EDC Everyday Carry Tray | Woodworking with the CNC

Making an EDC Everyday Carry Tray from Eastern Red Cedar. In this video, I show you how I made an EDC (Everyday Carry) Tray on my Onefinity CNC machine. I used the CNC machine to recess a pocket in the bottom of the EDC tray to incorporate a piece of vegetable tanned leather to line the bottom of the everyday carry tray.

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Wickett & Craig - I typically order their "Tooling/Holster/Carving" vegetable tanned leather. I purchase their "Standard" grade, and I request that they split it down from a thicker hide so the back is as clean as possible. I normally order 7-8 ounce for holsters, 3-4 ounce if I'm lining a holster (I build the whole thing out of 3-4 ounce), and either 3-4 or 4-5 ounce for wallets, journal covers, etc... They will allow you to purchase individual hides

Herman Oak - While I love the leather I've gotten from Wickett & Craig, I prefer the warmer coloring of natural Herman Oak. Unfortunately, H.O. requires you to buy leather in bulk from the tannery, and buying from distributors can be hit & miss. Springfield Leather sells "Herman Oak Premium Belt Bend", so I’ve been using this lately.

The Leather Guy - I don't have a lot of experience with this leather, but the "Artisan's Choice" leather I've used has been very nice. The coloration is similar to Wickett & Craig. The thing I really like about The Leather Guy's website is that nearly every single hide shown on their site is a listing for the actual hide you'll be buying, complete with photos and a description of blemishes for that particular hide. Very cool that they do that!

District Leather - I've never personally ordered from them, but I've heard good things about their leather.

Acadia Leather - I've never purchased from here either, but I've also heard good things about their leather.

Horween Leather - At the risk of sounding repetitive, here's another I've never ordered from, but their leather is very well known.

Weaver Leathercraft - Most of what I order from weaver is buckles and tools, but they also sell leather.

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[rogdotcom]

WOW.... beautiful piece of work. love the leather base idea !!!

[johnnylgulledge]

Fantastic bowl making! Good to see you back on the tube!

[patcap]

I’ve always enjoyed your holster making videos and this one as well.

[PracticalRenaissance]

Awesome project! I always loved watching your leatherwork but I'm actually quite a fan of CNC work as well :D Glad you're able to make more time for your family and other hobbies, I can't wait to see more of your work!

[cuttingedgewoods]

Such a cool tray. I have a 1F and have done a few trays with the bowl bit but I love how this one angles in on the inside and outside. Can’t wrap my head around the way to do that on the computer though. All of mine so far are just 90° from the surface with the radius in the bottom from the bit. Awesome job!

[Saltysteele]

Just a tip-with the antique gel, use a resist before applying, and when you buff the antique off, it will remain in the crevices, and not sink in everywhere else.

You didn't apply resist, so the antique just sank into the leather

[JelMain]

A current fashion born in Japanese gold repairs of ceramic masterpieces is to make a feature of such checking, by filling it with a contrasting colour resin. This is very common in kitchen fittings, and to reinforce burrs.

[jasonharp]

Great Video! Love the Bowl! You should try rubbing some Fiebings Pro Resist on your leather before rubbing the Antique Gel, that way the Antique only stays in the crevices. 👊👊👊

[jameskent]

I make a lot of food use wood things so I make my own finish with bee's wax and mineral oil. I keep it in a small crock pot to heat it so I can apply it hot. You can adjust the wax to oil ratio to get the finish you want.

[JohnColgan.]

Beautiful finished product. I Love the colour & grain of the red cedar, I must try to get some, it's not available everywhere in UK, specialist suppliers. I'm also very impressed at the cutting capability of your CNC, I can only dream of 1/4" depth of cut while doing 1-2mm. Definitely a new subscriber,

[bradleyjohnson]

I guess I need to learn Fusion. Way more advance than anything I have done.

[rdHillCustoms]

Excellent work. If you're looking for a higher wax content give Walrus Oil a look. Great company and an even better product.

[MrMeddle]

great job, you need to add make videos to your hobby list

[brandonfarmer]

Are you not making any more videos on doing leather work

[micahramthun]

What thickness is the piece of wood to begin with?