Simple Laser-cut Leather Card Case

If you have access to a laser cutter, here is a quick and easy leather card case that you can make.




Thanks to Justin for demonstrating this Instructable and for drafting the dxf file.

"Submitted by Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace in Oakland, CA for the Instructables Sponsorship Program"

Step 1: Tools & Materials

You will need the following for this project:

*Leather -- Recommend: thin leather 2 to 4 oz weight, or 1.5mm to 3mm thickness
                     Vegetable tanned leather works best, but each leather cuts differently.
                     Do not expect consistent results across different kinds of leather.
                     Make sure to do a few test runs to make sure you're cutting successfully.

*Needless – upholstery needles with blunted tips work best.  For example something like this. 

*Thread – a heavy weight waxed works best such as this one

*Scissors

*lighter or soldering iron

*thimble (optional if you've got tough fingers)

*the design template .dxf file (attached to this instructable)

*a laser cutter 

*an awesome hat (well, not really.... but it seemed to help Justin)

Comments

[The Rambler]

I get it but I have to chuckle at the idea of "simple" and "laser-cut" going together. Still, it's a sharp looking end result and if I had access to a laser cutter I'm sure I'd use it every chance I got.

[donovand]

Fair enough... it's all relative I suppose. :) Though it would make life considerably more difficult, one *could* use the template and cut the leather out by hand as an alternative.

[The Rambler]

Haha I really was just kidding. Like I said, if you have a laser cutter why not use it? And when speaking of the design of this wallet it is true that it's simple. I may just make one myself, though I would have to go the considerably more difficult route of cutting it out by hand.