Members Handstitched Posted December 27, 2020 Members Report Posted December 27, 2020 Thats very well made. Have you thought about marketing that in kit form? Might be worth thinking about. I just use a folding knife and a steel ruler, ........and pray to God that I miss my fingers HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
Contributing Member fredk Posted December 27, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted December 27, 2020 On 11/12/2019 at 3:04 PM, JamesR said: This is my new jig for cutting and squaring off pieces. It was made of plywood and aluminum extrusions. . . . My sincere apologies. I jumped in on the tail end of this thread and never really read the start This is indeed clever and well thought out. T'is a shame I do not have access to the sort of tools needed to make somat like it. Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
CFM chuck123wapati Posted December 27, 2020 CFM Report Posted December 27, 2020 sweet indeed! reminds me of a matting cutter for picture framing. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members JamesR Posted January 31, 2021 Author Members Report Posted January 31, 2021 Thanks for the comments, I realize a framing square or straight edge can give you the same result. I did it that ways for years. Every once in a while the edge slipped and the cut angled off. I am mainly a furniture builder and wanted to jig up my work to give me accuracy and repeatability. The fixed top piece makes it easy to line up the leather edge for square cuts, the guide rail clamps down on the leather preventing it from slipping. The cutter block travels in a straight line with the blade perpendicular to the leather at all times. Woodworkers build jigs like this all the time. Here are a couple others. Quote
toxo Posted January 31, 2021 Report Posted January 31, 2021 I don't want to teach my Grandmother to suck eggs and I hope I'm teaching somebody something. Especially for large pieces of leather. Just remember 3-4-5 Scribe a line along the longest side and measure 4 of whatever you want to work with, it doesn't matter. We'll say 4 feet. Put a mark. Then, using string or a couple of straight edges, mark one at 3 feet and one at 5 feet. When you have a triangle where every mark is touch the other marks you will have a perfect line that is absolutely square to start your measurements from. Try it on a piece of papert in front of you. It doesn't matter if you use inches, millimeters or cubits as the Egyptians did when they built the pyramids. Quote
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