Laser Engraving on Leather - Is a Laser Engraver worth it? My leather craft studio vlog

Great video! I'm a printer by work including laser. We don't laser leather, but my boss wanted me to try it. The smell was awful even though the machine is vented. All that to ask, does engraving leather smell badly? Thanks.

I have been thinking about getting procreate (and therefore an ipad) for a while to make my artwork easier to put into print! You make it sound easy so I might re look at it.

A very thorough review Jane! Looks like a great bit of kit 😊

Excellent review Janey. Very interesting, I learned stuff so that’s always good. Love the bookmarks. I may be contacting you about those. 😅 Thx for sharing this video. 😊

Thanks for the card case! It’s fab, even with the extra holes!! Now we need to decide what to laser engraver on it!!

Good Luck @ the craft fair!!!

❤ lush kit hun loving the leather goodness 😂❤😂x

It’s great to see you doing so well with your laser, you are doing what I wanted to do with mine. But instead it’s sitting there gathering dust unused for ages now. My brain is all over the place at the moment and right now it’s focusing on the gaming stuff rather than the laser cutting or the photography. I don’t have to put any effort in to the gaming, it’s just sit down and play it. The photography and laser all require a lot of effort and I’m just not there yet. I’ll give it this year to see if I use either, if not I’ll sell it all again and see where my creativity wants to go if it comes back any time soon. Keep up the good work Jane, and good luck at the craft fair xx

Super cool tool !

Charming as always!

Amazing to see the new ideas are coming along sweetie xx

HEY THERE JANE, GOOD INFORMATION FOR THOSE PERSUEING THIS LINE OF CRAFTING!! LIKE THE BOOK MARKERS!! I'M GLAD YOUR GOING TO SHARE YOUR UPCOMING CRAFT SHOW. Do take care. Fl., USA

Lovely video

I have studio envy! This might be a cheeky question, but - could you share how you package your bookmarks? I'll be selling Fair Isle bookmarks in my new shop, but I can't find any outer packaging that would be good for bookmarks without creating a lot of unnecessary packaging waste! Even just padded envelopes - the ones that are long enough are far too wide. Just wondering how other bookmark makers send them!

What leather do you use? Curious of weight and if it’s pre-finished or do you dye? Thanks for the info and time.

Great video, future work opening in talking books 😉😎

Best of luck at your craft fair. I have a 10 watt XTool and I love, love, love it. One day I will move up to their higher watt machines but one day at a time. Thanks for sharing.

You are an absolute delight.

This was so informative! Thank you!

Hello. I quite enjoyed your video on laser engraving leather. It appears that you have only now had your XTool S1 for a number of months. As I am considering purchasing an engraver for leather working, I am interested to know if you are still satisfied with it's results. Any recommendations or suggestions you could pass along would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Cliff

By the way. The work you doing and the items you are creating are beautiful.

you can use the same stamp for any letter you need, when that letter comes up, dont need to buy more

Last night I dreamed about a machine. I was told that if I could figure out how to operate it, I would have the job! Later, I was watching YT and saw the machine! It was a lazer engraver...

What brush do you use for tracing if you don’t mind! And thank you for this video

Brilliant video.
I'm looking at going down this path but know nothing about laser cutters. Could you tell me the largest size project this machine is able to do.
Thanks

Hi we're looking for laser engraver - but we want to do a lot of small wallets at the same time - pls show us how

How do you determine the distance for the leather using M1 Ultra?

I use my Xtool S1 40w to engrave text on leather projects and cut them out. The charring is horrible, but I use Q-tips and alcohol to remove most of the black edges on the leather. It is awful to use for stitching holes, as the thread comes out all dingy and black. Unless you're using black thread then no one notices.

But I recommend using the laser to engrave or mark the stitching holes, and then you have marks where to punch by hand, and no charring. And the holes will be perfectly aligned.