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You often come across as being remarkably humble and modest, respectful of the materials, objects and people with which (and whom) you work that makes every project a pleasure to watch. Thank you, as always, for sharing.
That is what I've always admired about Jimmy. Sure he's talented, and skilled but mostly he's humble. Filled with humility. I've hung out with Jimmy many times now, and I can tell you, that's who he really is. It's the way he was brought up. It's pure DiResta
It's good to hear someone as experienced as Jimmy talk about the little bit of task paralysis that hits you between parts of a job that is too expensive to mess up
As I watched you do this project, my wife sat across the table from me and like in a dream I felt I kept hearing her say my name over and over...Finally she screamed my name, MARK!!! She thought I stroked having sat here mesmerized with my mouth agape....This is truly amazing work...I hope to be half as good before I die.....or she kills me
Nice make! Remember those paperboy canvas newspaper holders that kids delivering papers would put their head through and carry the papers against their backs and chest? We used one of those as saddle bags on an old German pedal Vespa to deliver newspapers in the early 90's.
Jimmy, the barn and workshop is beautiful. I really like the leather choice, the lacing, and the buckles! I think I'd prefer finished edges but love the look overall, they're wonderful.
Always such beautiful work! I never get tired of watching your content! I always watch your coffin build around this time of year. I never get tired of that one. Such great craftsmanship in anything you do. Thanks for sharing.
And look at that, it still came out great. Love your style of making videos, part show, part narration, lots of fun and great craftmanship. My kind of Zen :-)
Paused the podcast to come and check out the video. Nice simple build, it's encouraging that you can get good results with relatively simple leatherworking tools and techniques
Excelente trabajo! Felicitaciones! Cuando mi padre tenía 14 años, hablo del año 1928, comenzó a trabajar en un almacén de cueros. Allí aprendió el oficio de "talabartero", como se le conoce por acá, y tengo el recuerdo de siendo yo niño, el arreglaba los zapatos de toda la familia. Los cocía a mano, les cambiaba la suela, el taco, en fin, todo lo que incluye ese oficio. Gracias por mantenerlo vivo! Un abrazo! Germán, Lomas de Solymar, Uruguay.
Beautiful work, Jimmy! The stitching you used is perfect for saddle bags. Very heavy-duty and utilitarian. I've never done any leather work, but I would like to. It looks very therapeutic, using all hand tools (except for the bandsaw). I imagined it being peaceful and quiet. Your leather shop looks like a great place to work. So clean and open.
I always learn something new when I watch you working Jimmy, I’ve been building and making stuff for over forty years and I always enjoy picking up new tips, tricks, and techniques from you. Thanks.
Hey Jimmy. My name is Hugo and I'm a carpenter from Sweden. About two weeks ago I visited a certain sawmill manufacturer on my lunch break. Me and a buddy from work were looking around their store when I saw you and a bunch of other people walking up some stairs. You might have noticed us. We were in the store wearing orange hi-viz and hardhats. I just wanted to say that it was really cool seeing you there. I wanted to go talk to you but it looked like you were busy. I hope you enjoyed your visit to Sweden!
Great job JD, you're ALWAYS an inspiration. I don't want to sound like I think you've done something wrong but I would love to see you laser cut these and sell them in kit form. Two ideas I had: 1. Add one more groove on the flap for the strap so it's coming down over the edge of the flap. 2. Maybe if you can color match it use a slightly more softer/flexible leather for the flap. Thanks for all you do Jimmy.
Jimmy I’m a huge fan all the way from Sacramento CA. Been watching you since the spike cathouse video days. You inspired me to make, much love hope to meet you one day
Got a bunch of leather to do some custom pannier bags for my ebike and some nice navy blue and cream leather to make a new skin for my ebike saddle. This is quite inspirational.
Beautiful project! As one familiar with using copper rivets- I’d leave a little more meat on the post of the rivet when nipping, lets you peen down a good smush so the burr doesn’t pop off! (Too many projects of mine have suffered from a popped burr!) Once I set the burr over the post of the rivet, I like to take a larger diameter burr and slide it over the post as a loose washer/ spacer, nip the post, remove the larger burr and peen. Cheers!
So peaceful and much enjoyment when I watch leather work. The commentary and video work is fantastic Jimmy. Appreciate as always for the informative and intriguing content. Love from KY 🤘
Stunning bags, Jimmy! Really beautiful work!!! 😃 Now I'm having flashbacks to the old westerns... My father loves those! And people carried those on horse backs and smaller ones on the shoulder! 😃 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Love your leaver works, Jimmy. Especially this project remembers me of the quiver I made 15 years ago. The leather had the same colour and the X pattern stitching was the same. Looks like this material wants this kind of treatment. Btw. I also made a bag from the leftovers back then. Instead of thick leather laces I used bow string (Dacron B50). That stuff basicly never tears and its slightly flexible. And I figured that the tanning imperfections can make some really neat looking design features. Anyways, thanks for bringing back those memories.
