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I was never able to find one small enough do to what I wanted either so I have made some out of old ice pics and also ground down ones that were too fat until they were the size I wanted. It isn't hard to do at all if you have a dremel. you just put on the cutting wheel and use the side of it instead of the edge, then once you have it the shape you want take emory cloth in around 300 grit and 450 and smooth if back out real nice.
If there is a leather working shop around you (or if you want to order from Tandy online) there is an awl that they sell that kinda flat and shaped like this <>. It does a pretty good job too.
LMAO I do have a lot of patterns around here, but I usually make custom patterns. I have had a lot of folks come to me for mocs that have different sized feet. One fella had one foot that was a 12 1/2 and the other that was a 14. I will get the instruction up on how to make a pattern yourself in a the next few days. I has been pretty hectic around here lately.
Oh yeah I use what I call a 'pusher' for getting a needle through tuff hide. All it is a strip of medium weight rawhide about 5-6" long and about 1/2"-3/4" wide. I then attach a 12" long strip of 1/2" medical tape to it, wrap the taped rawhide around my finger snugly but not tight. Once I get to the end of the rawhide I just keep wrapping the tape around the thing until I use it all. This keeps it in the right shape and usually provides me 2 layers of rawhide between my finger and the butt end of the needle, and the medical tape keeps it from slipping. My favorite tape is the stuff the sell at Dollar General in those little plastic containers.
I was never able to find one small enough do to what I wanted either so I have made some out of old ice pics and also ground down ones that were too fat until they were the size I wanted. It isn't hard to do at all if you have a dremel. you just put on the cutting wheel and use the side of it instead of the edge, then once you have it the shape you want take emory cloth in around 300 grit and 450 and smooth if back out real nice.
If there is a leather working shop around you (or if you want to order from Tandy online) there is an awl that they sell that kinda flat and shaped like this <>. It does a pretty good job too.
LMAO I do have a lot of patterns around here, but I usually make custom patterns. I have had a lot of folks come to me for mocs that have different sized feet. One fella had one foot that was a 12 1/2 and the other that was a 14. I will get the instruction up on how to make a pattern yourself in a the next few days. I has been pretty hectic around here lately.
Oh yeah I use what I call a 'pusher' for getting a needle through tuff hide. All it is a strip of medium weight rawhide about 5-6" long and about 1/2"-3/4" wide. I then attach a 12" long strip of 1/2" medical tape to it, wrap the taped rawhide around my finger snugly but not tight. Once I get to the end of the rawhide I just keep wrapping the tape around the thing until I use it all. This keeps it in the right shape and usually provides me 2 layers of rawhide between my finger and the butt end of the needle, and the medical tape keeps it from slipping. My favorite tape is the stuff the sell at Dollar General in those little plastic containers.
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