Burning Leather and Making a Journal Cover!
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2020
- I made a leather journal cover for the Leuchtturm1917 Medium A5 using oil tan pull up leather I purchased last year on a Black Friday sale at Springfield Leather. I start off by quickly sketching the basic design, then I roughed out the pattern before (off camera) refining the pattern in Adobe Illustrator. Then I cut out the design on my laser cutter and assembled the project. This was a really fun project, and it was nice to make something for myself for a change.
The pattern is available on my website if you'd like to make your own from this design.
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Beautifully shot, the pattern making part was also very well explained
Thank you Steve! I appreciate it! I felt like I glossed over the closure strap, but that's more of a trial & error thing that I never could have gotten right on the very first attempt. Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a great day!
Absolutely beautiful...
beautiful project!💪🏼👏🏻❣️
A beautiful piece of work and I thoroughly enjoyed the video. You have a measured way of talking that is easy to follow and very relaxing. Good job 👍🏻
Nice looking
Looks really nice!
Thank you!
Perfect, bello, me encantó. 🇨🇱 🇧🇷
¡Muchas gracias! ¡Aprecio el cumplido y gracias por mirar!
Absolutely gorgeous result! As a fellow Texan, well done Sir, well done. 👍🏼
Thank you very much!
That came out beautifully. Great job. You have a new sub here
Thanks for the sub! And thanks for the compliment!
Hi! I just found this video on my search for branding on black leather. I am very, very new to this and I thought it was super cool that you are in Texas too! Or at least that is what the brand logo says. I drew a design for a friend on a bracelet with her name, butterflies and flowers. I just can’t see the design very well because it’s like black on black. I was thinking of rubbing acrylic paint or something to see if it would show up better, but I figured I needed to search you tube for advice before I screwed it up. Thank you for the video. I subscribed in hopes to learn from your mistakes. 🤗😉😆😊
Hey man, hope u are well...love my holster. My wife just bought a 9mm Springfield 3 inch barrel, with 13 round clip! U take care man...
Hi Mike - all is good! Glad you still like your holster! Hope you and your family are doing well, as well! Take care.
отличная работа👍👍👍
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Nice quality stuff. I'm about a year into leather working and looking to combine some tooling with leather burning highlights.
Thank you! Are you referring to pyrography? I haven’t tried that yet (unless you consider laser engrave in that category). I’d be curious to know how bad it smells.
@@AdamsLeatherWorks , lol, I'm still trying to get past the whole powder horn debacle in the house. I'll probably have to move all that stuff back into the garage. It was great in the man cave while it lasted though.
A true artisan, thank you for posting. I enjoyed the making of the journal cover.
Thank you very much! And thanks for watching & commenting!
Is there any way you can make me a holster from Horween leather?
Where do you get that pyrography and cutting machine?
What are the dimensions of the leather you used that accommodates all the pieces? I really want to make this! Thanks!
Oil tanned leather doesn't burnish well. Veg tan is what you are going to want to work with. I learned that the hard way.
Veg tan is what I use for 99.999% of the products I make. Bought these oil tan hides on sale last year because I've always wanted to try it. Hides are much cheaper too, but I'll continue to use veg tan for most of what I make.
@@AdamsLeatherWorks I was able to cheat a nice look into it by loading the edges with beeswax. Apply, heat, apply, heat again etc. After a while it still gets that weird open pore look to it.
How the heck are you going to have a freaking laser machine yet not an anvil for your copper rivets?...haha! Thank you so much for all you share, I always learn so much and I appreciate what you do. Stay safe!!
LOL - I know, right!?! I haven't used very many copper rivets. The first time I used them was maybe a year or two ago on a pair of 3-ring leather binders for work. The next time I used them was on our Christmas ornaments last year and I struggled along with the old vice's anvil surface. Thank you for watching, and you and your family stay safe as well!
@@AdamsLeatherWorks thanks for the reply, I understand about the rivets. Can't wait to see a video with your new anvil down the road!
Putting a layer of painter's masking tape over the face of the leather before engraving and cutting helps cut back on unwanted burn marks and smoke stains. It does take some extra time to remove the tape though for jobs with more detailed engraving. But it looks cleaner. The extra layer of tape means you might have to mess with the power and speed a bit on the laser.
Thanks Wyatt - I typically do apply masking tape when engraving. But I've had several times where the adhesive in the tape gummed up on the surface from the laser heat. I opted on this one to leave the tape off. But you're right - masking tape is generally a good idea.
Looks good. Where did you get the burnisher for your drill press. ? I have looked all over and can’t not find that.
Hi Jerry - thanks! My burnisher is from www.proedgeburnishers.com/
Beautiful work, as usual!
I bet you're loving that laser. Which one do you use?
