Patterning the old way when the CAD is just too hard

[RedDun]

Thanks for sharing! Looks amazing!! 

Someday it might not take me hours to wrap my head around putting a simple bag together... Someday.   :-) 

[Dun]

That really was so helpful to see. It'll be helpfull again in a couple days when I forget it all and need to reread it. Thanks for posting all of this!

[gigi]

Thank you very much Brian for posting the tutorial and for the value you add to this forum!!

[SonderingSusan]

wow just wow @RockyAussie, thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill so generously.

 

[Rockoboy]

Awesome display of your awesome talent. I can only hope to be half as good.

[bullmoosepaddles]

Just read this. WOW. Great work Sir. Thank you for the insight.The croc skins are gorgeous. But not nearly as much as the bags they became. Awesome talent you have. I understand the memory issues.  Some days it seems I search for the thing I am working on more than work on it. 

Go well 

Gene    

[RockyAussie]

14 minutes ago, bullmoosepaddles said:

I understand the memory issues.  Some days it seems I search for the thing I am working on more than work on it. 

Thanks for the kind words Gene and don't you just get a bit cranky when like yesterday ya spend 2 hours searching for a little pattern piece to only find that it was where it should be all along? I'm still working on the 3 remaining croc bags taking generally 3 pics to get 1 that looks ok. Should be some new stuff to load soon now I hope.

[alexitbe]

Beautiful work!

 

I note you mention the method of taking a pattern from a last....  Have you ever made a shoe?  I am thinking of trying it myself and even have a last ready...  Just fear starting the project..

 

Cheers

Alex

[RockyAussie]

1 hour ago, alexitbe said:

Beautiful work!

 

I note you mention the method of taking a pattern from a last....  Have you ever made a shoe?  I am thinking of trying it myself and even have a last ready...  Just fear starting the project..

 

Cheers

Alex

Hi Alex, I have in the past made many custom made shoes or more precisely shoes for problem feet. That is about 10% of the population unfortunately. Although I was pretty well equipped I was spending more time measuring feet and taking orders than the time it took to make them. I could not get any staff with any sort of experience be that I even advertised throughout Australia for nearly 3 months. Still got most of that machinery packed away but I found the leather work angle was far easier and affordable to train people and a lot of the same machinery is used. Anyway that,s all history ...What sort of shoes would you like to make? Post a picture here of the style of shoe and the lasts as well and I'll try and lead you through a pair. Fear of starting is always the biggest problem.  

[RockyAussie]

On 16/07/2018 at 5:28 PM, dikman said:

I think I'll stick to holsters (I can barely do them!). That croc looks amazing on the finished product, Brian.

I;d love to do some croc holsters but I don't ever seem to attract them customers. I might have to find some time to get down to the rifle range and ....who knows!!!

 

On 17/07/2018 at 6:48 AM, gigi said:

Thank you very much Brian for posting the tutorial and for the value you add to this forum!!

Hi Gigi,

 

great to hear from you...especially as your saying all that nice stuff and all as well. I hope to see some of your fantastic work here soon...

On 16/07/2018 at 7:52 PM, RedDun said:

Someday it might not take me hours to wrap my head around putting a simple bag together... Someday.   :-) 

I say the same thing every time I do one still