Learning LEATHER TOOLING With Help From LASER ENGRAVER?
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- In this segment of the Exporation Series I take a stab at my first leather tooling and carving project. In standard Makesupply fashion, I look to see how I could use the laser engraver to help with my process.
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I am continually impressed by the results you produce!
Please reconsider taping the leather down as the tape will leave residue or take with it the finish. Using weights are often used to hold the leather down when stamping but aren't necessary when cutting the design. Painter's tape can be applied to the flesh side to prevent the leather from stretching due to stamping.
On our Glowforge I convert the image to raster, then just lightly tattoo it onto the leather using full speed, 15 power (whatever that converts to on other lasers I couldn't tell you), 225 LPI. Ya have to make sure the lines are really narrow, otherwise it can look sloppy with the etched lines being wider than the knife cut.
YMMV
That's a fantastic idea, though converting tooling designs to vector might be more time-intensive than simply engraving an image directly. I would also go for as fine and as light a line as the laser can manage, since you are really only using the "transferred" lines for reference, rather than coloring the surface of the leather in any way. The tooling applies the shading, beveling and detail lines. That's why you traditionally use a stylus to transfer lines onto leather. The light line impressions will effectively disappear into the tooling, not so much a laser etch, so you want to add as little extra as possible. Nice work! Looking forward to seeing where you take this.
Tip, always wet your leather before you put it through the laser. It will make te leather lie flat and you will get a perfect burn..... Steve
Question. I have a laser and want to use the laser score in place of using a swivel knife. Have you tried that? I recently used my laser to cut out a pattern for a pistol holster. Cut the outline and the sewing holes using the laser. The holes were perfectly aligned and a pleasure to stitch. I put the laser in engrave mode to add a logo. It turned out very well but I didn't do any tooling. For my next project I'd like to have the laser cut the design into the leather and go directly to the bevelers, burnishers etc.
I've been doing this recently. It will leave brown lines though, so as long as it's something that you are either painting or using antique paste/gel to highlight the tooling (and hide the burn lines) it works wonderfully. I usually dampen the leather the same way I would for normal tooling, let the laser do a vector cut to just above half thickness and then bevel as normal. You have to pay a bit more attention to the line though as its narrower than a swivel cut. Alternatively I sometimes lightly go over the cuts with my swivel anyway to widen them a bit, it's soooo much easier when the swivel has a precut channel to follow.
You could look up Don Gonzalez as well. He has some good videos on tooling.
Very nice. No need for apologies. It looks fine.
Hey Justin, look up Jim Linnell on UA-cam...he has all the steps in several uploads, really does a good job. I'll tr to find a link to get you started tomorrow.
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Thanks Ron will check it out!
my first laughter was when you attached the leather to the stone xD, you need to move the leather to work comfortably, see how the first thing you did was to move your hand like if you want to move the leather before get the knife close¿? nice video, i enjoyed waching it ^_^
Man, so cool you have a laser!
A blessing and a curse sometimes haha
Looks pretty good!
Okay hun.
"A" for effort. I don't tool and I'm not sure if it I ever will. However I do know the basics.
Step 1: case your leather... you don't want drenched. Depending on the thickness is how wet you get it. Then you let it sit for a few minutes.
Step 2: you cut the lines. You can use a swivel knife and I have seen some use a craft knife.
Step 3: bevel the lines. Use the one that is slanted smooth or non-smooth is your choice. The harder you hit the stamp tool, the deeper the line.
If the leather starts to dry, lightly wet it with the sponge to keep it slightly damp.
All other stamping tools are part of the detailing process. Tandy has a list in their virtual catalog but if you do a search online, you can find more information.
Once you finish tooling, make sure the area you want to stain is dry. Some people will stain wet. Certain stains do not work well when wet. Dry is a safe way to go.
Tandy , Weaver, and Kevin Hopkins of Springfield Leather Crafts have instructional videos to show the basics.
Believe it or not, I have watched a few leather craftsmen from Russia do beginning to end videos. You don't need to understand the language to get the method. I will get you a few links and add another post. 😉
your the equivalent of a teenager using photoshop, thinking they are a photographer. laser engraver? really?
Did that make you feel better about yourself?
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