I think an X stitch in the buckle strap, between the two slots it comes through, would continue the stitch motif, and make that part look a little more secure, even though it would be mainly decorative.
Watching you work with leather makes me want to go out and do some leather designing, thanks for the inspiration Jimmy! Beautiful set of saddlebags. I would love to see how they looked draped across a Harley.
I really enjoyed this! I have made cloth shoulder bags & daily purses for myself & my daughters, and I’m thinking about how to make in-frame bags for my touring MTB now. That stitching is amazing. I think I heard Eric’s HTR YT video in the background around 10m in ☺ I live in Japan now, and if you ever need some traditional silk cloth or old kimono fabric (cotton/silk/synthetic) from a famous silk town for lining one of your bags/projects, let me know - used 1970-80s era kimonos are a pittance here at the cloth flea markets (total disassembly is required for cleaning, beautiful old ones are discarded rather than paying the extremely expensive restitching fees), & I have a small bolt of seafoam green silk in my stash right now.
Silicone grip tape on the back of the cutting mat in the corners will keep it from sliding around or off the table. I have a bigger mat and it became a problem for me. Saw it recommended for plastic cutting guides, but it works well and I don't have to worry about the entire project ending up on tbe floor.
Reaching your range and level of skill will take however many more years, but when you say "so many more opportunities to mess up the project", I feel like we are on the same level for a moment 😂
The one other thing I would do differently is: where your lids and also the double center seam go all the way across the main structure; I would either space those holes out a little more, or like a one inch "stich weld" with steel-- where you would have maybe 3 of your patten cross laces, but then skip one or two and don't punch the holes.. then do three more, etc.. The point is that when you put those holes all the way across like that, your're creating a weak point where the leather can brake and pull apart at that seam.. So if these ever fail, it will be at those four seams.. but if you simply skip a few on each side, it's like integrating a "strap" into your design, just by skipping over it and not punching holes there.. This would make it much stronger. When you're punching holes all the way across something, you're making it like perforated paper, right: it just wants to tend to tear along that line and zip right apart.. So I always think about: how much material am I actually LEAVING along this stich line, rather than, "how often am I stitching". So instead of thinking about your holes center to center spacing: think about the space left in between the holes- from edge to edge. The width of that material in between the holes is what determines your strength.. There's a balance both ways obviously. but if you end up with 50% holes and 50% material, you just cut it's strength in half.. So leaving more material there than holes is ideal. Another way to say it is: your hole diameter influences your spacing; you can't think about them separately. If you're holes are big, you will need to space them further than you might think at first. When it's just aesthetics, these things don't matter much: but when it's something structural, it takes just a little more reflection sometimes. Just something to think about.. cheers. TLDR: leave more space between the holes next time, across the middle where it's structural. :)
If you saw a white mini van taking pics on Friday, it was me. Was on the way to Howe Cavern with the Fam, saw the Go Cart sign, and was like, "No Way!" They had to tolerate me being a fan boy for a bit. Saw your place but didn't stop or take any pics. Just didn't seem right to me. I did take a pic of the Graveyard House and took a closer look by driving by. Hope you didn't even notice me. Don't want to come off as a Creeper. Just a Fan geeking out. Respect 😊
10/27/24..Leather Sadle Bags..made in yur beautiful 2nd floor Timber Frame (Horse?) Barn...[please..no smelly horses downstairs in your Artists Creation Studio]..you can make a Carport shed roof for yur horses, right? Always enjoy yur videos! Your technique of beginning with finished item, then launch into FF Speed then pause back to normal speed then speed up again (& repeat as desired) all while doing smoothe voice over with included humor, admitting your uncertainties/trial/error attitude translating into 'let's keep-on-going'!✅️👍👍🤷! Another A+ video Jimmy! Love to watch! Stay safe & carry on!💪🤠..& keep those horses out of your studio😊
That's some nice leather work. Maybe for a future project, you can try to make a baseball glove. I think I remember you making a bat quite a long time ago?
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You often come across as being remarkably humble and modest, respectful of the materials, objects and people with which (and whom) you work that makes every project a pleasure to watch. Thank you, as always, for sharing.
