These shapes are usually sold in sets and you can combine one or more basic shapes to create a more complex shape. Leather stitching punches are quite popular and often essential to make some leather products. If you are making belts or straps, oblong leather punches can save you a lot of time while installing the buckle. Oblong leather punches create a rectangular hole in the leather so that the buckle prong can move easily after the buckle is riveted. Choosing the right size is important however if you have a smaller oblong punch and you want to create a bigger hole in the leather, you can always use the oblong punch twice along the desired path to get bigger, clean-cut holes.
Punching the leather is not always about the functionality but sometimes it is for the looks. In some projects, you may need to add a little bit of fun to your leather product and you can use decorative leather punches to punch different shapes such as hearts, stars or some other shape depending on your project.
There are some decorative punch sets you can buy directly but if you need custom shape, you may need to consult your die cut maker or make one yourself.
The most common leather punch set starts from a 1 mm round hole and goes up to 10 mm. A 1 mm punch is usually used for stitching purposes but based on the thickness of the thread 2 mm punch can also be used for stitching.
Bigger round punches can be used for installing eyelets or some other hardware. Stitching punches have different spacing options that make the stitching finer or wider based on the selection. Most commonly used spacing options are: 2. Stitching punches usually have 1mm round tips but they may have up to 2mm depending on the thread size that will be used for stitching.
Pricking irons have similar spacing options like the stitching punches. The tip of the pricking irons usually leave a 1. Here are some quick reference tables covering the sizes:. Punching the leather is mostly an easy process if you have the right tools. All you need to do is:. Sometimes the punching tools can get worn and harder to pass through the leather.
In that case you can use some sharpen them to help rgain their edge and make it easier to cut through the leather. If you are punching with a big tool or if you are punching with a stitching punch that have 10 prongs or more you will need more power. If you use the middle of the workbench away from the edge, more power will bounce back from the surface and it will be harder to punch.
Korean company KS Blade produces one of the best stitching punches. They are a bit expensive but the built quality and popularity of the punches justify the price. They also have a good selection of hole punches and strap punches. Korean company Sinabroks is a pricey but premium alternative for leathercrafters.
Unlike KS Blade they only provide stitching punches. The brass handle of their punches is popular. Another quality stitching punch is Wuta. They are not as popular or expensive as KS Blade or Sinabroks but they have sharp tools and they provide good value for the money. The elevated hardness and low residual stress lead to excellent abrasive wear resistance.
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As it is bordering on torture to force an adolescent boy to read such drivel, I may be forever biased against it, but I can't recommend strongly enough that you avoid Jane Eyre at all possible costs. Along with Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, it's easily one of the two most painful books I've ever read.
If you've made it through your academic career without being subjected to the endless tedium, consider yourself lucky; and never, ever, choose that agony of your own volition. You've been warned. Btw, I've eaten spam as a child and the idea of cloves. Zax is my Scabble dream word. I got Venustrap right away and said to myself why does this look wrong. After about a minute Once I realized I was missing fly the other theme clues zipped in.
I wanted Hormel to be the flavorer for Spam. Went through this puzzle like gangbusters till I hit the N. Got stuck on weight boxer I wrote weight class , and c team I wrote b team. After about 30 minutes and attempted goggle on bluesman Willie,clove opened up the corner. Tricky puzzle for a Thursday. James F said: Around Thursday sometimes on Friday and definitely by Saturday is when I first look at the clues and think, "Nothing makes any sense at all. I feel exactly the same way.
Also James F. I thought this was quite easy for a Thursday even if I ended up with a cross I was unsure about zax-ase. I've also never heard of the c-team. I somehow know this even though Sammy played before I followed golf at all.
I love that sort of random coincidence. Then there's the anthropologist Lomax Arthur? I guess there was some ground clove in the ham mixed into the meat for spam I had Rex's Seder moment as well, but after that that whole corner was painfully slow, guessing some words but not being sure enough. I finally googled Danny and everything fell into place. Flies are filthy and carry disease, there is no place for them in crossword puzzles. Therefore, the constructor wisely left them out.
Woo to the puzzle. Dixon was one of the real godfathers of rock and roll; as a songwriter, producer and writer, he was a major architect of Chicago blues. I would have settled for Willie Mabon, too. They did a load of field recordings and helped bring the blues to prominence, along with other folk styles. Jacques Brel wrote some very interesting songs which I really only know in transation.
I'd swear that ZAX was a villain in a Marvel comic once. It has a wonderful cooking school, golf course and spa. It also has a bunker hideway that can be toured. If memory serves, it was built during the early days of the Cold War to house the Cabinet and other "essentials". Spam is a big deal in Hawaii. We brought home a 50 ways to Cook Spam Vol.
I of II!!! Fun puzzle, fond memories. Ben, don't throw Jane Eyre under the bus! It's a 19th century British novel, what's a book to do?! Tom Jones the book by Henry Fielding, not the singer was far, far worse.
Good puzzle today--as other's have said, I was feeling stuck until I figured out the theme, then it all fell together. Happy almost Friday! I couldn't get EYRE for a while Loved the Dayenu clue Kathy -- I'm surprised to find that someone could think "Tom Jones" was a crummy book. Maybe you had to rush to get through it?
I thought it was a great adventure, giving one a real sense of the life in the 18th century. All of us must have some objections to the supposed classics though, I would guess. A first-ever comment, late at night. So I doubt anyone will see it. Rex, I stumbled on the blog a few weeks ago. Now my day feels incomplete without a visit.
Thanks for creating such creating such a wonderful crossword community! Great write-up, as usual Rex and the comments have been fun to read. Ditto Kathryn and Cary and Yar. Spam and seder When I was ten, I liked to panfry my spam with a ring of pineapple, then glaze it with maple syrup at the end.
When is that contest in Hawaii?
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