question for fitzo or others.

Jim, I seem to remember someone grabbed that file and put it up on their server. Perhaps they'll speak up. If no one has a link, I can burn the pdf to a cd and send it to you snail mail. It's a 9MB file, so I don't know whether email is good or not??
 
Thanks fitzo, Ill shoot you an emule if the link doesnt turn up. That paper was great, thanks for posting it in the first place.
 
YW, Jim. I forget who posted that link here in the first place; I was just passing it along again. I deserve no credit. :)
 
A question fro fitzo and BigJimSlade:

Would appreciate your advice and guidance on making 1/4" x 1/2" rectangular holes in leather. Searches on Internet yields humorous results but no techniques/tools/dies.

Also, any recommnedations of waterproof gluing of leather washers. Many thanks, guys, on this cold New England Sunday.
 
Topos said:
A question fro fitzo and BigJimSlade:

Would appreciate your advice and guidance on making 1/4" x 1/2" rectangular holes in leather. Searches on Internet yields humorous results but no techniques/tools/dies.

Also, any recommnedations of waterproof gluing of leather washers. Many thanks, guys, on this cold New England Sunday.
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Topos, I don't do stacked leather washers, so can't offer much help. If I was making a handle, I would cut the holes by hand with a razor knife for that one knife. A cxouple oif wood chisels would probably work, too. There are 1/4" square and many other punches available, too.

Here's a link to a recent thread here that may be of some help to you;
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452234

Hope that helps. If not, start a thread and you will get lots of assistance!
 
fitzo, you are Fabulous. You gave me more info in a millisec than I had
been able to find in over an hour of search. You are good enough to have been in the Intel Community [grin]. Wonderful Sunday to you.

Now if someone can direct me to a 1/4" x 1/2" cutter [guy thing about acquiring tools - "testerone poinsoning" as I was once told] search will be complete.

Again, thanks.
 
Tandy has the punches.
You can make a darn good one from a piece of steel tubing that you forge to a rectangle and file to a sharp edge. The steel tubing from Home Depot will harden a bit with a water quench.A piece of 3/8" should be about right.

The way to go if you are going to punch a lot of holes is to make an actual punching die.
Take two pieces of 1/4" mild steel (about 3" square should do) and saw/mill matching slots in them the size of the hole you want to punch ( the ends of the slot can be rounded,that won't matter).Next, Take a piece of 1/2" round tool steel (O-1,HSS, or whatever you can get), and file/grind the end for about 1.5",making it fit the slots in the plates.The end should be a sharp 90 degree edge.Harden the punch and draw a medium temper. Put the punch in the slot of both plates and drill 1/4"guide holes in the four corners.Glue 1/4" rods in the holes on the bottom plate;about 1" long is enough.
To use the die punch ,put the leather piece on the bottom plate,drop the top plate on, give the punch a tap with a rawhide mallet, voila! you have a punched washer that you can make 100s of with the exact same hole.If you put the bottom plate on a base with a 1" hole cut out under the slot the punchings will drop through .You can also make a similar punch setup with a 1.5" round punch to punch out lots of leather discs to punch the slots in ( it is a lot easier to make a round punching die).
If your skills are up to it, and you make all parts of hardenable steel,you can make punching dies that will punch the slots in metal guards. The punch/die setup will have to be beefy (1" round stock, and 1" plates), and used in a hydrauluic press.This project would not be for the amateur, but shows the possibilities)
Stacy
 
I just read that to the dog, Bill, and he ran outside to laff. ;) He don't think I'm near as ugly if I got a treat in my hand, though! Damn mercenary dog! :D
 
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