Thread: Crazy bench-hone idea

What if I cut a piece of smooth ceramic tile and mounted leather on it? It should be flat and resistant to warping. Any reasons for why I should not do it?

Sure. Why not.

You could also visit the dollar store or michaels crafts and pick up some magnet sheets. I picked up magnet sheets 8.5" x 11" for about $1. The sheets are light duty fridge magnet material and can easily be cut with scissors.

Cut the magnets to size, mount one on the tile, (or a piece of wood or metal) and make up two or three more in various grits of diamond paste on leather.

That's a great idea, Matt. I'll definitely look into it. Planning on experimenting with several designs. I am assuming that pasted paddles take less pressure anyways. Now if I wanted to really stick the leather to the surface (or the magnet for that matter), could I use a construction adhesive like PL?

I'm not familiar with PL. I think any basic white glue, epoxy, just about anything will do. With thick leather it's unlikely that the glue underneath with cause problems with the surface unless you've got a big glob of it.

I'm talking about a thin coating of stuff that will hold a 5'x4' piece of drywall glued to a plaster wall with no other support necessary. It spreads easily, cures slowly and has an amazing holding ability. However once it cures, it becomes hard.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I'm talking about a thin coating of stuff that will hold a 5'x4' piece of drywall glued to a plaster wall with no other support necessary. It spreads easily, cures slowly and has an amazing holding ability. However once it cures, it becomes hard.

You might want to consider contact cement. I've had very good luck with it in attaching leather to most surfaces.
Ed

Thanks Ed. I'll be hitting the HD anyways so I'll look at all of the options.

Sorry to rain on your parade but I really doubt that tiles are flat. If they were then machineists would have been using them instead of float glass and machined surface granite plates etc. Think about it...all of our manmade hones are cooked in an oven (just like tiles) and none of them are perfectly flat. Try going to a company that sells and fabricates kitchen countertops from synthetic stone. Raid their dumpster and look for discards that will fill your needs (thats what I did!). That stuff is flatter than tiles.

Just my dumpster diving two cents,

check out hand american site...keith sells a flat table version of paddle strop that uses multible leathers and felts with paste...

I got a 3x12" piece of marble tile from Jason (thanks Jason ). Will that be ok for this purpose?

On that note, I checked out Jason's work area again and I have a couple of impressions:
1) MAJOR case of RAD
2) EXCELLENT work.. Lots of ingenuity with great attention to detail.
Too bad I couldn't stick around longer but I had to go to the airport.