MyDogsHunt
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Thanks for the input Rayban, Hope you're right.
I got everything cut out yesterday. Gotta go to town tomorrow, so I'll glue it up this evening and then give it all day tomorrow to set up before going any further.
Got a couple more questions though if you don't mind humoring me.
(1) I moistened the leather a little (per the video on BeBee's site) before cutting. Made it allot easier to cut but the edges kinda curled up on the smooth side when it dried. I held it under warm (not hot) tap water for no more than fifteen seconds. Did I get it to wet.
(2) Now I gotta round the edges a little due to the "curling". A couple videos I've watched state that they round em on the belt sander, but when I experimented on a couple scraps I glued togeather I can't keep it from burning. Does that matter since the edges get dyed anyway? Or should I get one of the little edge rounding tools? How about a little sanding with a sanding block?
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
Charlie
I got everything cut out yesterday. Gotta go to town tomorrow, so I'll glue it up this evening and then give it all day tomorrow to set up before going any further.
Got a couple more questions though if you don't mind humoring me.
(1) I moistened the leather a little (per the video on BeBee's site) before cutting. Made it allot easier to cut but the edges kinda curled up on the smooth side when it dried. I held it under warm (not hot) tap water for no more than fifteen seconds. Did I get it to wet.
(2) Now I gotta round the edges a little due to the "curling". A couple videos I've watched state that they round em on the belt sander, but when I experimented on a couple scraps I glued togeather I can't keep it from burning. Does that matter since the edges get dyed anyway? Or should I get one of the little edge rounding tools? How about a little sanding with a sanding block?
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
Charlie