Upcycled toolholder

What's this ? A leathercraft blog without any leather?

This week I am going to make a toolholder from upcycled till roll plastic centres.








If you ask your local supermarket or shop if they can give you the plastic till roll cores. 

You are going to need some glue. I have used a specialist glue for hard plastics but a hot glue gun should work (just don't get the glue on your fingers). Other glues that work are contact adhesives like Uhu and Bostick as well as the glue used to assemble plastic models.

BE SURE TO DO THIS IN A WELL VENTILATED ROOM.

Start by glueing two of the tubes together. I have used a larger one to be the centre of my construction.







Now offer up the third tube and you will see where you need to put the beads of glue.









Keep adding tubes until you have completely surrounded the centre tube.

I usually take a break at this point and allow the glue to set and to get some fresh air.





At this point you can play with your remaining tubes to decide what design you would like.







or this?







I decided on a regular shape but it's your project so go for whatever takes your fancy.







The finished item can be used for leathercrafting tools, brushes or pens.










If you want to go upmarket you can use a square section of drainpipe to enclose the tubes and then cover this with a carved piece of leather.






Or find some other container you can fill with tubes and cover with leather.














Or go with a shape that takes your fancy.

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