Thread: Leather lining boxes

Leather....hmmmmmmmmmm.........I generally use suede (synthetic definately for lots of reasons) and line my boxes with it. I've used what you would call normal leather to actullay fix to the bottom of my boxes. When I do that I leave 1/8 of an inch from the botttom plywood to the edge of the side, so when I apply the 1/6th leather, I have a nicely finished 1/16th of an inch reveal.

Now to the inside of the box. Basically you can do the sides, bottom or lid all the same way.

I take a pc. of hard (thin ) cardboard and spray adhere a pc. of craft foam which is 1/16th of an inch thick to it. I then cut this pc. to the dimension of the bottom, side or whatever, minus 1/16th of an inch for the leather to be wrapped later. I cut the suede 1.5 inches bigger than this pc. sort of miter the corners and spray adhere this to the cardboard foam combination wrapping the suede over the back side, gluing it too. This pc. should fit snuggly in the bottom. Do the rest the same........

Actually if I were doing the sides, I would do them first, then the bottom so as to keep a nice finished look.

ICN,

Bill

I've got a book by Peter Lloyd where he shows his technique of routing the groove for a ply base but allows enough width for the leather to be glued to the base before it's inserted in the groove. Unfortunately he only lines the base of his boxes.
For the sides, how about routing a shallow recess leaving about 5mm all round the edge then either gluing the lining direct or a technique like Bill explained to make a sort of "raised panel".
The only time I've bought leather was a couple of different colours of suede and I got them from a Saddler.

I basically use Bwillies method. You can buy leather at Birdsall's

http://www.birdsall-leather.com.au/

That is a brilliant Website!!! Thanks Alex!!

Cheers
Wendy

Yes, Bwillies method sounds worth trying.

thanks
Arron