lol! This works just as well with low power, more affordable machines too.

Cobra Class 4

Thank you! I brush on a heavy coat of 50/50 water & Fiebing's Resolene.

@AdamsLeatherWorks tnx

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Be sure to add back in (1) thickness of your leather. I never stressed too much about taking multiple measurements with that method - I just measured the slide and used that result for the whole outline. But I don't use that method anymore - take a look at the following video - it's the method I use now and it works much better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Wsinqghbdqn7M

@@AdamsLeatherWorks OK thank you I’m going to check that method out right now

@adamsLeatherWorks I have a OCD when it comes to centering so are you visually centering the leather piece? I’m just worried about not doing it perfect and then it not fitting.

@@cameroncrawford8799yes, I just eyeball it

Thanks for watching! The customer requested IWB on this one. But it would be simple enough to flip the pattern pieces around to put the clip on the other side if you wanted an OWB set up.

I use 7-8 oz for most of my holsters. If I line it, I use 3-4 oz for the body layers. And 7-8oz for the reinforcement.

@@AdamsLeatherWorks Thanks.

The best way to contact me is from my website. I'm not actively taking orders right now, but I do take an order every now and then if I have time available. www.adamsleatherworks.com

Hi there! I also have the 40w Creality and am very new to laser engraving. I am just wondering if you tried this and how it turned out.

PS I don't use it to punch holes.

Hi Greg - My dog recently chewed up the cover I made in this video, so I had to make another one and engraved it the same way. The leather was pre-dyed, but I thoroughly cleaned it with saddle soap right after engraving, before assembly. If I were to dye natural leather, I'd do it after the cleaning step, or prior to engraving. The smell does eventually go away, but it takes a while. My new cover doesn't smell at all.

Hey Adam, thanks for the reply and sorry to hear about you having to remake it... but maybe you corrected the elastic line that you mentioned would bother you. Yep, I am using pre- dyed Black leather, I think I will give saddle soap a try this weekend while I catch up on your videos! Greg

Oh the question is did you dog chew up all of your notes? Kinda like my dog chew up my homework! Lol, Greg

@gregwilsonnaturephotography ha! Thankfully, the journal was fine. But she did also chew up my 8-5 notepad that has all my work related notes. If she wasn’t so cute…. :)

Funny, but not funny...... lol Greg

Just take a flat file and file a flat spot on the male portion of the die so it fits inside the snap

Ok,I will look into that, Thanks for your reply.

Congrats on the new laser! I hope it works well for you. xTool makes some nice looking laser options. Regarding getting patterns into the software, that depends on the software you're using. I typically scan my hand drawn patterns and import them into Adobe Illustrator. My scanner scans at 300ppi, and Illustrator imports it to scale. Then I just trace the linework and break it apart into the individual pattern pieces. The capabilities of the laser manufacturer's software will vary from brand to brand, but I doubt most of them will directly convert a scanned (raster) graphic into a cuttable (vector) pattern. That may be a question for the xTool owners forum / message board.