How To Brand Leather At Home
I followed the process below to cultivate and harvest my own compact sheet of leather at home.
How to brand leather at home. A quality leather jacket never goes out of style. A diy project where i make a branding iron for the year 2016. I decided to try this out for myself. The brand is made from 1018 steel rod that is 1 in diameter.
I just put the iron on max waited for 5 minutes and rolled. Depending on how pronounced you want the stamp mark to be the temperature can be 80 to 160 degrees celsius. Buy my patterns and leather goods here. Turn on the heat source.
I am going to show you how to make a heated branding iron using 1018 steel. Unlike other types of clothing you won t be able to simply pop your leather jacket in the washing machine since this can make it shrink crack and warp. A cnc cut branding iron just doesn t have the feel of a handmade one. To keep your jacket in good condition however you ll have to care for the material.
I wasn t sure what the end product or use would be but i certainly wanted to make the leather to begin with and i did. Diy leather and wood branding iron. It s not so hard to make one yourself. The brand is about 0 75 long.