Square Raised Belt // Be The Maker // Make Along Tutorial

Ever wanted to make your own square raised belt but wasn't sure where to start? Well this video is for you! I go over all the steps involved in making one in this tutorial video to help you bet the maker.

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Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:29 Strap cutting and splitting
01:13 Chape preparation
03:40 Main belt making
12:50 Fitting the buckle
18:01 Finishing touches
18:47 Last words
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[JHLeather]

This is a great project to make, and I hope you enjoy making this, as well as watching along. Thought I would leave a bit more information on the strap sizes when making a square raised belt along with some examples:

Backing strap: this is the finished width of your belt (mine was 1 1/4"/ 32 mm as that is how I like my own belts to be), this will need to be about 2mm thick.
Top strap: this is going to be the top outer side of your belt, you want to add at least 3/8" / 9 mm to this but if you are just starting out then 1/2" / 12 mm is good, and we want this to be ideally 0.8 - 1mm thick
Filler: this can be taken from a scrap piece after splitting, this will need to be 3/8" /9mm narrower than your main belt will be and about 2 mm thick - for a more pronounced raise, you can go a bit thicker.
End chape: this is the same width as your final belt and can be split to 3 mm thick.

Width examples: 1 1/4" / 32mm made up belt will need: 1 1/4" / 32mm backing piece and end chape, 1 3/4" / 44 mm top strap, 7/8" / 23 mm filler.

Hope that all makes sense.
Jo

[gwynneclark]

Another well done, as a 78 year old leather crafter it’s good to see a younger leather crafter showing the way, I find belts and Dog collars are much in demand try a making a Hobble belt (it used to stop your horse from wandering off in the middle of the night )I live in South Australia the bushes love them keep up the great work.

[isaacadeyeye]

Detailed, instructive and extremely helpful. Thank you.

[johnnyc.]

I didn't think making a belt could be so complicated, but there you go. The end result seems worth all your effort. Not sure if I would have your patience. Great work!

[cadaddy]

Very well done! I like the pink accent of you backing. Bold and classic. Thank you for your time in preparing this.

[nikolays]

Хорошо выполненная работа, подробное руководство для начинающих в кожевенном ремесле! Желаю получить серебряную кнопку до конца этого года!

[scottballantine]

Love the pink… love the belt… thanks for sharing.

[PawsandTales]

The video is so helpful, thank you very much

[alandrewgibson]

Neat work Jo good stuff - you spoil us with the “extra sparkle!”

[BlackMountain]

Would you be able to make a video on how to care, clean up and sharpen your tools? I've bought a load of tools to start me off practicing but many need a bit of tlc and I don't know where the start particularly. It would be fab if you could make a video as you are very informative and easy to follow in your teachings.

[rrr]

once again a very amazing video very informative thanks again keep them coming :)

[tedblackburn]

Very nice belt! Except I'm a guy, that doesn't look good in pink. But I'm eventually going to make a similar belt in all black, or brown. Cheers from Canada

[ericbonwm]

You'd save considerable time by useing church window punches..
Crisp and perfect every time. 💪

[luriefam]

@J.H.Leather - Thank you for your well explained tutorial.
Questions about the top piece of leather. Assuming the bottom piece is veg tan leather …

Can the top piece of the belt be from chrome tan leather?
Will a top piece of chrome tan shape well around the filler?
How should one shape a top piece of chrome tan nicely around the filler?
Do you recommend using veg tan for the top piece?

[dmack]

I really agree with the managing of thread length. Having stitched a single thread around a 42-inch belt, you spend a lot more time pulling the thread and untangling messes than anything. Using a double arm's length is far more efficient.

[Rashidansari-ensx]

i am also a belt maker your video is really helpful for me can you please share the link where you buy strap cutter i really love

[Suresh-lsrk]

You should use double-sided buckle in this belt sister

[johnshutt]

Thank you for the belt video. The video looked very clear or high def. I love your sander / polisher grinder, so cool. Are are wearing new hoodie with “be the maker”, will the be for sale? Thanks again from a cross the pond.

[DHArts-ejwc]

Hello, I'm from Brazil, I would like to know the inner leather layer, which width should I cut for a 3.8 mm buckle?

[DS-umhi]

Is that a George Barnsley awl I spotted in Zebrano (spelt wrong possibly)?

Awesome project I need to work on a belt but always seem to avoid them for some reason!