Notes on current builds, experiments, and running the workshop.
I’m rushing to finish a few leather gifts for Christmas. I’ve been drawing the patterns in Fusion 360 so I can adjust them before cutting.
For lettering, I clean up an SVG, import it into Fusion, extrude the negative, and print a stencil. Then I trace it onto the leather for tooling. A couple of weeks ago I wasn’t confident about tooling; having a stencil helps.
I started posting my work on TikTok. I still don’t scroll on it much, thankfully. The posts are getting messages, although they haven’t led to orders yet.
Price has been the sticking point in a few conversations. I’m working on explaining what goes into a custom build before getting to the quote.
I know this site needs to show the finished projects. I’m less sure how much writing belongs here.
I’m going to try keeping a blog for work in progress and workshop notes. That gives me somewhere to write about what I’m making before it’s finished.