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          Card holder #3 part 1                   Card holder with slight design for the flap and different material used. Outer layer is cow belly and inner layer goat leather. Button size use is VT5 and wax thread is 1 mm size. Use punch hole of size 4.5mm. Cow belly leather material materials for card holder cut drain line for punch hole Finish product Inside view Rear view , the curve was due to stitching and pulling too hard on thread. Burnishing edge burnishing edge Learning point, it is important not to pull too hard during stitching as the leather is thin and soft material. That why the card holder is curve. End of document --  👲

Training video clip Discovered another training video clip from YouTube which is very useful for beginner and novice. Like the saying - practices make perfect. They are valuable as they teaches us some of the basic technique on leather craft. Would like to share this inform with other. Weaver Leathercraft video titles Titles Published date Remarks Master Tools Leather Splitter Published on 22 May 2012 (8:02 minutes) Updated Tour of Hermann Oak® Tannery Published on 4 Jun 2012 (20:23 minutes) Updated Applying a Leather Finish Published on 20 Jan 2017 (3:49 minutes) Working with an Edger Published on 20 Jan 2017 (1:55 minutes) Working with the Oblong Punch Published on 20 Jan 2017  (3:19 minutes) Must-Have Leathercraft Work Surfaces Published on 20 Jan 2017 (2:33 minutes) Working with the Steel Square Published on 20 Jan 2017 (2:39 minutes) Burnishing Leather Edges ...

Non Leather project - repair car brake light Today have a quick and simple repair done for a defective brake light, it is a  Persona Elegance 1.6 litre (year 2011 model). A friend car with one (left side) rear brake light was defective. Found on diode D1 (reference designation) , 1N4007 (1 Amp 1000v) was open status. Tool required is Torx 15 and Torx 9 and soldering station, Philip screw driver, Plus screwdriver, handheld DMM. End of document.

              View of finish product for HDD carrying pouch. For more details on how to fabricate this please refer to post title HDD carrying pouch #5 , dated 12 Nov 2018. View on Levono F310S standard Hard Disk Drive casing.  Front view of project.. when insert a Levono F310S HDD casing is a bit tight to fit in. This HDD casing have another pouch for keeping the USB3 interface cable. Rear view of project Inside view of Levono F310S hard disk drive casing The HDD and interface cable slot can be interchangeable as can be seen here. This is dependent on the user desire and needs, which slot they prefer to use. HDD sit on the front slot HDD sit on the rear slot * Note:- the flap design was a bit shorter hence it take some difficulty to snap close for the button. Update on 2nd Dec 2018 Final stitches done for the flap and add a few more stitch between the flap and outer layer. Saddle stitching step#1 Saddle stitching step#2 Saddle stitching step#3 Sa...

Coin purse project            Note:- this coin purse project have four pocket, the original design was for two pocket version.  This coin purse project is an extension of the coin purse #2 (26th Oct 2018) and coin purse #1 (19th Oct 2018). In this project is to share some challenges. Tools shown for burnishing edge Pre assembly of part which require burnishing on the edge (facing up position). *Note:- use a chop stick to help hold work piece in position to make it easier to do burnishing work. This is especially beneficial for soft or thin leather material.   ** Have an idea to use aluminum bracket for this process and work in progress. Top view on the middle layer Edge of coin purse Marking wheel for pricking hole Use an awl to prick hole sew bottom edge of center layer Tool and materials for aligning punch hole on button Temporary add double sided tape to hold flap in position Press and align flap part on button for marking posi...