Leathercraft Tool

GB, I like Hank, would just like to see some of your work. I think we
would all take what you say a lot more seriously if you would show us that
you can carve, and tool, but it's kind of difficult to listen to someone if
we never see anything you do. So, join the rest of us in posting photos of
your work and let us compliment or critique your work.
Diann

At 07:54 AM 9/11/2009 -0700, you wrote:
> "Once it does, from this point on
>the drying process seems to shift into
> high gear and it almost always dries quicker than I can finish the
> tooling. I always wind up having to add moisture to finish."--Dale
>
>Dale, You do not have a problem and you are not working too slow.
>As has been mentioned ... the moisture in the air and the temperature and
>movement of the air in the room affect the drying rate of the project.
> Put a fan on it if you need to for that ' looong ' initial stage out of
>the case.
>
> I have mentioned this with respect to the discussion about not gluing
>things to the back of your project... that shoots people in the foot right
>from the start because it takes away the option of spritzing from the BACK
>SIDE...
>
> Reread Bob Park's fine statement on the process if you do not believe me
>and the others who have been saying that rewetting the top side once
>stamping is started takes away crispness of the impressions.... some do not
>care or believe me when I say that... but the physics are obvious to
others.
>
>If things worked out that I hit the exact moisture content for not adding
>any water to a billfold back I figured everything had gone just right...
>but even with my speed at that time.... if I got a phone call or someone
>cut their finger and I had to go deal with that... simply spritzing took
>away the problem.
> My father carved many full sides... there is no way anyone , even trying
>to keep the unworked section covered could do those large projects without
>having to rewet...and he knew he did not want to rewet the TOP SIDE... so
>he anticipated the water flow from the bottom and spritzed regularly...
>many of his pictures took 10-14 hours at one sitting. He did not stop for
>meals... mom brought sandwiches and coffee....and of course he had nicotine
>to keep him going.
> Gregory B. Moody
>
>--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Wolvenstien <choochoocomm@> wrote:
>
>
>
> Not to beat a dead horse with this subject after the past furious
> discussion, but I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong. It
> seems that no matter which method I use to wet the leather (sponge,
> submersing, even waiting for all the bubbles to stop) I'm having this
> problem. Maybe it's just that I'm too slow, bit I don't think so.
> After unwrapping my leather the next day, it usually takes a looooong
> time for the natural color of the leather to return to the grain side.
> Once it does, from this point on the drying process seems to shift into
> high gear and it almost always dries quicker than I can finish the
> tooling. I always wind up having to add moisture to finish.
>
> --
> Dale Erwin
> Av. Circunvalació n CEC-2
> Los Girasoles de Huampaní
> Lurigancho, Lima 15, PERU
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