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More ring bending tooling. Most purchased rings are brass plated steel.
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Wet forming the jog for the cast brass ‘D’ ring. Avoiding splitting the leather.
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Melting stitching thread ends.
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Transferring stitch holes using an awl.
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Test fitting in the shop.
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Installed on Brompton top tube.
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Velcro secures the bottom belt after passing through brass obround ring.
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Secured to top tube. Now you can attach a strap to it.
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Guaranteed not to come apart.
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Adding a stainless steel Chicago screw.
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Adding a Chicago screw in case the Velcro were to let go.
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I find it impossible to perfectly hand center a die when making a leather washer. This brass jig works!
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This goes in the arbour press to perfectly cut the centering hole.👍