Members craftsman827 Posted February 12, 2016 Members Report Posted February 12, 2016 Most of us leather workers don't have enough space to store our leather flat. So we roll it up. My question is which way to roll it ? Grain or flesh side on outside ? I store mine flesh side out, so I don't get tan marks from the light. Then the leather is bent ! What about rolling grain side out, covered in packing paper ? Quote
Members JerseyFirefighter Posted February 12, 2016 Members Report Posted February 12, 2016 Curios as to this as well. I know I receive SLC's leather flesh side out, however RJF sends flesh side in. Then again the first is veg tanned and the second is latigo. Quote Rob www.ridgewayleatherworks.com IG: @Ridgewayleatherworks FB: RidgewayLeatherworks
Troy I Posted February 12, 2016 Report Posted February 12, 2016 I store my leather the way I get it from Wickett & Craig Tannery...rolled with the grain side out, heavy packing paper on the outside to protect it from light and scratches. Quote TroyImler's LeatherBentonville, VA 22610 http://www.ebay.com/usr/imlers_leather
Members TinkerTailor Posted February 12, 2016 Members Report Posted February 12, 2016 Grain side in is more likely to induce wrinkles. Quote "If nobody shares what they know, we will eventually all know nothing." "There is no adventure in letting fear and common sense be your guide"
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted February 12, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted February 12, 2016 I like it flat.. grain down. Cover a table with cardboard, then stack hides face down on it. I'd love to have a separate "slot" for each weight / type of leather, but just don't have teh room for all that. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Dwight Posted February 12, 2016 Members Report Posted February 12, 2016 When I built my hobby / leather shop, . . . that was one of the concerns. I had to put up a divider wall between two sections, . . . instead of a 2 x 4 wall that would be all wasted space, . . . I used a 2 x 12 on the end of it, . . . put an OSB back on it, . . . an OSB door on the front, . . . and all my leather hangs in the "vault" nowadays. I made swinging arms that would hold 6 or 8 pieces each, . . . so I can just open the door and thumb through what I have until I find what I want. What little I have rolled up, . . . sits on the floor of the vault, . . . awaiting a day when it too will be hung up. Greatest invention I've done in a long time. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members Wild Bill46 Posted February 14, 2016 Members Report Posted February 14, 2016 Dwight, You've intriqued me ! When you say you used 2x12 on the ends ? and made swinging arms to hold 6-8 pieces on each ? Maybe its just me but, I can't imagine this. Do you have pictures of your invention ? This is exactly where I'm at now, in my thinking process, for a small future shop, and its storage ? --- Wild Bill46 Quote
Members Dwight Posted February 14, 2016 Members Report Posted February 14, 2016 Actually, . . . what I have is nothing more than a big box, . . . almost 8 feet tall, . . . 4 feet wide, . . . 12 inches deep. I have racks inside, . . . that swing, . . . allowing me to pick what ever piece I want for this item, project, or task. Really pretty simple when you come down to it, . . . and as I said before, . . . was putting up a wall anyway, . . . just made it thicker and hollow, . . . serves as my "vault", . . . so to speak. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members Wild Bill46 Posted February 14, 2016 Members Report Posted February 14, 2016 Thank you for sharing your vault pictures ! This just may be what I need to help me make up my mind, how I want to store my leather. Tidy, out of the way, and accessible. almost leaves no room for thinking. Thank you once again Dwight. --- Wild Bill46 Quote
Members Dwight Posted February 15, 2016 Members Report Posted February 15, 2016 Actually, . . . the original plan was for a table with drawers or a lifting top, . . . something where my leather would lay flat. I wound up not having as big a place for that table as I felt I needed, . . . had to look for another way, . . . got the inspiration just as I was getting ready to make that wall, . . . and as the saying goes, . . . the rest is history. What I really like, . . . is once it has hung in there for a couple of days, . . . most of the curl from being rolled goes away, . . . and it makes life easier down on the cutting table. Good luck.... May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
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