Froghunter Posted February 9, 2008 Author Report Posted February 9, 2008 Very nice....Where did the chunk of wood come from? How does Tandy do classes? My tandy doesnt do classes.... I was told once that I needed think of what ever I needed to learn and come down one Saturday.... and that was it.... The chunk of wood is left over scrap from different projects and just laminated together. It was actually made for me by a customer who knew I was doing the class. While I can't speak as to procedure at all Tandy stores, my store has classes every Sat. We offer a basic carving class in the mornings, consisting of tutorial and hands on tool usage right out of the leathercrafter handbook. This is the opportunity to introduce new people to the leatherwork madness!!! It also allows the new crafter to leave the class with a finished carving. Most Saturdays we have new crafters just itching to learn! In the afternoon we offer different advanced classes, ranging from mask making, to lacing/stitching to large projects. We try to encourage our customers to help us decide on class topics. We set a schedule 2 months in advance.....and pretty much stick to it! Some of our project classes are the most fun and the fullest classes and will take multiple visits to accomplish. For the next three Saturdays our students will be making leather sandals. I'll try to get some pics today of the class and share with y'all. We have done the tool carriers, belt classes, classes on dying and finishing with our products, we try to give the new leatherworker a decent start from which to build. Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pounding on dead animal flesh, who woulda Thunk it!
Contributing Member wolvenstien Posted February 9, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted February 9, 2008 Very cool, thank you Froggy.... Quote "The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE Her: Hit Me Him: Do you want me to use the knife? Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!
Members Hidemechanic Posted February 10, 2008 Members Report Posted February 10, 2008 Cool idea for the maul Frog, nice design compilation too. I've been wanting to do one of those,(not much need for traveling tools lately) but I really have needed to do a set of blocks for the drawrs in my tooling desk. Problem is I haven't a drill press. Now you have me wanting to check around the neighborhood. I hadn't thought of lam blocks, got hard wood stuck in my head. Thanks for showing your stuff.GH Quote You did What??
howardb Posted February 11, 2008 Report Posted February 11, 2008 Frogmaster, Wicked cool project. I didn't figure it out until I saw the walnut block... with snaps... The leather part is just a "cozy" that snaps onto the block. That's friggin' brilliant! Not sure who gets the kudo's for inventing the idea, but that's pretty cool. I like the 'nut (got board-feets of it in the garage) a lot. It looks like you did some cross-graining (good for stability) on the block, plus it makes for some nice color tone effects. I don't want to downplay the wonderful leatherwork either. Very eclectic, very cool! Nicely done! Quote Brent Howard CALG, HLG
Members indypbear Posted February 12, 2008 Members Report Posted February 12, 2008 as requested. The holder is black walnut. No I didn't finish the inside of the leather, didn't see the need.Hope this gives everyone some ideas!!! Hey Bro., I see six snaps on the cover but only one centered on the block per side. Is the one strong and stable enough to hold carrying it loaded with tools by the handle? Indy Quote
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