That is what I've always admired about Jimmy. Sure he's talented, and skilled but mostly he's humble. Filled with humility. I've hung out with Jimmy many times now, and I can tell you, that's who he really is. It's the way he was brought up. It's pure DiResta
Thank you 🙏🏼☺️
thanks for the shout out brother! So glad the mallet worked as intended.
thank you brother
Love the Everest comparison part way in! It’s so true on a build project like this “so many opportunities to screw it up”
It's good to hear someone as experienced as Jimmy talk about the little bit of task paralysis that hits you between parts of a job that is too expensive to mess up
The suede lacing is such a cool contrast with the leather of the bags. Looks great! Thanks for sharing!
As I watched you do this project, my wife sat across the table from me and like in a dream I felt I kept hearing her say my name over and over...Finally she screamed my name, MARK!!! She thought I stroked having sat here mesmerized with my mouth agape....This is truly amazing work...I hope to be half as good before I die.....or she kills me
😂😂😂
@@markolson7877 haha thank you!
Nice make! Remember those paperboy canvas newspaper holders that kids delivering papers would put their head through and carry the papers against their backs and chest? We used one of those as saddle bags on an old German pedal Vespa to deliver newspapers in the early 90's.
Jimmy, the barn and workshop is beautiful. I really like the leather choice, the lacing, and the buckles! I think I'd prefer finished edges but love the look overall, they're wonderful.
Your "can do anything" spirit is awesome 😎
Those turned out great and the Corian stamp showed way more detail than I expected. Well done!!
Always such beautiful work! I never get tired of watching your content! I always watch your coffin build around this time of year. I never get tired of that one. Such great craftsmanship in anything you do. Thanks for sharing.
And look at that, it still came out great. Love your style of making videos, part show, part narration, lots of fun and great craftmanship. My kind of Zen :-)
that barn is a work of art.
Paused the podcast to come and check out the video.
Nice simple build, it's encouraging that you can get good results with relatively simple leatherworking tools and techniques
You know it’s going to be good when you use all the shops 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Excelente trabajo! Felicitaciones! Cuando mi padre tenía 14 años, hablo del año 1928, comenzó a trabajar en un almacén de cueros. Allí aprendió el oficio de "talabartero", como se le conoce por acá, y tengo el recuerdo de siendo yo niño, el arreglaba los zapatos de toda la familia. Los cocía a mano, les cambiaba la suela, el taco, en fin, todo lo que incluye ese oficio. Gracias por mantenerlo vivo! Un abrazo!
Germán, Lomas de Solymar, Uruguay.
Love this project. Simple design makes it a bit elegant. Nice make, Jimmy.
Beautiful work, Jimmy! The stitching you used is perfect for saddle bags. Very heavy-duty and utilitarian. I've never done any leather work, but I would like to. It looks very therapeutic, using all hand tools (except for the bandsaw). I imagined it being peaceful and quiet. Your leather shop looks like a great place to work. So clean and open.
The leather shop room turned out great! Love watching the leather works videos.
That first view of the upstairs shop is just beautiful. Love your work Jimmy, keep it up❤
I always learn something new when I watch you working Jimmy, I’ve been building and making stuff for over forty years and I always enjoy picking up new tips, tricks, and techniques from you. Thanks.
Such an attractive x pattern fixing that adds a fabulous look & so sets off the leather creating a visual delight. Thank you for sharing!
Hey Jimmy. My name is Hugo and I'm a carpenter from Sweden.
About two weeks ago I visited a certain sawmill manufacturer on my lunch break.
Me and a buddy from work were looking around their store when I saw you and a bunch of other people walking up some stairs.
You might have noticed us. We were in the store wearing orange hi-viz and hardhats.
I just wanted to say that it was really cool seeing you there. I wanted to go talk to you but it looked like you were busy.
I hope you enjoyed your visit to Sweden!
@@hugoakerlund5114 oh yes!! You should have said hi !! Thank you! Sweden is beautiful
Great job JD, you're ALWAYS an inspiration. I don't want to sound like I think you've done something wrong but I would love to see you laser cut these and sell them in kit form. Two ideas I had: 1. Add one more groove on the flap for the strap so it's coming down over the edge of the flap. 2. Maybe if you can color match it use a slightly more softer/flexible leather for the flap. Thanks for all you do Jimmy.
Jimmy I’m a huge fan all the way from Sacramento CA. Been watching you since the spike cathouse video days. You inspired me to make, much love hope to meet you one day
I swear I can smell the leather in that beautiful shop while I watch this video!
Got a bunch of leather to do some custom pannier bags for my ebike and some nice navy blue and cream leather to make a new skin for my ebike saddle. This is quite inspirational.
