Tutorial on making Zippo lighter molding protective cover

Author: Tianyi Workshop Deep Blue https://s.click.taobao.com/wUWmlKw

Specialized plastic mold, suitable for regular size zippo windproof lighters. This tutorial will use special leather for double-layer lamination to show different plastic molds. Typeleather goods style. Main materials: lizard skin 12x14cm, vegetable tanned leather 12x14cm, reinforcing material, butterfly suction cup buckle. Tools required: 1 set of lighter case plastic mold, white glue and yellow glue, 4mm diamond chop, 0.5mm round wax wire, handmade leather Common tool making steps:

First, soak the leather in warm water until it is completely soaked.

Place the two pieces of leather back to back on the punch. Estimate the position first and leave as much margin as possible on the four sides to avoid insufficient size.

Slowly press into the punch with your hands, making sure to find the center alignment as much as possible.

Use 2 inches G clamp the 4 corners, slowly one by onePress down, but don't press too hard. Then let it sit and wait to dry

Take it out after it is completely dry,

Apply a layer of hardener for reinforcement, and apply glue to fit after drying

Put the leather material back on the punch and fit it. Use a rubber hammer to hit it again to ensure that all positions are tightly adhered

After the glue is fixed, take out the matching version and prepare Kill

Behead The orifice plate marks the raised leather and punches the positioning holes

Use the arch template to determine the opening position of the lighter box

Cut off excess leather with a leather knife

Correction and trimming of excess leather on the four sides of the box

The markings on the surface of lizard skin are difficult to see, so the marking lines are drawn on the back

Use the pattern to process and cut out other components one by one

The back of the lighter box is glued on both sides, because the lizard skin and vegetable tanning are relatively soft. , it is necessary to use 0.6mm reinforcing material to increase the hardness of the back.

Lid part First open the suction cup button hole for the endothelium

Install the suction cup buckle

The inner and outer skin of the lid is fit together

Lid extension required Do curved surface bonding, and then cut off the excess part of the endothelium

If sutures are needed in the covering part, you can cut them at this time. After the cutting is completed, the covering part needs to be oiled first

Behead the lighter case on three sides

All cuts completed, lighter box negative The areas that are not sewn to the box body need to be oiled first, and the opening of the box body should also be oiled first

Use the plain group method to cover the lid and find the appropriate hole punching position for the suction cup buckle

Install the suction cup buckle base

After installing the suction cup buckle base, you can use a round thin leather with a thickness of about 0.5mm and a diameter of 20mm to make a protective skin on the back of the base.

Sew the back first and lid

Then sew the whole box body in a circle, and finally finish the remaining oil edges.

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