Duplicating pieces - options?

[SouthernCross]

Thanks for the info.

[Matt S]

How complicated is the pattern? If it's simple you could probably make a cardboard template then mark and cut several dozen in the time you could learn CAD.

 

Small clicker dies can be used without a press by tapping along their length with a mallet.

[SouthernCross]

I've got a cardboard template made already.   I'll see how well the item sells and if I get lots of orders I'll have a clicker die made.

[Sonydaze]

Seeing how well they sell before investing in equipment/dies is a good idea.  I don'y buy dies until a new design proves itself.  Look at the widths of your cardboard templates and cut strips of leather to match, cut the strips to length of the other dimension of the template, then finish any cutouts or trimming of the pieces.  That's what I try to do with any shape that is conducive.