I’m still pretty new to leather working, used some scrap leather I had laying around to make a holder for the knife work gave me.

They gave me some dinky plastic belt clip holder that broke pretty much instantly so I figured I’d do something quick and ugly that gets the job done.

What kind of stuff have you guys made for simple utility?

Would covering my workbench in vinyl help dampen the noise from tooling and stamping?

I always seem to mess it up so I want to make a reference cheat sheet.

After all peices are cut ( and obviously some peices will get this done before others)

Do you: Sand flat Bevel Burnish?

Do you have to sand flat? Will the beveling take care of this? Sanding seems to raise fibers making beveling (especially flesh side) more difficult.

I purchased a leather hide that is .9mm thick. It’s a bit too thick for my sewing machine (when two pieces are doubled), so I was going to try sewing it by hand while using a pricking iron. Would this be recommended?

Second question, what thickness of thread would work best with this leather? I have a polyester tex 70 (.3mm) thread. Would this be sufficient? Or should I seek something thicker?

The project is a corset, the leather has been fused to a thin cotton.

Does anyone have any resources in where to get custom stamped snaps made?

Or how to get a die made and stamp myself

Thanks!

I have never purchased pull up leather before

its a water based water bond. is it normal??

I have a Secretlab Chair for my PC and the arm rests are covered with a faux leather finish. Over the years this has become brittle and cracked on the parts of the armrest that flex when being leaned on. So I re-covered it with a piece of red leather that I had (also put an extra strip underneath around the edges to act as a strengthening strip. The stitching was difficult as I had to awl through two layers of leather and some high density foam. But I managed it. My chair now has 1 red arm, kind of like C3PO.

Couple finishing touches tomorrow and it’s all done

Can tanning leather black or color it black can anyone tell me something who has done this

I got the buttons, I got the eyelets, I got the anvil and the setters, yet I can't get them to fit together. I either bash them and nothing happens or maybe one side gets a little bend and that's it. Or it's so hard that I give up, coz realistically, I'm not a black smith, I shouldn't have to bash them that hard, or do I?

It doesn't matter how many videos I watch on how to do it, I can't figure it out. It looks so easy, but it's really hard.

I got everything from Tandys. Is it the product that sucks? Should I try to get those pliers looking things to set stuff instead? Is that easier?

Is there a way to use eyelets and snap buttons if you can't figure out how to make them work? Do I need different ones? Please share your wisdom.

Thank you.

This is my second attempt at inlaying leather to make a design. I'm testing it for durability.

Does anyone know why one side of my saddle stitch looks pristine but the other side doesn’t match? (I would post pics but Reddit won’t let me)

If you have something similar, have you been able to use heavy waxed thread? We have been able to get it to use sewing thread but struggling with anything thicker. Idk if I need a new needle or what. Anyone who has this one, impart your knowledge on me! My partner gave it as a gift and doesn’t know much about leather and picked this w/o much knowledge. Help!

So I don't have a printer and would like to start designing my own simple designs. I don't have a printer because I learn much more effectively making doing as much as possible outside of the software. That, and I have a very very tough time imagining a CAD layout once built.

For those of you that don't prefer to use software for your protyping, what's your process like?

I would love to know everybody's workflow to hopefully jump-start my process.