Ambassador Luke Hatley Posted January 30, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted January 30, 2008 Timbo when you moulded the cases did you make a wood form to do your molding ? I have been asked to do 24 Zippo lighter cases. I started cutting out the wood today. Quote Luke
Contributing Member Jordan Posted January 30, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted January 30, 2008 a couple of pics of what I did for mine, just thought you might like to see'um Quote
SCOUTER Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 Timbo, SWEET! Nice Stiching, Tooling and NICE SNAP! Thanks for posting! Jordan- Also nice! I guess you case the leather and place the square-holed wood piece over the form and sandwich the leather? Wet-forming is Quote
Contributing Member Jordan Posted January 30, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted January 30, 2008 Yup, a couple of C clamps overnight, had alot of fun making the mould and the cases, not very efficient for production but came out pretty good for not really knowing if it would work, I have even sold a few. Quote
Timbo Posted January 30, 2008 Author Report Posted January 30, 2008 Timbo when you moulded the cases did you make a wood form to do your molding ? I have been asked to do 24 Zippo lighter cases. I started cutting out the wood today. Luke, I do them pretty much the way Jordan shows. Funny thing is that I just made a Zippo buck over the weekend too. I make all of my bucks out of oak and use c clamps as well. Only problem with oak is if you leave them in too long they start to turn color as it draws the tannin out of the oak. I take mine out after about half an hour and set them aside and let them dry. On the cell cases I use a big enough chunk of leather to press mold all 4 sides then cut off the top. When you try to do three sides the open/top side won't pull tight. Which is okay for lighters as it makes it easier to get out of the case. But I still wind up cutting some of the top off anyway. Thank you all for kind words!!! Tim Quote
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