Leather Wrap Jig

[dallasphotoguy]

Anyone out there built your own jig/fixture for installing leather wraps? I have two cues that I want to put leather on, but I won't be doing it for a living, so I can't justify the $500 for some of the jigs on the market. Also, I need a source for the template for cutting the slight curved ends, but again, can't spend the money for the whole setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[BHQ]

Anyone out there built your own jig/fixture for installing leather wraps? I have two cues that I want to put leather on, but I won't be doing it for a living, so I can't justify the $500 for some of the jigs on the market. Also, I need a source for the template for cutting the slight curved ends, but again, can't spend the money for the whole setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

damn, just sold a template last week for $25
you can buy the template only from unique $65
http://www.uniqueinc.com/inc/searchresults?s=template&ss=template&n=480781
or have someone local wrap them for you?????

 

[dallasphotoguy]

That's about my luck. Missed it by that much!!! Thanks for the link on the template. Think I'm going to try my hand at building a little somethin somethin.
Many thanks!

 

[JB Cases]

Or, you can use paper and figure it out on your own. Assuming that your handle is a cone you can simply measure the top and bottom and plot those points. Connect the dots and you have template you can adjust from, make a slight overlap and you're good to go.