Parallel Lines

[kseidel]

3 hours ago, Davm said:

Thank you, when I bought the edge creaser- that's what I thought it was used for, as in making belts, etc. I didn't know there was a bead creaser- so something I'll get. Is there an assortment of bead widths you can get and if so, is one better for a beginner?  Also I need some help on using it.  Let's say I am making a holster, there will be rawhide wraps on the edge and then a line or cut to separate the border from the background stamp marks.  With a beader I use dividers, etc. to mark out a line, then cut with a swivel knife and then use the beader to make a parallel line.  1. Does it make any difference to which side of the cut line I make the parallel line"  If I am gong to use a bevel tool along the cut line and then the background stamping, then it would seem logical to make the parallel line closer to the edge, not closer to the carved area- if that makes sense.  I realize you can probably do it either way but I'd like to know how the professionals do it and if they even bevel the line toward the background stamping.  Thanks again.

There are no set "rules" on how you should run these tools.  I like to cut the outside line and bead to the inside.  I do not cut the second bead line, but rather press it quite deep and go back and forth to create a deep burnished bead with the tool.  I like to push bevel the outside cut line away from the bead.  You can cut your line and place your bead any distance from the edge that you want.  This  is all relative to how you design your pattern.

[billybopp]

I have a beader blade for my swivel knife that I like to use.  Mine was a cheapie from eBay, but Barry King makes them too, in varying widths.  

That's what I used for the name outline on this guitar strap.

 

[Davm]

Well last night I filed out a dowel and tried it to see how wide a bead I wanted, etc.  Off hand the swivel knife cut creates a different bead than the line parallel to it however if the background stamp, etc. goes up to it- probably won't notice. Thanks to all for introducing me to this tool, I didn't know it existed.

[Davm]

Well, whole new world. So far I've bought everything I use at a local Tandy however they don't have beader-creasing tools.  What are a couple of the outfits you folks buy tools from that you like? Thanks.