Members coma44 Posted January 31, 2019 Members Report Posted January 31, 2019 Well I went to the local Tandy store south of Hartford CT last week after work and picked up some basic tools and one of the on sale double butt vegetable tanned 7-9 ounce . I ordered a few things to help me draw out patterns. After a week of watching videos and reading threads here I decided to make a holster for my M1X Olight daily carry flashlight. So far I have the shape down and I still have to make the stitch pattern and trace back pattern and cut into the other pattern parts. It was not as hard as I thought it was going to be so far I have about an hour and 20 minutes in this part of the process. Let me know if you see any glowing errors so far. Quote
Members DJole Posted January 31, 2019 Members Report Posted January 31, 2019 I always have to remind myself that paper is flat, and leather is not, so you have to take the thickness of the leather into account. If you've done that, you're ahead of the game! Quote \D. Jole \ --> <http://djole.altervista.org/djole/Publications/Leather/Lindex.htm>
Members coma44 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Members Report Posted January 31, 2019 6 hours ago, DJole said: I always have to remind myself that paper is flat, and leather is not, so you have to take the thickness of the leather into account. If you've done that, you're ahead of the game! Yea I am working on that part before I make the "stitch lines" and cut the pattern up to make the separate pieces of the pattern. Have to watch the video again to be sure I am doing the stitch pattern correct. Also looking at the picture I think the bottom needs to be stepped in a little glad there is these fancy erasers now a days. Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted January 31, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted January 31, 2019 You mention "the video" repeatedly, but you didn't say what video you are 'winning' from. I'm one who has always found videos to be little more than mindless ADVERTISING 'photo ops' for the video provider, with very few exceptions. I have seen people comment on various videos, only to then go make their own video covering exactly the same thing But I'm always willing to be shown one that actually has merit. In fact, I've been willing - more than once - in the past to collect the ones people thought were "good" into one place. I thought, and hoped, that would save people some time sorting through hours and hours of endless dross to find that one narrow sliver of valid information that occurs .. well .. rarely. Last time I tried that around here resulted in some [supposedly] grown 'men' ranting and pouting like teenage girls who thought they weren't getting all the attention BUT .. hey, I'll try it again. You have a nice lay-out there - clean, organized setup for designing. I'm a graph paper guy myself (though I don't often scale in mm). You wanna share with us the "good" video? Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members coma44 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Members Report Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, JLSleather said: You mention "the video" repeatedly, but you didn't say what video you are 'winning' from. I'm one who has always found videos to be little more than mindless ADVERTISING 'photo ops' for the video provider, with very few exceptions. I have seen people comment on various videos, only to then go make their own video covering exactly the same thing But I'm always willing to be shown one that actually has merit. In fact, I've been willing - more than once - in the past to collect the ones people thought were "good" into one place. I thought, and hoped, that would save people some time sorting through hours and hours of endless dross to find that one narrow sliver of valid information that occurs .. well .. rarely. Last time I tried that around here resulted in some [supposedly] grown 'men' ranting and pouting like teenage girls who thought they weren't getting all the attention BUT .. hey, I'll try it again. You have a nice lay-out there - clean, organized setup for designing. I'm a graph paper guy myself (though I don't often scale in mm). You wanna share with us the "good" video? I would agree on that whole statement I have seen this with most of the "Video guides" in just about every topic you can name. But for me I have to at least see the methods other people use. So after watching about 10 videos this one helped the most to wrap my head around laying out the stitching lines. Just watched it again at break and figured out how I plan to get there. https://www.learnleather.com/shop/perfect-holster-stitch-line/ You would be past this is my guess so be ready to fast forward some of the video. The video explained it well and I think my adapted method will be good. Basically he started with a base line he calls zero and marks every thing out from there to get his stitch lines for the trigger guard side of the holster. Since the flash light is round with only one diameter change I will be working off the center and usung one half of the measurement split on center (quarter each side of my center line of the flashlight). since I measured this with the same leather I will be using mathematicaly it should be correct. But if you see any flaws please feel free to let me know, I like learning as much as I can and I am willing to listen to pointers. This leather game gets expensive fast but so far I am cheaper than buying what I want to make. Quote
Members Hildebrand Posted January 31, 2019 Members Report Posted January 31, 2019 There are a few things that I have found to help get a pattern right the first time, the first holster I made I couldn't even get the gun in after I sewed it up. First I try to draw up a pattern over a few days. It always seems like when I walk away for awhile and come back I see something I want to change just a little. Seems like if I do it in stages the overall finished product comes out better. Then when I have it where I think it is right, including the stitch lines I make a copy and cut it out and spray glue it to a piece of corrugated cardboard(pretty much mimics the thickness of leather)(I can't take credit for that tip I found it on here). Now wrap the cardboard with your pattern around your object and see if the stitch lines fall where they should, you can tweak it a little if they are off. This step can save a lot of leather, especially with holsters. I am only a little over a year back into this addiction called leather work. I have learned more on this forum than anywhere else. All I can say is there are some real masters of the craft here both the carving side and the holster/case side. Todd Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted January 31, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted January 31, 2019 9 minutes ago, coma44 said: I have to at least see the methods other people use. That's a great point. Sometimes, a guy kin learn even by seeing something done wrong! I sometimes upload a pic of my mistakes, maybe help the next guy avoid making the same ones! Every so often a fella will ask me how long it took before I stopped making mistakes. My answer still is always "i'll let you know"! 11 minutes ago, coma44 said: I will be working off the center and usung one half of the measurement split on center (quarter each side of my center line of the flashlight Okay, I admit I had to read this part twice. But, I 'git it' .. yer makin' sense Since that video is over an hour, maybe have to check it out later. Thanks for tellin' us where you got yer info - - you'll be amazed at just how many don't want to do that simple thing. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members coma44 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Members Report Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Quote 54 minutes ago, JLSleather said: That's a great point. Sometimes, a guy kin learn even by seeing something done wrong! I sometimes upload a pic of my mistakes, maybe help the next guy avoid making the same ones! Every so often a fella will ask me how long it took before I stopped making mistakes. My answer still is always "i'll let you know"! My Dad taught me this long time ago, basically he said pay attention to how people do things, especially when you see failures. Quote Thanks for tellin' us where you got yer info - - you'll be amazed at just how many don't want to do that simple thing Welcome, and again my dad said work with people you will learn more. Edited January 31, 2019 by coma44 Adding JLS Quote
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