Leather splitter?

[paulvallandigham]

I think it would be wiser to reduce the thickness in stages, rather than try to split the leather with one pull. Don't try to take such a thick cut the next time. Even the industrial grade splitters I saw used at Tandy Leather years ago were used in stages, taking thin layers off with each pass.

Maybe there are huge machines that grab the leather, and have guides on both sides to center the leather on the blade, to split something in half. I don't know. But, I can't see how any hobbyist, or even smaller commercial leather worker could expect to split out that much with a single pass over a cutting blade.

Instead of those box cutter blades shown in the Utube film, I recommend finding and using replacement blades for a wood plane. Even modifying a wood plane for this kind of work makes some sense. :hmm:

 

[BrownBear]

Table top splitters are available, but pricey for occasional use. I've tried this one in a shop, and it was dandy. First time I've seen this one, but at half the price it would sure be worth a look.

Of course, how often would a guy use one? The shop where I tried the first one offered to do the splitting for me any time I ordered a belt. Good enough.

 

[rabjr]

Yeah, I'm not going past a couple of bucks in order to do this. If I was doing this everyday thats one thing but to split a piece once in great while...not for me.