Never mind, I think I got it. Still going to need a lot of trial and error, but I think I've got the rough process under my belt. http://imageshack.us' rel="external nofollow"> Edited November 30, 2008 by gicts Quote
Members Monticore Posted December 1, 2008 Members Report Posted December 1, 2008 some buckle come with springbar.screws that can be mounted after the strap is done and not sewn in. which makes it easier to work with the strap . panatime.com has some decntly priced buckles. Quote
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