Sat, Feb 22
|Watch Garage
Porto - Watch Strap Making - Office Craftsman | 8h
This training will be led by professional craftsman André Carvalho. Participants will learn to master the main techniques, tools and materials. At the end, everyone will leave with a belt made by themselves, and with a tool kit selected by IPR together with the trainer.
Horário e local
Feb 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Watch Garage, R. 28 January 350, 4400-335 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Sobre a sessão
Objectives
- Master the main techniques, tools and materials;
- make a watch strap, or other leather work.
Contents
- Theoretical demonstration of the complete process of creating a belt
- Collage
- contact glue application technique
- waiting times
- amounts of glue
- gluing with other glues
- Cut
- cut with scalpel
- cut with leather knife
- cutting using molds
- cut with cutter
- Sewing
- choice of thread and needle
- marking for holes
- holes for sewing using a fork
- use of easel
- saddle stitching
- fly stitches
- finish
- Buckle holes and folds
- folds
- holes using a punching fork
- Finishes
- sandpaper
- burnisher
- application of hot wax on the edges
Toolkit
All participants receive a toolkit so they can become true Office Craftsmen
Trainers
Andre Carvalho
Duration
8 hours
Time
Saturday, 09:30 – 12:30 and 14:00 - 19:00
Location
R. 28th January 350, 4400-335 Vila Nova de Gaia
Number of Participants
Up to 5 participants
Certificate
Certification by IPR — Portuguese Institute of Watchmaking