The author of work - Artisan Belt Craft.
Tools and materials:
- vegetable oak leather (4-5 mm thickness);
- 100 cm line, line with an inch, line corner,
- Heatic wristband
- awl,
- Fixture for cutting ribbons,
- knife.
It is not easy to cut off the ribbon - the workpiece for Leather belt - From a solid piece of leather. This requires special tools and stable skill. We will develop it and train it.
I will show you in detail the basics of the technology of cutting leather ribbon, and the training and the development of the skill is the case for you :) Even having a skill and tool, every time I will have it and shade every time. Because there is no identical piece of leather. The main task is to get a flat edge of the skin without the "duties" of the edge and "waves" Leather ribbon.
Production Stages:
Step number 1. Align the edge of the leather sheet:
- We expect a line for which we will do cut, with a corner and 100 cm of the line ;
- We plan a cut line with a round selection or a special rod;
- We make surface cut with a knife.
Step number 2. Cut off the ribbon
- Configure Strap Cutter in accordance with the instructions;
- We note the width of the tape of the future belt using a line with an inch scale;
- I make a knife 5-7 cm long;
- Insert the Strap Cutter blade in the incision and begin the movement "on yourself"!
Ribbon is ready!
My recommendations:
- When cutting skin, do not alone, but two or more cut. The kinematics of man's hand is that at a certain point the blade or go to the right, or "fall" (the angle between the leaf of the skin and the blade of the knife not will be 90 degrees). Make the first surface cut (about 1.5 mm), set aside the lineup and already calmly, from the second third-fourth ... cut, cut the edge of the sheet. You will get a smooth working edge of the leather ribbon for the future belt!
- Use good quality skin! After all, only good skin is truly good belts. The best "cut" from the dorsal part of the skins - when cutting along the ridge, as it retains the structure, location and direction of collagen fibers in the skin. And this is the deposit of wear resistance and the durability of the belt.
Maybe (which most often happens!), From the first time you will not get a flat and beautiful leather tape. You will apply maximum effort, scolding to yourself that, they say, "blade stupid" (although, in fact, it is razor sharpness!); "It's not convenient to stand at the table", "the line is covered", "as this poker you can cut something", etc. :)
Follow simple recommendations in the instructions for the device by cutting leather tapes and practice - this is the key to the fact that you will get it very easily. And "Listen" tool!
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