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Understand the Basics of Leather Working
Tooling Your Leather Work
Understand What Leather Works Best for Leather Working
Learn What General Tools You Need for Leather Working
Casing Your Leather Work
Understand Why You Should Case Your Leather Work
Avoid Over Casing Your Leather Work
Understand the Basic Approach to Leather Working
Understand the Kits & Stretching of Leather Working
Learn What Tool Sets are Best for Leather Working
How to Use a Single-Action Tool on Leather Working
Learn About Angling in Leather Working
Understand the Difference Between Decorative & Textured Leather Working
Learn What a Camo Stamp is in Leather Working
How to Use the Veiner Tool in Leather Working
How to Use the Seeder Tool in Leather Working
How to Use the Backgrounder Tool in Leather Working
How to Utilize Letters in Leather Working
Learn How to Use Letters Properly in Leather Working
How to Use Basket Tools in Leather Working
How to Use Double Action Tools in Leather Working
Understand the Effect of Double Action Tools on Leather Working
How to Use Beveler Tools in Leather Working
How to Use Smaller Beveler Tools in Leather Working
How to Use Pear Shader Tools in Leather Working
Understand the Three Schools of Thought of Leather Working
How to Use Knives in Leather Working
How to Use a Knife Sharpener for Your Leather Work
How to Use Swivel Knife Sharpening for Your Leather Work
How to Achieve Proper Cuts in Leather Working
Understand How a Swivel Knife Affects Leather Working
How to Achieve Different Cuts in Leather Working
How to Utilize the Layering Technique in Leather Working
How to Utilize Layering & Detailing in Leather Working
How to Use the Stylus in Leather Working
Understand How the Veiner Tool Works in Leather Working
How to Utilize Coaster-Shaped Leather
How to Add Details to Your Leather Coaster
How to Add Texture to Your Leather Coaster
How to Add Minor Details to Your Leather Coaster
How to Add Definition to Your Leather Coaster
Learn About Leather Working Finishes
Learn About Dying Leather Work
Learn About Dye Buffing Leather Work
Learn About Carnauba Crème for Leather Work
Learn About Creme Polishing for Leather Work
Learn About Stains that Form on Leather Work
How to Remove Stains From Leather Work
Learn About Creme Finishing Leather Work
Learn About Adding Color to Leather Work
How to Buff Colored Paint to Leather Working
How to Use a Hole Punch Kit on Leather Working
How to Use a Rotating Hole-Punch Kit on Leather Working
Add Final Polishing to Leather Work
How to Wrap Up Your Leather Work
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Summary: Rotating a hole-punch kit is a common technique that is applied to leather working. Learn how to practice and achieve the right look with this small sample in this free video series.
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"Another reason you might need holes will be if you have several pieces of leather you're going to assemble into a project. This is a knife sheath kind of project here. There are holes in it where your stitching lines goes through. A lot of wallet projects and purses and things like that certainly you need to punch those holes ahead of time so you can stitch them up. I don't have an example of that tool here, but they do sell tools that look kind of like a fork with several little individual punches in them. What you do with that is you lay it down against the leather and whack it hard with your mallet, and then move it out and whack it again. Each time you hit it, you're making 4, 5, 6 different holes That's one way to do it. If you just need to make a few holes, you can buy a tool like this. This is a leather punch. You can get these at discount hardware stores. You don't really have to go to a letter supplier, but this works basically like a paper hole punch. It has 6 different settings here, as you can see, for 6 different size holes. Right now, it's on the smallest one here. When you close it, you can see that the little hole punch comes up against this little brass plate. All you really need to do is case leather up. This leather is already wet. I'm going to just pick a place for my hole. I'm gong to squeeze it until I kind of hear it cut. There it went. You hear that little pop. Bring it up and there it is. I have a hole in the leather and I can make as many of those as I want."
eHow Article: How to Use a Rotating Hole-Punch Kit on Leather Working
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