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Building wet moulds and drying plates so the flange is on the outside making stitching easier.
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Veg. tan leather in the wet mould drying. Trimming out with a 1/4” flange may be a challenge.
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Shortened height of mould block for reduced wrinkles. Finally success forming gussets.
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Using a 1/4” thick filler piece to guide trimming gusset.
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Gluing the right gusset flush to outside edge.
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Saddle bag 2 installed
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Saddle Bag 2
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Saddle Bag 2, personalized. 1/2" straps and solid brass buckles.
chrisginottawa:
Saddle Bag 2, still not thrilled with gusset stitching. Mk III will have cedar wood sides and brass screws.
chrisginottawa:
Saddle bags
chrisginottawa:
Saddle bags