Members panku82 Posted March 19, 2018 Members Report Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) My latest piece a fender bib for my Roadking. Overall, I'm happy with it but can always use advice. Edited March 19, 2018 by panku82 Quote
Members battlemunky Posted March 20, 2018 Members Report Posted March 20, 2018 I think it looks great man, and the lacing is really a good addition on a bike methinks. After getting it out in the sun for a bit too will age that leather up well too. Quote
Members koreric75 Posted March 20, 2018 Members Report Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, panku82 said: My latest piece a fender bib for my Roadking. Overall, I'm happy with it but can always use advice. Looks awesome! I know from doing mine, that lacing is a labor of love, I could never sell them as the labor on the stitching alone would be ridiculous. Only advice i have is a question, did you line the bottom with anything to prevent rubbing against the paint? I cheaped out on mine and put a soft felt under it, but wish i would've done something more luxurious like a really short wool liner or similar. Quote Machines currently in use: Cowboy 3200, Adler 67-372, Singer 66, Singer 15-91
Members panku82 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) the way I made it was 25 minutes ago, koreric75 said: , did you line the bottom with anything to prevent rubbing against the paint? I tried something new with this one. I used Kydex and formed it to my fender then glued the top piece to that and used a pig skin lining on the back. made the lace out of 1/2 veg tanned leather cut at 1/8th in. And Thanks Battlemunky much appreciated! Edited March 20, 2018 by panku82 Quote
Members koreric75 Posted March 20, 2018 Members Report Posted March 20, 2018 That's a great idea, i have a piece that extends past the rear bolt hole and it kind of just sticks straight out unless it gets rained on...lol. the kydex molded backing would definitely fix that right up. Quote Machines currently in use: Cowboy 3200, Adler 67-372, Singer 66, Singer 15-91
Members panku82 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) yeah that is exactly why I came up with that idea. that and the edges tend to curl after awhile so I'm trying to prevent that as well. I really like the result I got I used.028 thickness and got it off of Amazon. Here's a link to it ,https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BR38ZS8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The nice thing about covering it front and back is that your Kydex doesn't have to be pretty Edited March 20, 2018 by panku82 Quote
Members Dave Richardson Posted March 20, 2018 Members Report Posted March 20, 2018 Man everything about this looks great ! Making your own lace is awesome, I havnt been very successful at that. The lacing on your bib looks fantastic, is that double loop ? Quote https://www.facebook.com/dave.richardson.35977
Members panku82 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 20, 2018 Thanks Dave I appreciate it. The lacing is a Round Braid or Mexican Basketweave. It's called both in the Tandy guide to lacing. Quote
Members leathermunchkin Posted March 21, 2018 Members Report Posted March 21, 2018 i love it :D its beautiful and stunning how long did the carving take you ? :D Quote
Members panku82 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 21, 2018 Ty leathermunchkin, the carving itself took most of a day. But I kinda suck at drawing so it took me longer to come up with the design than to carve it Quote
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