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Just a little "somethin' somethin'" from my creative side.
A few sq ft of italian 1.2mm thick genuine leather/suede, nylon beeswaxxed thread, and ~25 man hours resulted in this.
I've always wondered why company's such as Ferrari, Bentley, and Rolls Royce hire old (age) leather craftsmen. The amount of craftsmanship, skill, and patience that goes into leather work is tremendous. This certainly allowed me to gain appreciation for those who work in this field.
These two pics were taken after 4 weeks of use:
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"glory hole of fields... glory hole of fields" haha wtf??
isn't a glory hole where a ***** pops out at you from a hole in the wall?
Last edited by SayNoToPistons; 11-12-2011 at 03:56 PM.
You have done a terrific job. The thread looks nice and the general look is awesome. It's not perfect but it is yours and that is also worth a lot. Sewing leather is something i could never succeed at.
Congrats!
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I wouldn't call them flaws, just smaller imperfections!
The fact is that most leather products are not just stitched but also glued in place with special adhesives. Your job is neat beacuse you worked over the original leather on a painfully difficult surface.
Buying a spare steering wheel just to cut the leather off of it and start from scratch would be way easier but that's why your result is so cool
Even the cars you mentioned have simpler shapes. I can send you a couple of reference pictures if you want.
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Yeah, I chose not to glue the new leather onto the old because that would allow me to reverse back to the original two tone (which I also love).
Measuring and trimming the leather sections was the most time consuming. Each spoke had their unique and intricate shape, even for the left and right. It would have been easier if I hadn't chose to stitch the spokes with two lines of stitches instead of wrapping leather around the spoke and stitching it once from behind the spoke. I thought it looks much nicer like factory.
Thanks for the constructive criticism. I would definitely like to see some reference pictures.
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Originally Posted by ToothFairy
"glory hole of fields... glory hole of fields" haha wtf??
isn't a glory hole where a ***** pops out at you from a hole in the wall?
Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one's intelligence without being guided by another. Sapere Aude! - Immanuel Kant
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