The heat index in Fort Worth today was 111, with actual temp of 105. Here it is almost 9:00 PM and the temp on my porch is still 102. Thanks for the tips on basket weave. I was wondering about the chrome weight that you are using and looked it up in your leather tools on Amazon. It's a jeweler's bench block and appears to be a smaller version of our stone slabs. What can you use it for besides being just a weight?
That's a good question. I haven't given it any thought since I needed it for a weight. I'm guessing that a jeweler might use it for forming jewelry since the chrome is very smooth and the padded side would dampen any noise. I may have to give it a bit more thought, it is a great weight for tooling leather though.
@@FatManLeather - It might be good if you just needed to tool a small piece of leather and not have to get the granite stone out. On another note, did you say what you do to prep the leather, water wise?
@@YoderTexas I'm not sure I did in this video. On belts I use some blue painters tape on the back, then use a spray bottle with plain tap water to wet the entire top of the belt till it doesn't seem to take any more (3-4 times) and leave it sit till it starts to return to it's natural color. Then I spray it down one more time and let it come back to the natural before I start working it. I find this is as close to casing the belt as I can get since they're so long.
Google translates to "Get the big grease pencils out of the picture". Not sure what you mean, a grease pencil would stain leather so I don't have them in my shop. If there is something I'm missing let me know.
This novice thanks you for your belt series - very informative.
Thank you, I appreciate you watching.
Looking good 👍✝️
Thanks, it's not my favorite pattern to do but customers like it, that's why I made the jig to help keep things looking nice.
Love the idea of that jig. I use a lot of jigs in my woodworking. You made that?
Jigs are wonderful, I've made several for my leather work. I buy Kydex off cuts, pretty easy to work with and makes a sturdy jig.
The heat index in Fort Worth today was 111, with actual temp of 105. Here it is almost 9:00 PM and the temp on my porch is still 102. Thanks for the tips on basket weave. I was wondering about the chrome weight that you are using and looked it up in your leather tools on Amazon. It's a jeweler's bench block and appears to be a smaller version of our stone slabs. What can you use it for besides being just a weight?
That's a good question. I haven't given it any thought since I needed it for a weight. I'm guessing that a jeweler might use it for forming jewelry since the chrome is very smooth and the padded side would dampen any noise. I may have to give it a bit more thought, it is a great weight for tooling leather though.
@@FatManLeather - It might be good if you just needed to tool a small piece of leather and not have to get the granite stone out. On another note, did you say what you do to prep the leather, water wise?
@@YoderTexas I'm not sure I did in this video. On belts I use some blue painters tape on the back, then use a spray bottle with plain tap water to wet the entire top of the belt till it doesn't seem to take any more (3-4 times) and leave it sit till it starts to return to it's natural color. Then I spray it down one more time and let it come back to the natural before I start working it. I find this is as close to casing the belt as I can get since they're so long.
We’re can I get a gig like that?
I made mine from Kydex, I've been working on a way to have them made to offer for sale. You aren't the first one to ask
I'm going to make mine on a 3D printer. Nice video!
@@FatManLeather
@@dpratte Some day I'll get a 3d printer
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Google translates to "Get the big grease pencils out of the picture". Not sure what you mean, a grease pencil would stain leather so I don't have them in my shop. If there is something I'm missing let me know.