Leather Fidget Spinner

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Leather Fidget Spinner

How To Make Leather Fidget Spinner
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Simple fidget spinner from leather, no special tools needed.

Template Making

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Cutting Out

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1traceand centerhole.jpg
2cutout.jpg

Trace and make sure to mark center points before cutting.

Gluing

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Tape face of the skin to protect it from glue, then put thick layer of glue and clamp it (make sure it don't slip)

Clean Edges

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Cut Out Middle Hole

6mark bearing hole.jpg
6cut bearing hole.jpg

Using previously marked center point place your bearing in exact center and draw outline, then cut it.

Chamfer Edges

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Bearing Insert Part

8mark inside bearing hole on leather and cot x2.jpg
8cut round part x2.jpg
9glue round parts together.jpg
10clam round parts between 2 pieces of leather.jpg

Draw inner circle of bearing on leather and cut it out, you need 2 of these, then glue them together and clamp between 2 pieces of scrap leather.

Making Holes for Nuts

11take 3x same size nut and draw outline.jpg
12cut the outline.jpg
13 test fit nuts.jpg

Draw outline of the nut on each side, cut it out and test fit the nuts.

Dye and Varnish

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15 1 coat of varnish.jpg

Dye it and let it dry then give it one coat of varnish.

Bearing Insert Finishing

16 round part sand.jpg
17glue inside of bearing.jpg
18cut 2 circles slightly bigger than inside one.jpg
19 and glue them to middle part.jpg
20when finished should look like this.jpg

Sand the sides then glue it inside bearing.Cut out couple of slightly bigger circles and glue them as shown on picture.

Dye and Varnish

22dye middle part.jpg
21dye middle part.jpg

Assembling

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25 FINISHED.jpg
26 not bad.jpg

Insert everything on its place and have fun:D (gluing is not necessary if it have snug fit)