Elk Hide Gun Sheath

[garypl]

23 hours ago, stelmackr said:

 

That’s a cool fringe guide Bob - thanks for sharing!

2 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

Yep she worked and better than I thought possible. To clean up the print from any connecting strands I thought I would cut down into a bit of stiff veg and this below is what I got.I didn't think I was pushing all that hard.

A little push and WOW

A light shade or bottle cover who knows-

Back to cutting a fringe now

Bit hard to see at this stage

Still took a couple of minutes to do though first time and all

Gary if want to give me whatever spacing you would prefer I will do you up an stl file if you like or you could try this size if that works for you.

Regards Brian

 

thanks Brian - that looks great!  If it isn’t too much trouble, I would love to have the stl file.  My printer bed is 250 x 250mm, so your template size should be fine.   What percentage fill are you using?
 

I only use a rotary cutter when cutting soft temper leather up to 4-5 oz.  Seems even with a sharp razor knife that thin leather tends to bunch up, but the rotary cutter rolls right through it!

Gary

[RockyAussie]

3 hours ago, garypl said:

thanks Brian - that looks great!  If it isn’t too much trouble, I would love to have the stl file.  My printer bed is 250 x 250mm, so your template size should be fine.   What percentage fill are you using?

I will pm you the file Gary. I have started a 6mm(1/4") with a few more features to help in lining up which I will send as well. (Wife's request). It is still in print to test as I type this so I will send them once it has proven to work in the morning I hope.. I could easily do a longer one to suit your 250mm bed but could you let me know what the outer limitation size is? I think for the rifle sheaths you will want the guide a bit longer than this one which only goes about 6 1/4 long in the cut". Wish my printer was at least that size.

6 hours ago, Bert51 said:

Thant makes it look easy, I avoid anything with a fringe.

I think you might find a good market for those.

Bert.

Hey Bert let me know what width fringe you would like to have....

Edited May 26, 2020 by RockyAussie

[dikman]

Brian, you've done it again! If you need to cut longer fringes than your jig allows could you cut them and then slide it up to extend the cuts?

I'm also wondering if it would work with a head knife, using a rocking motion with the knife rather than dragging it.

[garypl]

16 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

I will pm you the file Gary. I have started a 6mm(1/4") with a few more features to help in lining up which I will send as well. (Wife's request). It is still in print to test as I type this so I will send them once it has proven to work in the morning I hope.. I could easily do a longer one to suit your 250mm bed but could you let me know what the outer limitation size is? I think for the rifle sheaths you will want the guide a bit longer than this one which only goes about 6 1/4 long in the cut". Wish my printer was at least that size.

Hey Bert let me know what width fringe you would like to have....

Thanks Brian, I think the size you have will be fine.  I normally don’t like to print larger than @220mm in any direction to allow room for brim/skirt around the outside.   The case I just made had fringe from 6” out to 12” - I cut the leather at an angle and then start cutting the fringe.  Like Dikman suggested, maybe cut and then move the template further down to continue for longer fringe?  I think this might be difficult to do and keep cuts aligned with the slots in the template, but worth a try.

Worst case, I go back to using my straightedge, which really doesn’t take that long once you get going.

Gary

[RockyAussie]

16 hours ago, dikman said:

Brian, you've done it again! If you need to cut longer fringes than your jig allows could you cut them and then slide it up to extend the cuts?

I'm also wondering if it would work with a head knife, using a rocking motion with the knife rather than dragging it.

Shhhhhhhhsh, I am trying to convince the powers to be I need a larger 300x300 base printer

I think the sliding up or down could work but would you would need to be O so careful doing it. The head knife would work but there are a lot of different width blades and I think the rotary cutters do a good job and a cheaper ass well and more standardised in the blade thickness.

[RockyAussie]

51 minutes ago, garypl said:

Thanks Brian, I think the size you have will be fine.  I normally don’t like to print larger than @220mm in any direction to allow room for brim/skirt around the outside.   The case I just made had fringe from 6” out to 12” - I cut the leather at an angle and then start cutting the fringe.  Like Dikman suggested, maybe cut and then move the template further down to continue for longer fringe?  I think this might be difficult to do and keep cuts aligned with the slots in the template, but worth a try.

Worst case, I go back to using my straightedge, which really doesn’t take that long once you get going.

Gary

Hi Gary, I will send them both through to you in a few minutes.I did the 6mm one last night and tested it this morning successfully. I forgot to say that I used a solid print but I think around 25% with around 1.1mm walls would work well. your slicer will question 1.1 not being relevant to the nozzle size, but it will work better. The length of my jig in the Y direction is 180mm so if in the scale section you increase this to 220 you would get around 8" length cuts. If that is difficult I can do it in a few minutes if you want.

Regards Brian

[RockyAussie]

Here a some pics of the 6mm jig as against the 4.5mm jig. My finger is showing where the change in width is-

[garypl]

2 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

Hi Gary, I will send them both through to you in a few minutes.I did the 6mm one last night and tested it this morning successfully. I forgot to say that I used a solid print but I think around 25% with around 1.1mm walls would work well. your slicer will question 1.1 not being relevant to the nozzle size, but it will work better. The length of my jig in the Y direction is 180mm so if in the scale section you increase this to 220 you would get around 8" length cuts. If that is difficult I can do it in a few minutes if you want.

Regards Brian

Thanks Brian - I will try the settings you suggested.  I’ll let you know how it works out and if I have any questions.  I appreciate your help!

Gary

[dikman]

I think some of this should have been put in the 3D printing section?

[RockyAussie]

15 hours ago, dikman said:

I think some of this should have been put in the 3D printing section?

Agreed. I will do a separate post on it in that section. I haven't got much fringe work products to show as yet though. Probably the one with the most would be this one on my web site - https://wildharry.com.au/collections/tote-bags/products/emily-medium-leather-tote-bag-burnt-orange-with-taupe-fringing

Now it can be done a lot easier with these guides we should be doing a fair bit more of it.