Thanks Jason - my laser is a Chinese import, sold by Rose Graphix. I think their company name is BesCutter now. I bought mine used from a local seller that used it to cut acrylic templates for quilting. Mine is a 90 watt with a 600mm x 1000mm bed. That's about 23.6" x 39.3". The only thing I wish mine had was an adjustable bed height, and maybe auto focus. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@AdamsLeatherWorks thanks for the info! We appreciate your videos.
Looking back at your first video’s, what sewing machine were you using? Looked like the Tippman ?
You're right - I had the Tippmann Boss for a while, but upgraded to the Cobra Class 4 after I started selling belts and experimenting with making large items like bags (where you really need two hands on the leather).
Anybody know where to get that same black cutting mat with the yellow grid?
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Looks great. You have a laser but not a chunk of granite? Bro. LOL Glad to see a video, hope you're doing great.
Looks like a granite at 10:20....maybe quartz.
Lol, good point. I do have a granite slab, but it’s probably 5/8” thick. More ideal is several inches thick, like a piece from a broken headstone. I also have a quartz slab from a sink cutout. It has a fiberglass mesh backing, and all the corners are broken from being hammered on. I was thinking about trying to build a custom bench and pour a reinforced concrete slab that’s built into the counter, but I’ve also head concrete isn’t really a good material to hammer on. Probably just need to find somewhere that makes headstones and see if I can buy a slab. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@AdamsLeatherWorks Yeah I do concrete countertops and you don't want to spend a lot of time hammering on them. I got a few end cuts of granite (1.5" thick) from a countertop maker. Combined with a poundo board, they seem to work great for for this sort of work. And I was just busting your chops on the laser; I'd have one too if I could! They seem like way too much fun.
You've got bucket loads of talent. What is the name of your production company? :) Lone Star Productions?
LOL, thank you - I appreciate it!
Talk about a handy tool to have....that laser made short work of the pattern. Do you feel like it's cheating a little to use it to make the engraved pattern though? Maybe I'm just jealous. Lol.
In my opinion, it's just another tool in the toolkit. I don't typically use the laser to cut out pieces like I did in this video, but I figured I'd give it a try since the pattern was already loaded up in the machine. It's really not much different than using a sewing machine to sew instead of hand saddle stitching, or a brass stamp to make an impression in the leather instead of hand tooling it. It's similar to discussions in the woodworking community about power tools vs hand tools, or CNC machines vs more traditional methods. It's varying degrees of speed (and maybe accuracy?) vs. quality and/or intended result. You can't really tool this type of leather like you would with traditional methods on vegetable tanned leather, so the only other option would be something like pyrography, or an enormous custom brass or delrin stamp, but the amount of pressure that would be required to stamp something this large would be unrealistic. Thank you for watching & commenting. It's an interesting discussion.
@@AdamsLeatherWorks No arguments here! Like I said.....I'm just jealous of your toys!!!
Any of these for sale?
Hi Dane - sorry, I completely overlooked your message. I don't have any for sale, but if you were interested in one, drop me a line on my website's contact page and we can talk more about it.
This is the old LEATHER SMITH, I know what U mean, I have started 2 make one 4 myself but instead of using your machine I carve 3d image's in 2 both sides, but I have clients that R also keeping me busy so right now it's sitting on the side, I am binding a Bible 4 a client, actually I got in pieces and I now have it 2gether and I am setting up the covers. GOD'S BLESSINGS BROTHER ✝️⚾🙃
Cool, I'd love to try book binding one of these days. I wanted to make my own sketch books, start to finish, including making the paper. But I'd spend so much time making the thing, I'd never want to write/draw in it. LOL Thank you for watching, take care!
Stop using Gum Trag. Invest in some Tokonole for edge finishing. It is the best for Veg Tan and gives a smooth edge on Oil Tan after 600 Grit Sanding.
Okay, okay - I finally broke down and placed an order for tokonole. Been wanting to try it for a while anyway. :)
@@AdamsLeatherWorks this comment made my day! Your work is beautiful and part of what got me started in leather craft myself. @turnkeyleather on IG. I honestly believe tokonole will make your work shine! Thanks for the videos and all the knowledge!
@@Stevsean8921 Thank you very much! I just followed you back. Nice looking stuff! Those handmade lino stamps are super cool.
@@AdamsLeatherWorks making them brings you right back to a 6th grade art class lol.
Can you make me a leather holster out of horween?
To be honest, I've never worked with any of the Horween leathers. I'm not sure how it would take the molding, and how stiff the resulting holster would be. If you're talking more generally about horsehide, I've made a couple holsters with it, but it's been a while.
Just incase you are still frustrated by that slot - being a journal cover having a little slot for notes, receipts, and other random bits which end up in a journal is one big thing I look for in a cover. It comes in super handy to the point it's a necessity! I bought a journal cover a few months ago and ended up buying another from a different maker for that very reason.
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Мне очень жаль это слышать. Это просто инструмент в наборе инструментов. Это не всегда целесообразно использовать, но вариантов нанесения графического изображения на этот тип кожи не так много. Спасибо за Ват...