Leather Bookmarker

[awebs76]

I hate even bending the spine of books when I read them!

[techquest89]

The bookmark is now on the catalog! Leather Corner Bookmark – Glowforge Shop

[kelley1]

Thank you so much! I have two book-reader friends, and they will each get one for the next celebration.

[techquest89]

Happy reading to them!

[djfb]

I hear you

[grottfam]

That’s awesome! Congrats!!

[techquest89]

Thank you! I’ve been blitzing leather recently so perhaps soon I’ll have yet another great pattern to play with!

[grottfam]

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!!

I’ve had my fill of burnt leather smell running rampant throughout my house for a while, so I’m taking a break from leather! I made about 150 leather engraved and cut patches to put on can koozies for my daughter’s baby shower…oh, the smell!! I want to attempt some wallets and purses at some point but definitely need a break from that odor for just a bit longer.

[techquest89]

I’ve been making acrylic templates and hand cutting everything myself by hand, only engraving if required

[kmblair]

Some books I’m very careful with (like my Edward Gorey,) and some…well, after the 10th or more reading, paperbacks just tend to give up. i annoy my husband by keeping them anyway! i even kept the book that got left too close to the hamster cage and got the first chapter gnawed (appropriately enough, Harlan Ellison - I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream)

[awebs76]

I understand that if you’ve read them 10 or more times, how funny about the hamsters!

[kamurphy]

Hello, I’m new to using the laser and wonder if you can tell me how to get the burnt smell from the leather. Kathleen

[Xabbess]

This post is very old, but you can do a search and get some good and different ideas about this. Just type in ‘removing burnt smell from leather’.
Here’s an example from that thread;

“For the outer edge: a slightly damn kleenex (or old soft rag moistened with water) along the outer edge to remove the loose soot. And Febreze sprayed above it. Let it sit for a day and the Febreze will remove the smell that the rag didn’t clean off. (This also works great for leather and cork.)”

[trually]

The smell should fade away after a while.

You can also try rubbing the burned edges - I would start with something like paper or maybe a microfiber cloth.
Or you can try putting it in a container with some charcoal and see if it speeds up the process.
A lot of things here are trial and error!

[kamurphy]

Thank you for responding. I did that exact search and only found your old post. Kathleen

[deirdrebeth]

I put my pieces into a tupperware filled with salt and shake them around, which pulls off the majority of the loose soot, then wash them in alcohol, then condition. 90% of it’s gone by then, and the rest will fade soon thereafter.

I’m not patient enough to wait for the natural fading