DRAT
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Several years ago I purchased a band of leather at a flea market. This band of leather is 12 feet long, by 5" wide and just a little over 1/4" thick. I have cut a piece of it into 1" strips. So now, if I stack three of these 1" strips on top of one another, I have just about a 1" by 1" thick chunck of leather which is 5" long.
I want to know what type of glue you would recommend I use to adhere these three pieces of leather together.
My plan is to glue them up, use my belt sander to shape them into fairly even 1" x 1" pieces, place it into a vice and drill out the core and glue in pen tubes, then turn it on my lathe (using only sandpaper or really sharp lathe tools) to make really hefty leather pens.
So my first set of questions to you are these, have you ever done this before with leather? If so, what type of glue did you use -- rubber cement, super glue (also known as CA glue), or gorilla glue? Or do you recommend using some other type of adhesive to fasten the leather pieces together?
My second question is how do you think these leather pens could best be finished. I'm thinking about these options, 1) wax, 2) CA glue, and 3)polish. However, part of me wants to sand them smooth and then leave them natural so that the oils of ones hand will naturally color the pens. So, what do you think is the best finish for a great result?
Thanks ahead of time for sharing your thoughts about the right glue to use, and the best finishing ideas.
DRAT
I want to know what type of glue you would recommend I use to adhere these three pieces of leather together.
My plan is to glue them up, use my belt sander to shape them into fairly even 1" x 1" pieces, place it into a vice and drill out the core and glue in pen tubes, then turn it on my lathe (using only sandpaper or really sharp lathe tools) to make really hefty leather pens.
So my first set of questions to you are these, have you ever done this before with leather? If so, what type of glue did you use -- rubber cement, super glue (also known as CA glue), or gorilla glue? Or do you recommend using some other type of adhesive to fasten the leather pieces together?
My second question is how do you think these leather pens could best be finished. I'm thinking about these options, 1) wax, 2) CA glue, and 3)polish. However, part of me wants to sand them smooth and then leave them natural so that the oils of ones hand will naturally color the pens. So, what do you think is the best finish for a great result?
Thanks ahead of time for sharing your thoughts about the right glue to use, and the best finishing ideas.
DRAT