I saw these pins in an Instagram post by
@i4Marc (aldrich_knife on IG). I usually use needles to do this and it can be hell on the fingers if you dont use pliers. Thanks Marc for posting those.
I'd never seen pins like this and I didn't even know that they
were push pins but I found a box at Staples for a couple of bucks. Wait, are these what we pinned the frog down with during dissection? Anyways, they work great to line things up when gluing.
First time I've used the silver clips, they give a really nice contrast.
If the picture doesnt make sense, those are the two 'halves' of the sheath being glued together, the square piece is the welt that will be trimmed down after stitching and forming. The only way I know to prevent a sloppy backside (get your mind out of the gutter
) is to punch each side individually and line up the holes during glue up, that gives clean stitches front and back. I still plan on pulling the trigger on a sewing machine but man is it hard to drop that kind of cash, I keep putting it off as if I'll find some other miraculous cheaper solution.