How about Pictures of Your Workshops

[Spinner]

I posted these in another thread but figured I'd get "official" and share here too. 1) cutting & leather storage area 2) sewing & tooling areas 3) exotics & supply storage & wood/metal area 4) motorcycle area

[oldtimer]

A couple of pics of my bench

/ Knut

Edited February 2, 2012 by oldtimer

[Leatherbaron]

A couple of pics of my bench

/ Knut

Nice setup , you must have a fortune in Skivers etc on the wall.......

I like the wood in the house above your workbench.... different to the old Australian tin roof houses here...

Would love to get some of your cool weather instead of 34 deg celcius every day of the year except when it is raining weather

it gets right down to about 27 c then heh heh

Regards Terry

[oldtimer]

Nice setup , you must have a fortune in Skivers etc on the wall.......

I like the wood in the house above your workbench.... different to the old Australian tin roof houses here...

Would love to get some of your cool weather instead of 34 deg celcius every day of the year except when it is raining weather

it gets right down to about 27 c then heh heh

Regards Terry

Thank you, Terry.

It is an old loghouse that I bought 15 years ago, disassembled, moved and rebuilt on my backyard.

A couple of months ago I stumbled on a big lot of Gomph tools at a price I couldn´t resist so now I have more handtools than I actually need.

As for cool weather, today we have more than we need, 25 celcius below, so if it would be possible I´d be glad to share some cold air and snow with you - for free!

/ Knut

[oldtimer]

Some more pics from my shop:

The log cabin in snow, ( It was meant to be a guest house). 7" timber walls + 4" insulation, 12" insulation in the roof. Pine board floor, ceiling and walls, electric heating. A cosy winter den.

The tooling bench, with a 4" headstone recessed into the table top. Under the headstone is a bench made of 4" lumber, glued and bolted together and with metal legs. The bench is recoil- and break free !

My Adler 205-374 with needle positioning device and a stand I made myself for this heavy piece of iron.

Finally a Juki LU-63 with needle positioning device.

/ Knut

Edited February 3, 2012 by oldtimer

[MollyKnly]

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this is un cleaned from 2 weeks work

Whats the acetone for?

[UKRay]

I use acetone to transfer complex designs from a laser print onto leather. Experiment with this idea to find the best way for you, but essentially:

1) print your design onto paper using a laser printer

2) lay the paper print (face down) in the correct position on your leather

3) using appropriate safety procedures wipe the back of the printed sheet with acetone - see: http://www.dow.com/productsafety/finder/acetone.htm

4) peel the sheet away from the leather to leave a reverse copy of the design on the leather.

5) rinse the acetone residue from your leather with water

6) leave the leather to dry naturally - or until you feel it is okay to carve/tool/whatever.

Hope this helps,

Ray

[longtooth]

This is the place that sometimes it's happens and then sometimes it doesn't. Laughing

[Jazznow]

We sometimes have to redye Shoes at work an we use acetone to strip of any old Layers of shoe polish. Additionally the acetone opens the leather cells so it Takes the dye better. But the dye wie use there is a Bit strange. Dont know exactly what it is

[Chief31794]

This is my shop, need more room but I have to live with it.