Those saddle bags are sweet and Omg that vise is so badass. Wow! 🤩
Beautiful project! As one familiar with using copper rivets- I’d leave a little more meat on the post of the rivet when nipping, lets you peen down a good smush so the burr doesn’t pop off! (Too many projects of mine have suffered from a popped burr!)
Once I set the burr over the post of the rivet, I like to take a larger diameter burr and slide it over the post as a loose washer/ spacer, nip the post, remove the larger burr and peen. Cheers!
So peaceful and much enjoyment when I watch leather work. The commentary and video work is fantastic Jimmy. Appreciate as always for the informative and intriguing content. Love from KY 🤘
Stunning bags, Jimmy! Really beautiful work!!! 😃
Now I'm having flashbacks to the old westerns... My father loves those! And people carried those on horse backs and smaller ones on the shoulder! 😃
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thx for sharing the anxiety factor. Because it's real. Very nice work
Gorgeous, Jimmy! Great project. Love the stitching and the new clean shop.
Love your leaver works, Jimmy. Especially this project remembers me of the quiver I made 15 years ago. The leather had the same colour and the X pattern stitching was the same. Looks like this material wants this kind of treatment.
Btw. I also made a bag from the leftovers back then. Instead of thick leather laces I used bow string (Dacron B50). That stuff basicly never tears and its slightly flexible. And I figured that the tanning imperfections can make some really neat looking design features.
Anyways, thanks for bringing back those memories.
I think an X stitch in the buckle strap, between the two slots it comes through, would continue the stitch motif, and make that part look a little more secure, even though it would be mainly decorative.
Watching you work with leather makes me want to go out and do some leather designing, thanks for the inspiration Jimmy! Beautiful set of saddlebags. I would love to see how they looked draped across a Harley.
I like the bed, good for us old fellows to have a lie down when required.
Damn....that's a nice set of saddle bags. Great video, love to watch your process, it's always educational. Thanks for sharing.
Another classic video from the Bandsaw Cowboy.... making saddle bags, of course. 😊 Always a great watch Jimmy.
love your work on these bags. great video.Perfect combination with talking and working.
I really enjoyed this! I have made cloth shoulder bags & daily purses for myself & my daughters, and I’m thinking about how to make in-frame bags for my touring MTB now. That stitching is amazing. I think I heard Eric’s HTR YT video in the background around 10m in ☺ I live in Japan now, and if you ever need some traditional silk cloth or old kimono fabric (cotton/silk/synthetic) from a famous silk town for lining one of your bags/projects, let me know - used 1970-80s era kimonos are a pittance here at the cloth flea markets (total disassembly is required for cleaning, beautiful old ones are discarded rather than paying the extremely expensive restitching fees), & I have a small bolt of seafoam green silk in my stash right now.
Beautiful saddlebags rightly proud of them 😊
This project came out great! Nice work, Jimmy!!
I love that space,must be fantastic without all that machine noise, just making in peace.
Once I get a horse,I’ll be over for some saddlebags 😄
Love your work. You are a bit harsh on yourself. The things you can accomplish are far and away better than most of us can attempt to do.
Silicone grip tape on the back of the cutting mat in the corners will keep it from sliding around or off the table.
I have a bigger mat and it became a problem for me. Saw it recommended for plastic cutting guides, but it works well and I don't have to worry about the entire project ending up on tbe floor.
Awesome project mate. You never disappoint!
Always enjoy watching Diresta work!
Jimmy, Beautiful as always! Nice Bags! Thank you for another Great Video. ❤
First time kislux kuch different colors ka LV bag dekha..very elegant....good choice
This tutorial brought everything into focus!
Excelentes alforjas Jimmy... Vespa lo merece
Beautiful work on those leather bags & I really enjoyed watching the process Jimmy! 👍👍
Reaching your range and level of skill will take however many more years, but when you say "so many more opportunities to mess up the project", I feel like we are on the same level for a moment 😂
Love the exploration and learning on display! What a beautiful work space.
love what you said about mount everest and love that ingmar bergman shirt
That lacing looks killer Jimmy!!!
These would also look great with wet formed pockets.
Thanks Jimmy, love everything you do.
Love ur videos Mr. D..... Looking forward to seeing more vids on the cemetery. Stay blessed sir!
👊🏼once again,, Your vision becomes tangible reality.
Beautiful space , Beautiful Work.
AS ALWAYS.👈🏼
Junior made me think of Spike 💖
Wonderful as always. Worried a little about that perforation line where the flap attaches.
They look really good. And the stamp looks brilliant
Exceptional work Jim.
