Members GRod Posted April 2, 2019 Members Report Posted April 2, 2019 36 minutes ago, Danne said: If you do a slim watch strap (like around 1mm at the lugs) it will stretch over time and leave a gap. (Needs reinforcement) Danne, I'm still a beginner and am curious about how you put this together. What thickness leathers are you using? did you purchase these split already to your final thickness? or are you splitting these down on your own? Are you using glue or contact adhesive between the black outer & pink inner layers? Are you skiving the edges of the card pockets? How thin? (sorry for all the simple questions. your work is exactly the kinds of thing I hope to achieve... if I can ever figure out how to stitch a straight line ) Quote Greg "And you're a chip off the old block - why does it come as such a shock - that every road up which you rock your dad already did?" - John Hiatt
Members Danne Posted April 2, 2019 Author Members Report Posted April 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, GRod said: Danne, I'm still a beginner and am curious about how you put this together. What thickness leathers are you using? did you purchase these split already to your final thickness? or are you splitting these down on your own? Are you using glue or contact adhesive between the black outer & pink inner layers? Are you skiving the edges of the card pockets? How thin? (sorry for all the simple questions. your work is exactly the kinds of thing I hope to achieve... if I can ever figure out how to stitch a straight line ) Outside leather (black) is 1mm. Lining 0.5mm pockets 0.5+0.5mm I send them to a company who split it for me. I'm looking for a Bell knife skiving machine, with which I can split smaller pieces myself for watch straps and wallets. I use water-based glue on everything on this card holder (Renia Aquilim 315) You can use it as a "wet bond" (glue on one side and attach) or as a contact cement where you put glue on both sides and wait until clear/tacky. On the outer piece I "wet bonded" since it's not glued in the middle, if you look carefully on my fourth picture you see it's not glued in the middle. (But glued around a curve) I also use solvent based contact cement when I glue reinforcement to watch straps. Card pockets are lined and skived down to around 0.6-0.7 (just before I reach the glue line) (See picture on skiving) Personally, I wouldn't skive veg tan pockets like this, I don't know if they have enough tensile strength. From my experience, I and some friends have used my wallets with this construction without a problem. (See the picture of my 2 years old wallet pockets) Regarding stitching straight. For example on this wallet, I pre-punched the outer section (black veg tan) before gluing the lining. And when assembled I used an awl. If you prefer to punch after everything is assembled it's a better choice to punch from the inside since the skived pocket edges make it hard to punch from outside. Keep in mind this is my amateur thoughts Quote
Members thefanninator Posted April 3, 2019 Members Report Posted April 3, 2019 Really nice work Danne! Quote http://www.instagram.com/fannintexas/
Members DV8DUG Posted April 3, 2019 Members Report Posted April 3, 2019 Stitching and creasing are beautiful. Great work! Quote I think of Chinese food when I think of life; That's sweet and sour. My life is sweet as saccharin. Ye Scurvy Dog. Swords, Weapons, Dungeon Furniture, Custom Leather Work, and More...
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