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3 minutes ago, Brianm77 said:

Mainly wallets, maybe a money clip or two, small little what not project. 

May have to give it a try. This is still a hobby and I would like to slow down on buying tools for now.  Maybe tinker with an iron later. 

 

Does the Tokolone use the same process as well?

I'm waiting on it to arrive. It's in transit. The antique paste runs 7 or 8 bucks. The tokonole was 11 bucks. We will see.

This is still a hobby for me as well. But if I had to continue hand burnishing I was going to quit. 2 decades of construction work have started to take it's toll on my hands.

I made my burnishing set up with a free motor and a 50.00 pro edge burnisher.

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I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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lol.  I am ok by hand for now, but I will probably do something similar.  Or I have a drill press that needs a little work and a little love to get back working again. Been more than a few years since I have used it, probably get it back going and use a burnisher in it. 

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5 hours ago, Brianm77 said:

lol.  I am ok by hand for now, but I will probably do something similar.  Or I have a drill press that needs a little work and a little love to get back working again. Been more than a few years since I have used it, probably get it back going and use a burnisher in it. 

That's what I would have done. But I don't have a drill press. From what I understand the slower speed of a drill press burnishes better.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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51 minutes ago, Brianm77 said:

You could do something like this.  It could be what ever speed you want

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That's a little extreme, Brian. Haha

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Pillow block bearings $10 or so, shaft couple bucks, pulleys couple bucks at tractor supply, belt $10 at Orielys, piece of scrap plywood.  You already got the motor...

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How fast is that turning?

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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If your motor is 1750rpm. And you have a 2:1 pulley ratio then your down around 875 rpm. And a 3:1 would put you around 583 rpm

 

should be a tag on your motor to tell you how fast it turns.  Unless it has rubbed off. 

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Mines at 3000.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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So 3:1 would be a little over 1100 and 4:1 would be about 855. I think it is more like 3420 on the motor rpm or 3450. But I did the math on 3420

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