Cheap DIY Granite Slab and Making a Tooled Leather Coffee Sleeve (for Starbucks Cups)
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- The free template for the coffee sleeve for reusable Starbucks cups can be found here:
www.tonyneedshobbies.com/plan...
I love coffee and leather, so why not combine the two? In this video I am going to try leather carving and tooling for the very first time. In order to be able to stamp and tool I need a good working surface. The best natural stone for that purpose is either marble or granite. I am going to show you where to find the cheapest piece of granite and then cut it into the dimensions according my own specifications. Then I will make a coffee sleeve, suitable for reusable Starbucks coffee cups. Cutting granite is also challenging since it is so hard and tough, but these properties are exactly why I chose granite over marble. I gave cutting a go with an all-purpose diamond blade on the angle grinder and the resulting granite slap turns out to be really helpful!
Contents of this video:
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Find cheap slabs of granite
02:03 - Cutting granite with an angle grinder
03:17 - Sanding the edges
03:48 - Tooling a Starbucks Coffee Sleeve
05:01 - Edge finishing
06:14 - Butt stitching
08:03 - Final result
08:22 - Outro
About me:
My name is Tony. I am a guy from the Netherlands who speaks bad English with an even worse Dutch accent. I like to try out new hobbies and create stuff. The things I like to do are very random so I try to try out as many hobbies and crafts as possible and take you with me on that journey by making these video's.
Visit my personal website at www.tonyneedshobbies.com/
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Can you show your fist projects , to see the evolution of your leather skill ? And explaining What you like and don’t like in your previous creations ? 😊. Or maybe even redo of them 😮 !
Hi Pletine, that sounds like an excellent idea. I will add it to the list of future projects, and first want to grow my skill a bit. Thanks for the suggestion! Greetings, Tony
Great project! I like the fact that you showed the granite part too. Well done. May I suggest that after tooling, apply Tan-Kote, then Antique Finish (paste), then another layer of the Tan-Kote. It really makes tooling "pop" and protects the leather too.
Hi Dan, That's an excellent suggestion thank you for that. I do need to learn how to do this antiqueing process anyway, so gave it a try. It really is an improvement (but I should practice more 🤣). Here's an image of the result: tonyneedshobbies.com/reddit-images/2022-12-03_ReusableCupSleeveAntiqued.jpg
Good job 👍
Thank you! Cheers 😊
First time at your channel - this was cool and I like very muc your style!
Hi Tommy, I really appreciate it! Have been a little less productive lately, but a new video just came out last Friday. Comments like yours keep me going 😀 Thanks! Tony
My 2 cents: I'd suggest pouring some water while cutting the granite!
And all that nice tooling would love some antiquing, in order to make it pop out more! 😁
Thanks, I love tips! I am still learning so every suggestion or idea is appreciated. I will order some Fiebing Antique Finish and see how that works. And about the water, is it for cooling or keeping the dust down? My grinder is a consumer level tool and I didn't know if it would handle water well. Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies it helps with both! Using water when cutting stone made by blades last much, much longer. One doesn't need a huge flow of water on the slab, a little will do.
@@ordnaelshideout Perfect, again thanks for the advice!
Where are you from?
From The Netherlands. And what about yourself? Cheers!
@@TonyNeedsHobbies czech republic
Please you make new desgine sneakers your sneakers is very beautyful
That's a good idea! I'll see when I can make a new pair of shoes 🙂 Cheers!