Thread: We Have Skills Too !!

Originally Posted by Gasman

And they keep costing you more and more when it comes to all the extra tools you can attach to them. Betting that can cost more than the lathe itself.

Don't forget to factor in the one variable that money can't buy and that's--

Personal Satisfaction "Lookie What I Made"

First and Foremost:

I don't know if this will qualify as having any 'Skills' but it's functional---

My best friend Carl Always has his Leatherman on him. Always--well at least it seems that way as we've eaten in restaurants and he's pulled his Leatherman out to cut his meat with--

I received a Leatherman from him for Christmas. Here's the sheath that it came in--



While I was grateful for the gift, the sheath just didn't cut it, so I made my own.

I'd picked up some various leathers as my son wants to make an ammo belt but there is plenty to spare so I used some of it.

I knew that soaking the leather would soften it and then it could be formed around the knife BUT I wanted a nice tight fit so I thought to myself--'Self, could you use the Food Saver Vacuum System'? I didn't think it was so far fetched so I checked out YouTube and sure as hell others had thought about it. So----



Then to make the piece for the belt to pass through--



I used Barges Contact cement to glue the front and back together--



I also used the contact cement to adhere the loop and then used rivets to make sure it stayed in place--



I used various 'forks' that are used to keep the holes even then used a 1/16" drill bit to make sure the holes would allow the 'Speedy Stitcher' to freely go through.

Here's the stitching--



Dyed and a bit of Mink Oil on it.





As I said, it's functional--

Thanks for looking

Looks great, Roy

Pretty clever thinking Roy.
Looks like a nice custom fit.
Bravo!!

Pete <:-}

Great idea on the food vacuum thingy. Thats using your head for more than pounding nails!

Spandex tight buddy.
Spank for tools!
Great idea.

That's Outstanding Roy! Well Done!

That vacuum idea is freakin' genius! A) why the hell didn't I think of that, and B) I need to get me one of those!

Do you think the food saver could also be used to impregnate wood scale material with resin? Seems it should work with their Mason jar sealer kit, but I don’t know if it can draw a sufficient vacuum.

I don’t own one, but I’m pretty sure I could convince SWHMBO that it would be a good purchase knowing that I could never convince her about buying a real vacuum system.

I don't think a food saver would pull enough vacuum plus they turn off after a bit.