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Lego brick separator holster (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/leathercraft@lemmy.ca
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So I've had quite a long hiatus from any significant projects (nothing serious but I cut my thumb and found it uncomfortable to sew then life got in the way) but a friend's birthday was coming up and I wanted to get him a present...

He is very much into his lego but buying a lego set is tricky - he either already has it or doesn't want it. So I instead thought about making something that is lego-adjacent... Then this idea came into my head and I couldn't shake it, a proper little leather tool pouch to hold the brick separator! It seemed like such an absurd little project but a lot of fun and wouldn't take too much effort.

So I started off by measuring the tool and drafting it in paper to check for dimensions etc. before moving onto an initial simple proof-of-concept version. This came out so well that I felt encouraged to continue (this is the red one in the below pictures).

I'm aware that there are far more "efficient" ways of constructing this but I'm utterly obsessed with that X stitch, it features prominently in nearly everything I make, so I just had to get it front and centre on this one.

For the next (and final) iteration I added a few features - the belt loop of course, which is riveted on, and I extended the top "tab" and added cutouts to fit a split ring.

I gave it to him today and he is really very pleased with it and is planning to have it on him at the big Lego con in Denmark later this year. I've actually had feedback from a couple of people now all saying that it is actually fairly practical for those really into lego, a far cry from the kind of "pointless" vibe I was going for. Apparently he literally has these things stashed everywhere around the house so actually having something like this isn't actually as silly as it seems!

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My handmade brick separator holster (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/lego@lemmy.world
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I hope this isn't against any rules but I have to preface this by saying that this was a little non-lego (but lego-adjacent) project I was working on for a friend's birthday present. He is really, really into lego, and whilst I do enjoy building the odd set, I'm not really into it as a hobby per-se, so something lego related seemed obvious.

I was thinking what to get him and it is no use buying him a set because he either already has it or doesn't want it...

So I decided to use my own hobby and skills to make him something, and then I got an idea in my head that I just couldn't shake - the idea of a proper little leather tool pouch, with a belt loop, for a brick separator just seemed like such a perfectly silly idea...

So I went about taking measurements of the only separator I could find, utilised CAD (cardboard aided design) to make little mockups in paper to work out dimensions then constructed a proof-of-concept piece to check for fit etc. This version (the red one in the below pictures) has no belt loop and only a simple hole punched in the top to work as a keyring.

So when designing the final version I made some changes, I of course added the belt loop with two rivets but also elongated the top "tab" so that I could fold it over to make a channel for a split ring.

And I'm really happy with the result! I gave this to him today and he is incredibly happy with it and plans to bring it and show it off in a con in Denmark in September. Far from being just silly little project he, and some other people I've shown this to during the initial development, have said that actually this might be weirdly practical... Either way, I had a lot of fun making it and I've made somebody happy so just wanted to share my silly little project.