BRACES
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NOW CUT TWO LENGTH OF LEATHER APPROX 12 INCHES LONG (30MM) THEN POINT ONE END OF THEM. AT THE OTHER END MAKE THE BUTTON AND IT DOES HELP WHEN PULLING IT THROUGH IF THEY ARE WET, WHEN DRY THEY WILL NOT COME THROUGH AND YOU CAN TEAR THE LEATHER.
WHEN BUTTON MADE DRY THE BRACES, I LEFT THEM ON THE RADIATOR FOR A WHILE. ONCE DRY USE GLUE AND SPREAD IT ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES FROM BUTTON, LEAVE TO DRY A BIT, THEN BRING TOGETHER AND ROLL TOGETHER TO BOND IT BETTER.
NOW ONE BRACE I CUT ABOUT AN INCH SLIT AND THE OTHER ONE ABOUT 1/2 AN INCH,
THREE SLITS SHOULD BE CUT AT THE BACK OF THE HOOD AT THE V. TWO SLIT CUT ON THE CENTER PART AND THE OTHER SLIT CUT ON THE SIDE PART NEXT TO THE STITCHING. THE MIDDLE SLIT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT WIDER THAN THE OTHER TWO. THE SMALLER ONES ABOUT 10MM. REMEMBER IF THEY ARE TO SMALL THEY CAN BE MADE WIDER WHEN WORKING WITH THEM BUT IF YOU MAKE THEM TO WIDE YOU CAN'T SHORTEN. THE BEST IDEA HERE IS TO KEEP LOOKING AT THE PICS AS YOU GO AS WRITING IS NOT THAT EASY FOR THIS PART. THE PLIERS GO THROUGH FROM THE SIDE TO MIDDLE AND PULL BRACE THROUGH TO THE FOLDED BIT. THEN FOLD OVER AND PULL THROUGH SLIT IN BRACE, MAKE SURE IT IS TIGHT.
DO THE OTHER SIDE THE SAME.
NOW HERE IS THE HARD PART AND I KEEP GETTING IT MIXED UP WITH IT , BUT THE BRACE WITH THE THE LARGE SLIT PUT THROUGH THE OPPOSITE FIRST SLIT COMING OUT THE MIDDLE SLIT.THEN THE OTHER BRACE THROUGH THE SLIT IN THE BRACE YOU HAVE JUST FITTED ANDAGAIN THROUGH THE FIRST SLIT COMING OUT OFF THE MIDDLE SLIT.
HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT IS WHY THE PICS ARE BETTER. I HAVE ONLY BEEN AT IT FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS SO I AM STILL LEARNING ASWELL. BUT I DO SUGGEST THAT YOU DO A FEW PRACTICE HOODS. AS I DID LEARN ALOT WITH THE FIRST FEW I DID.
WHEN YOU HAVE FITTED THE BRACES MAKE SURE THEY SLIDE IN AND OUT, SOMETIMES THEY STICK AT FIRST AND ALSO YOU CAN TRIM THE BRACES TO ABOUT AN 1 1/2 INCH PAST THE BUTTON.
ONCE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE BRACES THEN PUT THE HOOD BACK ON THE HOOD BLOCK AND CUT OUT THE BEAK GAPE. NOW THE SECRET IS IF IN DOUBT KEEP IT SMALL AS YOU CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS LATER TO THE HOOD. BUT YOU CAN'T ADD ON IF YOU TAKE TOO MUCH OFF.
