Leathercraft Tool

 

Diann, you and I are just beginners but I think we see the light through the smoke. Spending our money on supplies like leather and lace instead of the latest whiz-bang tools?......what a profound concept!!    I want you to know that I have combined all the advice I have gathered from this thread (cord?) and came up with the ultimate leather stamping tool!     I took a piece of pipe,made a simple  stick type  handle from rare and endangered rain forest hardwood, turned it on my lathe, epoxied a ball peen hammer inside it and covered it all with Naugahyde.  I inject myself with steroids just like a major league batter, hold my invention  with a limp wrist like Rod Stewart holds his cricket bat , swing it from the hip like John Wayne and hold my tongue firmly in my cheek like Ronald Reagan then  write about it in the spirit of Mark Twain!   It is not much good for stamping  leather but I think everyone should finally agree that I am using the recommended tool and technique.  ( I hope I don't get "mauled" for posting this but I just had to "stick" in my 2 centavos!) --- On Sat, 9/5/09, Diann Amberger <DAmberger@centurytel.net> wrote: From: Diann Amberger <DAmberger@centurytel.net> Subject: Re: [flasah] Mauls a BAD DESIGN for stamping To: flasah@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 7:21 PM   Dale, I've never heard of one either.. I expect it would save us all a lot of money if we would just get a piece of hardwood, cover it in leather and nail it to a stick,,,,,,, ,,,think so? Then we could use the extra money on other fun stuff, like leather, tools, lace,,,,,,etc. ... Diann At 07:30 PM 9/5/2009 -0500, you wrote: > GB wrote: >> [Attachment( <> from GB included below] >> >> Jerome, >> Why did you only address one aspect of my critique of the maul designs >> in question? >> >> Tell me why you would use a striking instrument which is , like Windy >> said, basically trying to hit your stamps with a pipe ? >> >> Now to your description of how a striking instrument is supposed to be >> used...hanging off the end of your arm supported in only one direction >> by your wrist.... just wrong. >> >> A prescription for tunnel carpal syndrome if ever I saw one. That >> also means that all the VIBRATION of the hits... which I was saving >> for my annotated presentation on striking instruments to cover... goes >> right to the wrist . >> >> But for those who want to think about it in the meantime ... you need >> to have something to counter balance the weight doing the work.... a >> place for the vibration to go to be dissipated into the air.... not >> into your elbow or shoulder. This also changes the hold and the motion >> associated with the stamping so as to avoid the ' hammer' hold using a >> side motion of the wrist. >> >> I am attaching a couple of pictures from the Kelly Tool company >> instruction booklet (about 1978 ) which has a pretty good picture of >> how your wrist action should be to minimize effort and injury over >> the long haul. Several other people have had and shown rectangular >> stamping sticks over the years in places like ' The Leather Craftsman' >> magazine .... but Tandy never offered a flat bottomed square handled >> mallet ..... so there was not much way for it to catch on no matter >> how many benefits it has. >> >> I believe the Kelly Tool company became the Midas Tool Company which >> is what The Leather Factory used to compete with Craftool until they >> bought Tandy and Craftool about 2000. >> >> Also , Jerome, you sounded like you were using your maul just as a >> gravity determined impact tool... which would mean you would have to >> change the height from which you dropped it as the only way to vary >> the impact... not only would that be silly.. but VERY SLOW... when >> using a proper striking stick you can work much faster than gravity >> will allow you... >> >> Ok, Windy, here is the type of motion for proper leather stamping.. ( >> in the attachments) it allows your entire arm to be held two inches >> lower than with a common hammer type mallet, puts the actual hitting >> surface plane extension on your finger tips , has the ability to have >> weights installed to customize to the crafter's needs, AND has a wide >> and long sweet spot. and has the ability to dampen the constant >> pounding into the air with the other end out in the air... as compared >> to the vibration traveling right through your wrist and up your arm. >> >> It is all physics and ergonomics.. . >> > > That is the way I hold my mallet. That's the way I was taught to hold > it over 50 years ago. I have never used a striking stick... shucks, I'd > never even heard of a striking stick until this thread started. > > -- > Dale Erwin > Av. 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