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Step 7Branding operational buttons
ATTENTION: In this part you can burn your fingers. So be especially careful.
Bend all needed symbols from wire (ensure you don't use plastic wrapped wire).
Make sure that the symbol itself is as flat as possible to ensure an even marking on the leather.
Insert your player into the pouch and try to operate it by sensing where the buttons are through the leather. Mark the center of every button with a pencil.
Replace the player with a wooden piece approximately the size of the player (I had my player inserted all the time, but if you use a thinner leather or if you absolutely want to make sure not to burn your player, go with the wooden insert).
Heat up the first branding "iron" with a lighter (proper heat took about 20-30 seconds with the wire I used), holding the "iron" with the pliers. Make sure to not grab the "iron" too close to the symbol as this will cause the heat to go into the pliers rather than your branding "iron".
Firmly press the hot branding iron on the proper part of the pouch. To get a good marking, you should have some smell of burned leather and the iron should somewhat stick to the leather.
If the iron wasn't hot enough, you only get some kind of flat surface without marking and you have to repeat the procedure at the exact same spot (kind of difficult).
Be careful that you don't heat the iron with the yellow flame as this causes grime which easily smears the surface of the leather.
If the branding is right, you can feel a nice subdued relief.
This allows for operation of the mp3-player even when carried in your pocket.
The center circle is quite difficult as it is hard to evenly heat up with a lighter. It took me at least 5 attempts to completely get the full circle.
Bend all needed symbols from wire (ensure you don't use plastic wrapped wire).
Make sure that the symbol itself is as flat as possible to ensure an even marking on the leather.
Insert your player into the pouch and try to operate it by sensing where the buttons are through the leather. Mark the center of every button with a pencil.
Replace the player with a wooden piece approximately the size of the player (I had my player inserted all the time, but if you use a thinner leather or if you absolutely want to make sure not to burn your player, go with the wooden insert).
Heat up the first branding "iron" with a lighter (proper heat took about 20-30 seconds with the wire I used), holding the "iron" with the pliers. Make sure to not grab the "iron" too close to the symbol as this will cause the heat to go into the pliers rather than your branding "iron".
Firmly press the hot branding iron on the proper part of the pouch. To get a good marking, you should have some smell of burned leather and the iron should somewhat stick to the leather.
If the iron wasn't hot enough, you only get some kind of flat surface without marking and you have to repeat the procedure at the exact same spot (kind of difficult).
Be careful that you don't heat the iron with the yellow flame as this causes grime which easily smears the surface of the leather.
If the branding is right, you can feel a nice subdued relief.
This allows for operation of the mp3-player even when carried in your pocket.
The center circle is quite difficult as it is hard to evenly heat up with a lighter. It took me at least 5 attempts to completely get the full circle.
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