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Wazzup, leather thread! I have a leather Torpedo Bag strap that's missing a couple of belt holes, but has marks on both sides where the holes were supposed to be punched. What's the best tool for making the holes myself? Would a drill on a low setting work, or should I use a pointed hand tool like a small knife point? Maybe expand the marks a bit on both sides with a knife and then finish with a drill?
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Mar 4, 2024 20:17
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Would it be easier or cheaper for me to just take the strap to a leatherwork shop and have a pro punch the holes instead? I can't imagine they'd charge much for two measly holes. Heck they might do it for free.
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Mar 4, 2024 22:41
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Warbird posted:How many leatherworking shops do you know? I live in Texas. There's a few people and places near me that work with leather goods. I don't know if it matters but I'm only planning to use these holes to put Torpedo's little decorative conchos in. I don't necessarily need the holes themselves to look good since they'll be covered up by the conchos; I just need them to be centered in the right spots. If possible I'd kinda like to punch a few extra holes equal spaces apart so I can add more conchos, and I think that'd be best done by a leatherworker or someone who knows what the gently caress they're doing better than me. Javid posted:https://www.acehardware.com/departments/tools/hand-tools/punches/20416 This might work. Does it need to be a plier-type punch, or would something like a regular center punch work?
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Mar 5, 2024 01:57
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HolHorsejob posted:Whatever tool you use, if you don't cut a clean, correctly sized hole, you're going to either cut the hole uneven/too large and the hardware won't sit right or spin in place, or you'll cut something that's more like a rip, and when you shove something through it, the leather will buckle and won't sit flat. Oiiiiiiiii... I think I'd be better off just taking the strap to a shop and get someone who knows what they're doing to do it for me. I might be able to at least measure out and mark some spots for additional holes, but even that feels a little scary to me. Ideally I could just send the strap back to Torpedo and have them make the holes, but in my experience they're pretty poo poo at replying to emails so I doubt I'd even hear back from them on a simple request.
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Mar 5, 2024 23:53
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Alright, I made six holes spaced about 3 inches apart. Front  Back  ... I mean, I think it looks alright for a first try.  You can still see remnants from some of the pencil marks I made on the bottom, but other than that I don't think it turned out awful.
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Mar 7, 2024 02:32
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Now I just need to figure out what conchos to put on it. loving Torpedo sells the same exact conchos you can buy at Michael's for more than double the price. Same brand name and everything. And they only have like 3 or 4 choices to pick from. I guess Torpedo assumes people don't know how to google "conchos".
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Mar 8, 2024 23:25
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 fuckin thirty-six united states fuckbux for 5 of these 
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