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08-15-2013 02:40 PM |
Trying to attach an oil tanned leather hone strap to a plywood wheel used to hone irons, knife blades, etc. |
10 replies so far
#1 posted 08-15-2013 02:48 PM |
Screws or tacks. -- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene. |
#2 posted 08-15-2013 02:50 PM |
Loctite is a great clue but a little expensive |
#3 posted 08-15-2013 02:58 PM |
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#4 posted 08-16-2013 02:05 AM |
Bill, Saddlemakers use barge glue BUT oil tanned leather just doesn’t glue well. I would try some other type of leather as it will take buff compound better than oil tanned. -- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm |
#5 posted 08-16-2013 03:01 AM |
I would try shoe goo. I think it is for shoe repair. I use it to coat the toe on my steel toe boots so I don’t wear a hole in them. You have to let it cure for like a week. I coat the toes of my boots multiple times until it is 1/4” thick and let it cure. It will last the life of a pair of boots (8-10 hard months). |
#6 posted 08-16-2013 03:35 PM |
Just gave up and went to the local shoe repair. He glued that bad boy up in no time with a special shoe contact glue. I’m back in business. |
#7 posted 08-16-2013 04:48 PM |
Sounds like shoe goo. -- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene. |
#8 posted 08-16-2013 05:01 PM |
Cut slots in the plywood wheel, glue the leather into those. I doubt you’ll ever get it to stay just glued to the outside. -- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/ |
#9 posted 08-16-2013 10:19 PM |
I used Gorilla Glue and a strap clamp on mine and remember that you have to bevel the ends to over lap and that your rotation should be such that you cannot catch the end of the bevel. Hope that all makes sense. -- See pictures on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ And visit my Facebook page - facebook.com/MTEnterprises |
#10 posted 08-17-2013 11:37 AM |
Custom shoe maker here. Oil tanner leathers are a PITA. You need a contact cement made for vinyl, differnt from Barge. You should thin it and apply many thin coats then hit it with a heat gun for the final pressing. Just be glad you could find a shoemaker. They are a dying species. |
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