28 August 2007

-leather tests-



today i got some leather samples from a local leather company and from our material stock in the school. from the leather company i got two styles of furniture leather, which is used just for covering padded furniture. from the school i got some 3mm thick leather used for cantilever-style chairs. i made a view test glueing the leather to birch plywood using wood glue and contact adhesive. the furniture leather, 1mm-1.2mm thick, seems to have too much stretch. while the 3mm thick leather the definately strong enough, but is perhaps so stiff that it won't be able to handle multiple bends at different angles. difference in glue was minimal, but i will test the maximum stress points tomorrow after the glue has had a good 24 hours to cure.



since i find the 3mm leather too thick, i made a second test with some 2mm belt leather that i have. the belt leather seems to be a good comprimise between the furniture and the 3mm. now i just need to find a good/cheap leather supplier in switzerland ...haha ...'cheap in switzerland'.

***edit***
everytime i mentioned 3mm leather, i meant 4mm and everytime i mentioned 2mm, i meant 3mm.

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