Leather Stamps Rack....
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:22 pm
I started messing with leatherwork so I could make a sheath for a knife. I started CARVING so I could decorate a sheath I got conned into making for my OK daughter. I got suckered into stamping when that same evil child in OK sent me the stamps and cheapo plastic rack for them she found in the house she bought there. Man... it's addictive. Now, several hundred dollars later, I have been carving, stamping, and even dying the practice pieces, and adding stamps and tools ... the stamp rack is too dang small. It arrived with a half dozen basic stamps in it. We have added a couple. Five more arrived in the mail from Tandy today.
Time to make a new rack to organize and accommodate the new stamps and make them easier to find when I'm working.
First step is to laminate a few pieces of oak to form a block. First I'll need a few of these... Cabinet makers clamps apply even pressure over the surfaces they are applied to... ah.. four should do it.
Then I'll cut four, 4" x 12" 1/2" oak sections and glue them up. That should get the project started. I'll allow that to set up overnight. Then it will just be a matter of laying out the pattern for the holes on the top board, and setting the depth on the drill press we don't go all the way through. I'll use a good bit, take my time, and git 'er done. Of course, I'll have to roll the edges, add some stain, and make a nice mount for the block after.
Time to make a new rack to organize and accommodate the new stamps and make them easier to find when I'm working.
First step is to laminate a few pieces of oak to form a block. First I'll need a few of these... Cabinet makers clamps apply even pressure over the surfaces they are applied to... ah.. four should do it.
Then I'll cut four, 4" x 12" 1/2" oak sections and glue them up. That should get the project started. I'll allow that to set up overnight. Then it will just be a matter of laying out the pattern for the holes on the top board, and setting the depth on the drill press we don't go all the way through. I'll use a good bit, take my time, and git 'er done. Of course, I'll have to roll the edges, add some stain, and make a nice mount for the block after.