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rkr4cds Mar 1, 2010

Anyone using that set of disk cutters - can you tell me the name/brand?
And how small the smallest disk that it cuts is?

I've got a regular hole puncher (somewhere between an eighth and a sixteenth inch) but it's not cutting cleanly through a thin glove leather. I'm hoping that this disk cutter that other artists have used to cut out the whites to back their bears' eyes with, will give me a better result.

Thx!

Tammy Mar 1, 2010

Bobbie I think you are referring to a gasket punch or the craft punch like these ?    I  just hit them with a hammer or rubber mallet to cut out the circles of ultrasuede, etc.   I think gasket punches can be found at a hardware/automotive store, and I got my craft punches at ...well...the craft store LOL . 

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Little Bear Guy Mar 2, 2010

Hi Bobbie,

Check with Debi McCarthy-Beckett  www.tedsfromthreads.com. She use to have a very small eye punch, I checked her site for you and didn't see it there but maybe send her off an email. She may still have some kicking around if she's not selling them anymore. They were for small eyes, so likely the size you are after.

hugs

Shane

rkr4cds Mar 2, 2010

Thx so much Tammy and Shane, I'll check out both.

The size I'm getting now is about 1/8", now that I've actually measured. I can manipulate them a bit to make them a bit more oval than round but as you can see here, they're still too big.

 

This polar's hind paw pad is about 1/2 inch wide and the 5 claws take up a bit less than that. The toe pads are supposed to line up underneath each claw but I just cannot squeeze them in any closer than this: I debated leaving off that end pad completely but decided that might look even more odd....

And the desk hole punch I have doesn't clip through the suede-like backing sharply so there are fuzzies around the underside edges. This is/was a beautiful leather skirt I bought in a resale shop for $10; I have paw pads for 17,000 lifetimes!
But this whole process just adds more and more time to an already too-lengthy method.
I'm open to any suggestions!