I finished up my first cue but I made the channel for the leather wrap too deep. It's not terrible, but I'd like to fix it at some point and redo the wrap one of these days when I get a jig. I have a bending pipe and can bend some veneer if I really have to, but I'd like to do something simpler if possible. I was thinking of maybe just wrapping it with fiberglass tape, super gluing it down and then go from there.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Ha ha...yeah, you're absolutely right! But it's just a simple no frills, plain jane. There's more work in the handle than the rest of the cue. The wrap channel thing was stupid. I tried plunging in, but it got hung up on the tool body and when it started cutting it suddenly went too deep. I'll do it much differently next time and it won't happen again. I just want to do something simple to get it to the point that I can use it to practice with a jig. Nothing more than that.
Man, I will never do leather again without a jig and/or at least some sort cutting template. Possible, but what a royal PITA. I'm sure it's very simple when you're good at it. I ended up making a copy of the channel with masking tape and using that to get the ends right. Then I basically just winged it at the seem. It could have been a lot worse but I'm sure I made it 10 times harder than it needed to be.
I know I need to learn to do it by hand, but I'm just curious if it's viable.
Ha ha...yeah, you're absolutely right! But it's just a simple no frills, plain jane. There's more work in the handle than the rest of the cue. The wrap channel thing was stupid. I tried plunging in, but it got hung up on the tool body and when it started cutting it suddenly went too deep. I'll do it much differently next time and it won't happen again. I just want to do something simple to get it to the point that I can use it to practice with a jig. Nothing more than that.
Man, I will never do leather again without a jig and/or at least some sort cutting template. Possible, but what a royal PITA. I'm sure it's very simple when you're good at it. I ended up making a copy of the channel with masking tape and using that to get the ends right. Then I basically just winged it at the seam. It could have been a lot worse but I'm sure I made it 10 times harder than it needed to be.
Maybe in a couple of months. If I end up doing it, I'll post back here what I eventually do and how it turned out. 
Yes it has been done. The hard part is holding the leather down flat to do each seam separately with that method, or we would all probably be doing it that way.Hey, I wonder if anyone's ever tried mounting a razor in a tool post, lock the head, and cut the wrap like that? Maybe I'll try that, just for fun. I'm sure I can lock my XActo handle in there.
Well, I should have read that section of your book before I did the wrap! I read it last night and noticed that you mentioned the idea of putting a razor in a tool holder.
Thanks, and thanks for helping out a newbie. 
