I do the same thing with plastic dou-tangs I got on clearance at Staples. works great for making durable reusable templates.

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea!!

Great idea. That will certainly last longer than cracker and cereal boxes and poster board!

@dougmulle2627

Жыл бұрын

Lol I use those too

Yay. I can do that

Great idea. I'm going through my patterns trying to make sure I'm organized and have a good sample. I'm what was once called frugal, but my teen calls a cheap ass. I could do this and it wouldn't take up anymore room that what I have. Thanks!

I like it's see through so you can include or avoid any character or blemishes in the hide.

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! That’s why I like these little clear ones haha totally forgot to mention that 🤦🏻‍♀️

Great idea! Thank you for sharing 🙂

This is such a great idea! I have been making an extra piece of whatever I want to replicate from leather, and I just have a box of those. It sucks because Im using enough material for a whole product as a template, and they deteriorate REALLY fast... Not rot, but as it is a natural material, starts to change shape and need to be double checked and such... Thanks for the tool tip!

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Philip 😊 I’m glad you found the video helpful and I very much appreciate your kind words!

Excellent idea! Thank you for sharing.

Sticker paper yes!

What a fantastic idea.

Thx for this practical idea.

What a great idea!! So much better than my pop tart boxes. I'll be looking for some today

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Hope you found some 😊

@dougmulle2627

Жыл бұрын

@@dadhands nope not at my Dollar General

@dougmulle2627

Жыл бұрын

@@dadhands ya know if I had just gone to Dollar tree like you said in the video, I could have saved a bunch of time! Lol. I finally found some last night.

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

@@dougmulle2627 glad to hear you found some! 😊 Sometimes they can be hard to find, the Dollarama I go to doesn’t always have them, so I usually grab a few just to be safe when they do.

That's an idea I didn't think of. The dollar store is such a great place to find things to improvise. I personally go to Goodwill, and find file folders. I cut them to A4 size, since most patterns are usually this size. I make my own patterns in Illustrator, and print to my brother laser, always choosing the option for "extra thick" paper. If you don't do that, when the paper comes out of the printer, the toner slides right off the paper. I experienced that when I printed mailing labels, and the USPS barcode would come off in places, and then it couldn't get scanned and my parcel would be delayed (true story, and I'm rambling). Anyway, for me, the file folders are thicker than most card stock, and I can usually get a box at Goodwill for less than five dollars, so much cheaper than any store. But I will admit your way doesn't require you to keep printing patterns when you need them.

@dadhands

10 ай бұрын

That’s a rad idea too!! Thank you for sharing that 😊 I actually really appreciate the ramble too, I do it all the time, and honestly, I think you probably also saved someone else the headache of finding that out for themselves too haha. I’m a big fan of trying to find lower costs ways of doing things. It’s no secret that this is a very expensive craft, and I would much rather put the money into leather and hardware if I can find other areas to save some bucks. I have a pal that’s even printed patterns off on label paper so they didn’t have to trace it onto the cutting board material too. I may have mentioned that in this video haha but I have a total noodle brain and can’t remember.

Very clever 💯🔥

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️🙏🏻❤️

A GREAT IDEA !!

This is what I use as well. 😊

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

Awesome ☺️🙌🏻

Thank you

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 🤗

Good job.

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly my friend! 🤗

nice idea thank you i am also a customer of oaleather buy most of my leather from them i only wish i found a place where i could buy those nice hardware that dont seem to be available in this part of the world c.noel vancouver canada

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! For custom hardware, it’s best to approach a manufacturer, or sometimes people will laser engrave existing snaps and what have you 😊

This is probably cheaper than the pattern sheeting I got from Weaver. Thanks for the idea!

@dadhands

9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome ☺️

Nice source for the plastic. I've done the same with 1mm thick plasticard (ABS plastic sheets) for both leather and wood templates - stuff gets sold for modelling pretty cheaply on amazon and everywhere else and it has the nice benefit that if you're making something like a notebook cover, you can stick some of the plasticard in there to give a stiff backing to write on in the field so it's not just a unitasker :)

@dadhands

Жыл бұрын

Great idea ☺️ I use that stuff in model making too!

@kimeoff6301

9 ай бұрын

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