My Leather Maker Bag is finished

[indytruks138]

I need to take some of your leather classes!

[kyrithia]

You should. He’s an excellent teacher

[jswilson64]

Zippers intimidate me. Hand-stitching one doubly so. This gives me hope that someday I might tackle something like this!

[Webdevel]

Agreed. Keeping zippers centered is a pain in the ass. Keeping them even on both sides is a pain in the ass. Hand stitching is a pain in the ass. Combine all that and you have a super pain in the ass. Which is why a bag like this cost 3 million quid.

[Brian]

My wife just made a small purse. She used sticky labels printed with stitch patterns to get the stitch holes in exactly the right places. Worked well.

The laser cutters are also handy for marking stitch holes.

[sinless]

If it were fabric I’d suggest Wonder Tape for placing the zipper, etc. but washaway properties doesn’t really help on this one. It did turn out fabulous though!

[Webdevel]

I did use some very narrow double sided tape to hold it in place. Ideally, one would glue it on for a permanent hold, but I’m impatient…

[Webdevel]

And also, Adam Savage comimented my build. Gonna just ride that happy for a few days!!!

[bethaboo1225]

Selling price, 1 MILLION DOLLARS!

[bethaboo1225]

Yeah I was wondering if the laser cutter could “drill” the stitch holes cleanly.

[Scott_Blevins]

You seriously need to plug this with pics. on Twitter addrssed to @donttrythis

He’d be amazed.

[jast]

Yeah I was wondering if the laser cutter could “drill” the stitch holes cleanly.

Here’s some pics of lazered leather work (done right here in DMS)

Dallas Makerspace Show and Tell - December 2016

Finished the demo piece for the leather and laser class next month and plasma cut a batarang. [image][image]

Leather N Lasers - Field Notes Cover

Last weekend I taught my first class here at the Makerspace. While I knew there were some interested in how to cut leather on the lasers, the amount of people who approached me about wanting in the class surprised me. As with all first classes there were a few hiccups, but mostly positive feedback. The class covered from concept, through complete didital design, cutting on the laser, single needle stitching, and finishing. The one constructive criticism I received was that not everyone was abl…

[Webdevel]

Scott

My Leather Maker Bag is finished

And also, Adam Savage comimented my build. Gonna just ride that happy for a few days!!! [Screenshot_20180927-143451_Twitter]

That is a real tweet and real response from him !

[Scott_Blevins]

I figured he would. He’s super nice that way.

[Scott_Blevins]

It can! And a whole bunch of letters

[Brian]

Drilling did not work well for me. The holes tended to get plugged with soot and the oily soot got everywhere when stitching (thread, fingers, smeared over the leather).

And, the diamond shape of the stitching prong holes seems to make a better stitch.

But marking worked very well.

[Scott_Blevins]

Odd…I’ve cut great lace holes with the laser. Agree that marking should be nice as well.

[Webdevel]

I definitely prefer the shape of a diamond shaped hole, however the laser can cut some nice even stitch holes. @apparently_weird has had great success getting the hole size and distance dialed in.

[Webdevel]

What a glorious day!

[apparently_weird]

Always in awe of your talent. While yes, stitch holes in Leather N Laser classes are large for ease, when doing my own personal projects these are the lasered stitch holes @Webdevel mentioned. 1.2mm wide stitch holes through both sides of leather and zipper. All hand stitched from there.