LeMans on a Wallet
 

Anyone else here make stuff out of leather?

I occasionally assemble Tandy leather kits and attempt tooling.

I found I can take a photo, run it through an app that creates an outline, and use it as a tooling template.

My wife gave me a wallet kit for Christmas so I decided to go for it...

Not sure who's car this is, but it's the cosmetic role model and motivation for my own:

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1711035733

This is the template after touching it up:

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1711035748

This is how it came out... good enough to be destroyed by folding it up and using it!

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1711035760

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1711035774



Mike

That's really cool!

I'd love one with a 70-72 nose bird on it.

Loooks cool!
I have all of the Tandy stuff myself.
I may try that on a cowboy wallet or truckers wallet which ever you prefer.

Very nice work!

That’s awesome! Nice work.

Impressive

Sweet! .. I love leather work, always wanted to do it since I was a kid.

I always wanted to do that fancy western tooling on leather.

One with Pontiac on it would be cool. Bifold

That one with lemans looks nice. Technology helps sometimes.

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What is the app that makes the outline?


Fantastic work, btw


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Thanks for the nice comments.

Apps I use are intended to turn photos into coloring book pages. Here's a couple options:

"Photo to Coloring Book"

"Colorscape"

Here's another Pontiac-related project - a "leather thank you card"/coaster I made and sent to Jeff (Shaker455) for fixing my Frankencarb.

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1711133360

Another generous PY member, Bob (Sun Tuned), sent me springs and helped set up my distributor so I thanked him with a similar coaster but I didn't save a photo. Here's the template:

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1711134897

I don't do a lot of this, but it's a fun way for me to spend a few hours in the winter.

Mike

I like!👍🏼

Nice job!

Very nice work and appropriate or would ironic be a better choice of words? A Pontiac on the OUTSIDE of the wallet means less cash on the INSIDE of the wallet. :D

Really cool, always wanted to do leather work, been fond of it since back in the school days.

Like to have my ex on a wallet so I could bend her over after she hits me up for money ... :)


Frank