Printing Details

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Date: 10 Sep 2010 20:27

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Scout Woggles

This is a set of traditional plaited woggles which I made for the 9th Skipton Scout Group where my friend Steve is a leader.

Gallery

Laser Cut Leather Plaited Scout Woggles
Laser Cut Leather Plaited Scout Woggles
Laser Cut Leather Plaited Scout Woggles

Creating

Since fifteen identical items were required I decided to laser cut them. Since the cutter won’t actually go through 3.5mm leather I had to let it cut as far as it could and then finish off the cuts with a knife. I also had it engrave where the holes needed to be punched.

Laser Cut Leather Plaited Scout Woggles
laser cut
Laser Cut Leather Plaited Scout Woggles
cleaned up
Laser Cut Leather Plaited Scout Woggles
dyed

You can see from the first photo above that there are cleaner sections running across; that’s where the masking tape was holding the leather to the cutter bed which I then peeled off.

Because the cutter worked fine through the masking tape, and removing the masking tape also took all of the carbon dust away, I would be tempted to cover the entire piece of leather in masking tape whilst cutting if doing this sort of work in the future.