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How to Make Leather Belts

Author: Subramanian Natesan ( India )

Date: May, 2009

 

Belts are in use from ancient civilization to modern time. Belts can be made wide or narrow, plain or printed, conventional or colourful according to the choice and fashion trends. Leather belts are made using different techniques of constructions such as cut-edged, buttedged and fold-edged.   1. Raw materials; 2. Preliminary operations; 3. Fabrication; 4. Finishing.

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1. Raw materials

 

• Finished leathers: cow upper/cow softy upper;
• Accessories: Belt buckle, purse buttons, thread, matching colour dye and adhesive.

 

2. Preliminary operations

 

• Pattern cutting;
• straps cutting (top, bottom, reinforcement and loops);
• splitting skiving and staining.

 

3. Fabrication

 

• Trimming the ends of the top, bottom and reinforcement straps with the pattern;
• Joining the top belt strap with reinforcement strap, using adhesive;
• Folding the top strap over the reinforcement strap accurately and hammering gently on the folded edges;
• Joining the bottom lining strap with top belt strap assembly, using adhesive and hammering gently on the joined edges throughout the length of the strap;
• Stitching;
  

• Marking for punching holes to fix belt buckle and buttons and to insert buckle prong into the suitable hole for waist tightening;
• Punching holes on the marks, using suitable punching tools;
• Fixing Buttons and buckle;
• Assembling the loops either by using synthetic adhesive and stitching or by stapling the assembled loops in the stapling machine.
  

 

4. Finishing

 

• Removing the excess adhesive and fusing the excess thread;
• Staining the punched holes with matching colour pigment/dye;
• Cleaning the product with the piece of smooth cloth.