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Strapmaking, the Timebandit’s Way Part 2

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Part 2

 

Now it is time to choose the leather for the underside. It should be a very soft leather.
The thread must sink into the leather for a high comfort at wearing.

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A stripe in the same wide as the strap so far is cutted.

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Cut this stripe to almost the length as the strap is

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Choose the length long enough to cover the short side as well.

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Again the sharpening of the underside, this time with the bottomleather.
This needs to be done exactly.
It is just the underside, but the cutted edge will always be visible.
So, try hard ;)

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Now we have to roughen the untreated areas from the underside with sandpaper.
The skived areas are rough enough.

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now we have to spread both leather stripes with a thin, smooth layer of  glue.

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The glue that I use needs about 10 minutes to dry, dry means; you can touch it and the leather won’t stick at your fingers.
Now we have to assemble the two stripes, this also needs to be done exactly.
If we don’t do it evenly, we will regret it.

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If  this was done fairly evenly, it should have to look like something like this.

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No we put this glued stripe between two plain and flat pieces of steel.
I have used aluminium plates.

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Again, we have to work exactly. The metalplate must be placed flush with the cutted edge of our bottomside leather. The topside must lay completely on the plate.

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OK, now it is time for rough power, the metal plates are positioned between the vicejaws ( also covered with alu ). Wind the jaws together, with most of pressure you can do.
The glue I use doesn’t need time, just pressure.

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The both stripes, that are now one strap, got a thickness about 3,6mm.

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See this tutorial continued at:

 

Part 3 : http://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?showtopic=31605

 

 

 

See previous parts here

 

Part 1 : http://www.rwg.bz/bo...showtopic=31603

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Steve227

Nice! Love these posts!

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Timebandit

Enjoy it :)

 

Greetz

Uwe

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Mugiwara

Hi..what kind of leather did u used for underline..thnks

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Timebandit

Hi,

a very soft kind of leather.

About 2-2,5mm thick.

Greetz

Uwe

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