Creating Stitch Lines / Holes in Lightburn (Laser Engraver) 

Will do soon! Thanks

Are you using mm or inches?

Do you have a good video on this subject? I would love to learn it as well.

I use Italian leather from Buckleguy. Yes, it is expensive, but I waste less in the end. Any good veg tan leather is expensive. Thanks for the comment :)

Seems like a great thing to try. That is the fun of lasers is trying new things. Let us know how it goes

Rocky Mountain

Depends on the laser. You need to do a cut test to see what is best. Testing is everything for leather. Louisiana Hobby Guy has a video on creating your cut test in lighburn. Enjoy the process :)

I forgot. I go over this in my newer leather videos. Depends on if I am making it for Men or Women style.

You said hole size .46 inches? That can't be right. .46 mm?

.046 inches.

Hmm, not sure. I would fiddle with the #s until you get it super close, then manually move it. There may be a much better way to do this, and if I find it, I will post an update. Should be getting back to leather very soon.

that depends on your laser. There is no way for me to tell you. Test, then test, then test :) On this laser, it was 300mm s at 40%, but 2.5oz veg tan dyed leather, so that matters too.

I copy and paste the ones that go together on the next layer. Get what I mean?

Settings are everything, so make sure you use the least power to be sure the holes are cut. I have some trouble with yellow or white thread, but darker ones are pretty safe with good settings. Using a laser does have its drawbacks. I just love lasers, so I try to find a way.

I have a small Dremmel and I made a small pointed grinding bit that I ream the holes with, cleans the holes out and goes pretty fast.

I have not figure out how to do that...yet

Just showing my age?

@@ValleyForged Showing your age? I'm nearly 56, and work in decimal in the UK!

@@Jer0867 Of course you do! We have been swearing to change over here in the USA since I was born. Still hasn't happened.

@@ValleyForged Thanks for the video!!! I'm new at this and it really helped. I'm 52 and in the UK, I do a lot of woodwork and I still prefer to work in Feet and inches!!!! so good for you!

Think of us in the US as being bilingual, but with units of measure. The people in practically all the rest of the countries of the world can apparently only understand the metric system while in the US many/most are comfortable with imperial or metric units. So when we want to confuse outsiders and gain advantage over them, we just use our native imperial units. They are left scratching their heads. This will get you a considerable distance in conversion: 1 inch = 25.4 mm 1 mm is approximately equal to .040 inch If your stitches are a mile long, then that will be 5280 feet, 63,360 inches, or 1,609,344 mm.