Where To Find Unique Hardware - Handy Items On Your Workbench
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
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Thanks for the tips, Robert. I would never turn down free advice from someone like yourself who has direct experience with the products or processes that make leatherworking more efficient or enjoyable! Very nice belt projects too.
Thanks! I appreciate you watching and commenting. It gives me inspiration to keep going.
Great video an awesome channel ❤ an thanks👍
Thanks for the comment! And subscribing!!
That IS a great Father’s Day gift idea!
Thanks! I agree
Robert love the gunslinger belt you are stitching up. Looks beautiful !! Would really like to see you build a belt for your dad’s beautiful buckle. Could you have that buckle itself repaired by a “metal guy” and go from there. Nice tribute to your dad even if you don’t wear it all that much. Thanks for all your great work!
Thanks. I do think that the belt came out nice. I have looked at repairing the buckle. I don’t think it’s made from very good materials. I will have to think on a way to do it. Dad created some really nice work.
So very true about having a good think about things while doing other, more mundane things. I mull things over in just that way and am relived to conclude that doing so has led to many more sound decisions in my life instead of just acting on impulse. You are a real master, Robert! (Your brother is a close second too haha). Very busy over here this spring...trying to catch up. take care!
I appreciate the comment. I have many talented brothers. I tend to keep too many things on my schedule. The summer is a wider mix of projects. More to follow.
Good video and info.
Thanks!
The belt buckle your father made is very nice.
Thanks! I agree. He had many talents and worked hard.
Very nice belt and great tipps 👍🏻
Hey Jonas! Hope you are having a good week! Bergen
Thx Robert , i am ok but litle tired today it was a long day at doktor yesterday, just waiting for some test results now to see if i can start with a new medecine , bergen is very nice i hope you haveing a great time 👍🏻if you in city and se a store called Clas Ohlsson there i have Been and built upp, take care my friend
Robert your dad make a beautiful belt buckle , plus good to keep it the family tree buddy . 😊
Thanks Leonard! I appreciate you watching.
Robert great tips on your plastic container keep it for yr down the road 😊.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video Robert. I find these "housekeeping type" of videos refreshing in that they're a good change of pace and get us thinking about other aspects of our craft. BTW, what thread did you use on that beauty of a gunslinger design. Getting ready to do my first attempt at that design. Thanks again
That thread is the .08 Tiger Ritza in the color that they call silver. It’s really just a light gray. I use mostly .08 Tiger Ritza thread. I’m glad that you liked the video.
Good tips Robert. Will have to shop for a glue dispenser now, out of the can just doesn't do too well.
Cheers...Freddie
Sounds good. Thanks for following along.
I really enjoy your videos. I am a fairly new leather crafter. I have a couple of questions. When you see your belts do you use a single length of thread or do you splice? What type of sponges do you use and where do you get them?
I appreciate your comment. I use two lengths of thread. One for each side. I start at the tip and end at the buckle end. No splices. So the only place that you see the ends is on the inside of the buckle end. The sponges I pitched from Tractor Supply. I think that they came from Fiebing’s. Labeled as “horse tack sponges”. There are ten in the package. I’m not in the shop to check right now. I hope you have a great weekend
I bought a Dockers years ago and the leather was paper thin and had recycled cardboard from looked like cereal boxes inside.
Yep. It’s such a shame.
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Thanks for watching
I just bought a T-S Boy this week. How long did yours last? I bought an Amazon knock off before that separated at the seal after only a week. What a mess on the bench. I’ll keep the Boy in a Tupperware container to act a a dam just in case.
One lasted about 9 months. The last one less than 3 months. I have been enjoying the glue pot that I am using now.
Thank you for sharing. Do you ever find it necessary to add thinner to your contact cement? It seems my cement turns into a thick mess if I keep it in the original container, which is frustrating. Just curious if the plastic container would keep it "fresh" longer.
Maybe I use it faster. It does start to get just a little bit thick towards the bottom. Still useable. I use about two gallons per year.
It dies out from exposure to air. The longer a cap is off, the more solvents evaporate. A different container will not help if you leave the cap off it too long. Acetone is cheap and is what many people use to thin cement a lot of the times.
100 percent right. With this container you expose a smaller surface area to the air for the solvent to flash off. Also because of the ease of use I tend to cover more often. The screw type bottles also require two hands to close. I’m sure that there are also other types of applicators that work well. I like this brand.
Great video as always. I do have a question concerning the glue container. I’ve been looking to get one similar to what you have however, I keep reading reviews stating that contact cement like barges and weldwood have solvents that cause the leakage. Your thought please. And again, great videos. Ive learned quite a bit watching them.
So I have a long background with solvents, from the paint industry. Normally when solvents have an adverse effect on plastic it will remove the sheen of the plastic. Like thinking about fingernail polish remover on plastic. I have used a TS-Boy container from Germany. Two of them cracked one was fairly full and would have leaked it all out if I had not found it shortly after. I called Springfield Leather about the one they sold me (TS-Boy). They said that they have had problems with them and free of charge replaced it with one that looks very similar. It was made in Italy. It has a graphic elephant design as a logo. I have been using for 14 months. It’s had Weldwood in it for 14 months and looks new. I use it almost everyday and have put almost 3 gallons of solvent Weldwood through it. I hope this helps.
Hello Robert. I hope you don’t mind but I have two questions. I recently contacted “Buy Plastic” on the internet. They stated that you purchased some …polymer to make a cutting g surface and that you made a video about it. Can you direct me to that video please? Also, need your advice/thoughts/input on a leather issue. I have a double shoulder piece of leather. It’s been sitting there a very long time. I opened it up and shows pretty bad discoloration on parts of it. Will this affect any dyeing or antique I do on it or should I just try to salvage what hasn’t been affected? Thanks in advance!
@@milom.2057 I like answering questions. My video on the cutting board was April 3rd. If you have any questions that are not answered let me know. I have been using them for different purposes according to my need.
On the leather that is discolored what does it look like? Is it just a darker leather color? Sometimes that is caused by light. If it from light I have set some out in indirect light to help match the colors. About the only dye that I found to match up the color is black. Give me a bit more info on the color and your thoughts.
@@InMyBusyLittleShop really appreciate your input Robert. So the leather had been sitting in my garage for a number of years, rolled up. It appears to be due to exposure to light. The areas affected were a portion of the rough side of the leather and a portion of the “tooling side (not sure what the proper terms are for the sides). They have darken a bit. Almost as if I used oil on those areas. So, on the right side of the tooling side is discolored. The middle is still looking ok and then the left backside is discolored. Hope that makes sense.