Re: [OT] Repair leather case?
From: Rich Grise (null_at_example.net)
Date: 08/26/04
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:28:35 GMT
someone wrote:
>
> "Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:mtepi0duoepnh57r25m8gt1a8ikmsn5ai1@4ax.com...
>> I've been happy with the black leather Krusell case I bought last
>> October, for my Pocket PC - until a couple of days ago when the 'stud
>> clip' broke off. I've shown a photo at
>> http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/Krusell.JPG
>> The diameter of the stud is 12mm, the same as the 'receiving holes'.
>>
>> It was forced completely out of the leather strip. I still had the
>> damaged part so I tried supergluing it back. But the force applied
>> when you pull the clip open can be surprisingly high and glue just
>> isn't up to the task.
>>
>> I tried a couple of local high street shops (shoe repairers and
>> jewellers) in vain. Ideally I would like to repair it 'properly', with
>> a new stud clip. But failing that I'm thinking about gluing a small
>> super-magnet to the leather, in place of the missing stud. Anyone know
>> a UK source of a suitably small, super-magnet, as flat as possible,
>> please? Or a specialist shop that might be able to put a suitable stud
>> on?
>>
>> --
>> Terry Pinnell
>> Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK
>>
>>
>
> Velcro? The velcro probably won't look as sharp as the stud - but any easy
> fix for this type of problem.
Ick. Maybe he should try looking up "snaps." I looked at the link,
and he needs to go to a biker shop. That's "Biker", as in Harley-
Davidson, not "bike" as in Schwinn. ;-)
Good Luck!
Rich
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