Hypothetical Question

[Northmount]

Somewhere there is a  thread here about using a bench mounted belt sander to sand the leather to a fixed thickness.  You might want to search for it.  Probably faster to  make the jig for the belt sander and safer than a planer.

Tom

 

[Chris623]

I understand your thoughts, fredk.  But the chances of me making more than 1 or 2 sheaths a year that I need thinner leather for are pretty slim.  I love tools..........and if money were no issue, I'd have a shop full.  When I was a furniture builder I had more "man-toys" than most wood workers could ever hope for.  But I don't see myself needing that kind of inventory for my knife making and leather work.

I designed a thickness sanding jig for a special project many years ago.  But it was for a 4" wide belt sander.   Might look back at it to see if it could be adapted it for leather.

Any way, guys, it's been fun.  I like "hypothetical" questions.  I've learned a bunch I didn't know.  Helps me to think out of the box.  Sometimes when approaching a problem, I put on my blinders and take a straight tack to the destination...............when I should really come about several times by thinking outside the box.  Thanks..........you've helped me do that.

[fredk]

1 hour ago, Chris623 said:

. . .   But the chances of me making more than 1 or 2 sheaths a year that I need thinner leather for are pretty slim. . . .

To me thats even more reason to just have about 5 sq feet of thin leather on hand. Two pieces for a sheath would be 1/2 sq ft, so 5 sq ft would do 8 to 10 sheaths, 5 sq ft would cost $20 to $25 or so, a recoverable cost.

[Chris623]

Okay, thanks.  Didn't know that.