Members panku82 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Members Report Posted January 10, 2018 LoL well kinda have to ... it's tiring to ride my Harley without sitting down Ty for the kind words though much appreciated! Quote
Members JMcC Posted January 10, 2018 Members Report Posted January 10, 2018 Good job! I'll bet that lacing took foooorrrrevvvvveeerrrr! Quote
Members CZoc Posted January 10, 2018 Members Report Posted January 10, 2018 agree - that lacing does look awesome. It looks like a Mexican round braid. If it is, you have got some serious time invested. Quote
Members panku82 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Members Report Posted January 10, 2018 Thank you folks! CZ you called it that is the braid I used. I also made my own lace ... took about a day and a half to do the actual lacing and another day to make the lace. Thank you for the kind words much appreciated! Quote
Members panku82 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Members Report Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Well guys just an update ... my restoration attempt didn't work. The dye is fading rapidly after just a couple weeks soooo..... yep I'm having to redo the whole thing. I greatly appreciate all of you taking time to help and I will show you the new seat once I've finished it. At least now I get to correct some errors I know I made in the first rendition (besides the dye job) and I did find a new way of putting the pattern on leather. I used graphite paper and just traced my drawing with a pencil. It gave me great lines and they don't wash off with water when I'm tooling! Talk to you all soon. Edited February 9, 2018 by panku82 Quote
garypl Posted February 9, 2018 Report Posted February 9, 2018 44 minutes ago, panku82 said: Well guys just an update ... my restoration attempt didn't work. The dye is fading rapidly after just a couple weeks soooo..... yep I'm having to redo the whole thing. I greatly appreciate all of you taking time to help and I will show you the new seat once I've finished it. At least now I get to correct some errors I know I made in the first rendition (besides the dye job) and I did find a new way of putting the pattern on leather. I used graphite paper and just traced my drawing with a pencil. It gave me great lines and they don't wash off with water when I'm tooling! Talk to you all soon. Panku82 - sorry to hear about your project - we all have a pile of discards and that's how we learn! I like your idea of using graphite paper - I just ordered some to try! Gary Quote Cowboy 4500, Consew 206RB-4
Members panku82 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Members Report Posted February 9, 2018 Very cool Gary, I know I like the result I got from it but I can't take credit for the idea. I read about it when I was reading up on doing pyrography on leather. It was a suggested method and I thought the same thing of "That is a great idea and why the hell didn't I think of that!!" hope you like it as much as I do! Quote
Members Bodean Posted February 10, 2018 Members Report Posted February 10, 2018 Ever heard that water and oil dont mix? I think that may be what is going on here. If you insist on using water based dyes I wouldn't apply any oils to the leather prior to dying. Just my two cents. You did a lot of nice work. The dying process always gives me the heebee jeebees. Try a different process on scrap before you work on your final piece. Best of luck. Quote
Members panku82 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Members Report Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) hey thanks for joining the party late Bodean but yeah as was covered earlier!! ... just playin my man! Thank you for your nice comments on my work ... Like I said I was just playing and I really do appreciate you taking time to read it and comment.And yeah I get the "heebee jeebees" alot when I'm trying to dye especially when I have a effect in mind and I'm trying to pull it off like getting a reddish effect to go with my bikes' red tank and fenders. but I read a great quote which said that every piece no matter how much we do is an experiment and we just hope it works lol ... Thank you again my friend much appreciated! Edited February 10, 2018 by panku82 Quote
Rockoboy Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) On 9/01/2018 at 4:27 PM, panku82 said: took a lot of work because I can't draw for crap so took me a while to come up with that design I hope I can be as bad as you at drawing one day. Excellent drawing and really great carving. I hope you are able to redo your piece to your satisfaction. Edited February 10, 2018 by Rockoboy Quote Kindest regards Brian "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are right" Henry Ford Machines: Singer 201p, Kennedy, Singer 31K20, Singer 66K16 ("boat anchor" condition), Protex TY8B Cylinder Arm (Consew 227r copy), Unbranded Walking Foot (Sailrite LSV-1 copy)
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