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Title says it all. This is a super simple leather edging machine for strap goods.

Please slap foreheads in silence and enjoy.

 

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Well, there is no "slaps head" emoji let alone one for silently so *slaps head silently*. :)

Seriously cool tool though so enjoying that.

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I will be finding an unoccupied corner of my sewing table for this.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Video isn't working, their facebook page link doesn't work, and their website says they've closed their store in Cody?

But, I did find the youtube version which I had seen before.  At the time, I realized it negated spending $$$ on the ez edger....

YinTx

 

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8 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

This is a super simple leather edging machine

WHAT THE WHAT?@!   UH... no -- it's 2 pieces of leather screwed down to the table.  Folks, this is pretty much the DEFINITION of hype.  This fella may be a decent guy, and may have had no intention other than to help folks out, so not saying it was anything nefarious.  But I was looking for the "edging" part or the "machine" part, which didn't happen.  Really, what the guy has is a STOP and a sharp edger.

It's extreme for the situation.  I do the same thing with an 18" ruler on a marble block.  Yeah, I know the planet has been dumbed down and somebody is about to ask for a video of that too :rofl:  ITS A RULER.  SITTING ON A FLAT STONE.  If I'm doing a number of straps at the same time, I toss a quick clamp on the ruler to hold it more solid ;)  And like this thing, it's just a STOP.  It IS helpful, because it keeps the strap straight. Edger can't bow the strap, so it cuts easier.  Course, it's still the edger doing the edging.  And when I'm done, the ruler goes in the drawer right under the marble until I need it again.

2 thicknesses of leather screwed down to the table, then other thickness of leather to "shim up" the thinner straps, and a video about all the above -- seems excessive.  Tall hat, upward camera angle, ribbons on the backdrop... c'mon folks- it's a commercial.  If he takes off the hat, shows a level camera angle, points the camera at what he's actually talking about, then it clearly shows as leather screwed to a table.  Same camera stuff that made Tom Cruise look taller than 5'6"...

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JLS  "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.

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22 minutes ago, JLSleather said:

WHAT THE WHAT?@!   UH... no -- it's 2 pieces of leather screwed down to the table.  Folks, this is pretty much the DEFINITION of hype.  This fella may be a decent guy, and may have had no intention other than to help folks out, so not saying it was anything nefarious.  But I was looking for the "edging" part or the "machine" part, which didn't happen.  Really, what the guy has is a STOP and a sharp edger.

It's extreme for the situation.  I do the same thing with an 18" ruler on a marble block.  Yeah, I know the planet has been dumbed down and somebody is about to ask for a video of that too :rofl:  ITS A RULER.  SITTING ON A FLAT STONE.  If I'm doing a number of straps at the same time, I toss a quick clamp on the ruler to hold it more solid ;)  And like this thing, it's just a STOP.  It IS helpful, because it keeps the strap straight. Edger can't bow the strap, so it cuts easier.  Course, it's still the edger doing the edging.  And when I'm done, the ruler goes in the drawer right under the marble until I need it again.

2 thicknesses of leather screwed down to the table, then other thickness of leather to "shim up" the thinner straps, and a video about all the above -- seems excessive.  Tall hat, upward camera angle, ribbons on the backdrop... c'mon folks- it's a commercial.  If he takes off the hat, shows a level camera angle, points the camera at what he's actually talking about, then it clearly shows as leather screwed to a table.  Same camera stuff that made Tom Cruise look taller than 5'6"...

It's still pretty genius. He admitted it wasn't his idea, and maybe he has a little SMS, but he's not trying to sell it. 

6 hours ago, YinTx said:

Video isn't working, their facebook page link doesn't work, and their website says they've closed their store in Cody?

But, I did find the youtube version which I had seen before.  At the time, I realized it negated spending $$$ on the ez edger....

YinTx

 

That's wierd, I clicked on my link after reading your post and the link worked fine?

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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7 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said:

It's still pretty genius. He admitted it wasn't his idea,

OF course he didn't claim the idea.  Somebody would show him tool and die manuals written before he was born calling that a SOLID STRIPPER with an integral POSITIVE STOP.

 

JLS  "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.

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I tack the end of the strap to the bench and walk along with the edger. Where do I file my patent at? :lol::rolleyes:;)

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18 minutes ago, Matt S said:

I tack the end of the strap to the bench and walk along with the edger. Where do I file my patent at? :lol::rolleyes:;)

Exactly.  Or, better yet -- use your simple and effective solution to try to drum up support and attention for other things you did.  Use it as a "reason" to make a video showing your ribbon.  And how tall you are getting :rofl:

 

JLS  "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.

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I watched the video and thought it was great.  He says up front that the idea was shown to him years ago.  He proceeds to show how it works, how it is made and demonstrates how you use it, all for free.  JLS, I think you went way overboard criticizing this guy.  Just my opinion.

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