Beautiful work. Love the styling.
Gob bless you man
Perfect, as usual!
Thanks for the video!
Makers gonna make))
Beautiful work Jimmy! It’s so inspiring. I really want to try my hand at some leather work.
Hey Jimmy! Greetings from the PNW 🇺🇸 🪓🌲🪓🌲
Beautiful leather!! I absolutely love your work! Thanks for sharing!!
Fantastic video ! And this Bergman t-shirt man, glorious
OUTSTANDING 👍 MARVELOUSLY DONE !
Beautiful job Jimmy! 🔥🔥
Beautiful, good to see you used great leather
Sweet Jebus, is there anything that Jimmy Diresta can't do?:
When I saw the thumbnail, I thought he was sewing up a Les Paul. 😄
The one other thing I would do differently is: where your lids and also the double center seam go all the way across the main structure; I would either space those holes out a little more, or like a one inch "stich weld" with steel-- where you would have maybe 3 of your patten cross laces, but then skip one or two and don't punch the holes.. then do three more, etc.. The point is that when you put those holes all the way across like that, your're creating a weak point where the leather can brake and pull apart at that seam.. So if these ever fail, it will be at those four seams.. but if you simply skip a few on each side, it's like integrating a "strap" into your design, just by skipping over it and not punching holes there.. This would make it much stronger. When you're punching holes all the way across something, you're making it like perforated paper, right: it just wants to tend to tear along that line and zip right apart.. So I always think about: how much material am I actually LEAVING along this stich line, rather than, "how often am I stitching". So instead of thinking about your holes center to center spacing: think about the space left in between the holes- from edge to edge. The width of that material in between the holes is what determines your strength.. There's a balance both ways obviously. but if you end up with 50% holes and 50% material, you just cut it's strength in half.. So leaving more material there than holes is ideal. Another way to say it is: your hole diameter influences your spacing; you can't think about them separately. If you're holes are big, you will need to space them further than you might think at first. When it's just aesthetics, these things don't matter much: but when it's something structural, it takes just a little more reflection sometimes. Just something to think about.. cheers.
TLDR: leave more space between the holes next time, across the middle where it's structural. :)
Hello Jimmy beautifully made good job well done
Those saddlebags would look real nice on my Honda Shadow.
Unique and beautiful Jimmy! Love it!
Love it when you make something I can copy
as always watching makes me want to try new things
That looks amazing.
Gorgeous job, gorgeous shop!
Great video. Cool bags, that stitching pops. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Beautiful job.
Ingmar Bergman + Iron Maiden font. Interesting combo! Is that a souvenir from Sweden?
If you saw a white mini van taking pics on Friday, it was me. Was on the way to Howe Cavern with the Fam, saw the Go Cart sign, and was like, "No Way!" They had to tolerate me being a fan boy for a bit. Saw your place but didn't stop or take any pics. Just didn't seem right to me. I did take a pic of the Graveyard House and took a closer look by driving by. Hope you didn't even notice me. Don't want to come off as a Creeper. Just a Fan geeking out. Respect 😊
I didn't see but thank you !! no worries eat all ... my cats would have attacked you 🤣🤣
Babe, wake up! Diresta posted a video!!!
Dude your so talented!
Very Beautiful Work My Friend
Great video. You turned that edit very quickly nice job.
10/27/24..Leather Sadle Bags..made in yur beautiful 2nd floor Timber Frame (Horse?) Barn...[please..no smelly horses downstairs in your Artists Creation Studio]..you can make a Carport shed roof for yur horses, right?
Always enjoy yur videos! Your technique of beginning with finished item, then launch into FF
Speed then pause back to normal speed then speed up again (& repeat as desired) all while doing smoothe voice over with included humor, admitting your uncertainties/trial/error attitude translating into 'let's keep-on-going'!✅️👍👍🤷! Another A+ video Jimmy! Love to watch! Stay safe & carry on!💪🤠..& keep those horses out of your studio😊
thank you thank you
so nice your new shop❤️❤️❤️
Jenni!! ❤❤❤
Looks great. I need to try Corian in the laser for debossing stamps
I am amazed, at the way You consistently Make at such Hi Level!! 👍🔥🇺🇲🗡️🙏
That's some nice leather work. Maybe for a future project, you can try to make a baseball glove. I think I remember you making a bat quite a long time ago?
Love leather work from Jimmy. I am looking at all the tools you have, could you laser-cut a whole design including the stitching holes 🤔
Thanks Jimmy! 👌
Looks great. Thank you for another great video. Always keep learning.
Beautiful piece!