Tools for Leatherwork - A Collection of Historical Articles on Leather Production

By Read Books Ltd.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subject of leather. The titles in this range include "A Guide to the Decoration of Leather" "The Tawing Process" "The Vegetable Tanning Process" and many more. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "Tools for Leatherwork" contains information on the methods and equipment used in leather production. It is intended to illustrate the main tools used in leatherwork and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Sep 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781473356917

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Essential Tools

TOOLS FOR LEATHER WORK are relatively inexpensive when compared with the cost of tools for other divisions of industrial arts, or equipment for the home craftsman, or when compared with the value of the product made. It will be noted from the panel photograph, Fig. 12, and the discussion in the listing of the tools, that many of the essential tools are common to other activities; hence they will already be available in the shop inventory, or among the tools of the home workman.

Such tools as the junior steel square (5), shoe polisher (14), dye brush (18), awl (20), or mallet (13) may be procured at a minimum cost from a local variety or ten-cent store. A few of the tools may easily be made in the school or home workshop. These are so indicated in the following listing of tools (the numbers indicated for each tool in the list correspond to those in Fig. 12):

No. 1. Lacing gauge punch—to punch holes for lacing, buckles, snap attachments, and adjustment holes on belts. Revolving punches are available in either four or six tube sizes. The four-tube, revolving punch, Fig. 13, has a thumbscrew adjustment for spacing. This adjustment is not standard with all makes, and this tool should be ordered from a source which specifies it. A one-hole gauge punch, however, is satisfactory, if the correct-size tube is supplied. The one shown in Fig. 14 has a depth gauge as well as a hole-spacing gauge. A punch with both adjustments is highly desirable for beginners. The additional cost for gauges is slight.