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Yes, I can certainly appreciate that; however, I've found that with most any project, no matter the size or shape, there will always be a small amount of scrap. Rather than just throw it in the scrap box, I use it, prior to beginning my project, as a test piece. With it, I can determine how much pressure I need to exert with my swivel knife to get the depth I want, and the force I need expend with my mallet to get my tooling to the depth I want without tooling through my leather (yep, that's happened more times than I care to think about).

Ralph Jones

--- In flasah@yahoogroups.com, ljvnvmc@... wrote:
>
> I also cut my leather slightly larger. Not only for stretch but for a
> temper test area for knifing and tooling.
>
> Little John (lj)
> WARHORSE LEATHER
> Warren, MI
> Member IILG
> ljvnvmc@...
>
>
> In a message dated 9/6/2009 10:59:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rusty11482001@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> James,
>
> Your statement "I always cut my leather larger than the picture that I am
> making. This also helps me if there is any unforeseen stretching of the
> leather in the tooling or embossing process" caught my attention.
>
> When I do a picture, I always cut my leather to size, and back it with a
> piece of bag stiffener using rubber cement. I leave it on the back till I've
> completed everything, and then gently peel it from the leather. When you
> peel it off, remove the stiffener from the leather - not the leather from
> the stiffener.
>
> I'm a firm believer in "cut deep and bevel deeper" - been at this for nigh
> onto fifty years, and, using the bag stiffener as a backing during the
> tooling has always prevented my leather from stretching.
>
> You might give it a try - see if it works for you. Seems to me, over the
> years, the practice of cutting your leather larger than your project will
> result in alot of wasted leather.
>
> Ralph Jones
>
> --- In _flasah@..._ (mailto:flasah@yahoogroups.com) , james
> geigan <jdgeigan@...> wrote:
> >
> > Dale:
> > This is good advice that you received from Hank. I personally use
> masking tape or scotch tape. I always tape across to the back side of the leather
> to avoid any issues with the tooling surface. I also cut my leather larger
> than the picture that I am making. This also helps me if there is any
> unforeseen stretching of the leather in the tooling or embossing process.
> > I hope this helps.
> > James Geigan
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________ ____ ____
> > From: Dale Erwin <dale@>
> > To: _flasah@..._ (mailto:flasah@yahoogroups.com)
> > Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2009 8:35:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [flasah] Oak Leaf
> >
> >
> > Hank Staley wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We all have run into the tracing film problem I'm sure. Unroll it and
> > > roll it the opposite
> > > direction. Small plastic clamps help hold the film to the leather,
> > > clothes pins might work.
> > > Don't sweat the small cuts, do them last with a #1 X-acto craft knife.
> > > What I do when tracing the pattern from the film to the leather is
> > > make marks in three or four places near
> > > the edge of the pattern. Once this is done, you will have reference
> > > marks to keep the
> > > film and leather lined up...Hank
> >
> > Actually, making the small cuts wasn't the problem. It was beveling
> > them. In fact, I surprised myself in being able to make all those
> > intricate cuts with a straight blade. All of our clothespins are
> > plastic, I think I'll try that.
> >
> > I have another question, but I guess I should start another thread for
> that.
> >
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