Cool DIY Leather Phone Case

here we will be showing you how to use a process called "wet forming" to create a simple, stylish, and rugged leather case for your cell phone. This is an amazing technique that yields beautiful leather items and is so simple that even someone who has never done leather working before can do it with superb results! This project takes only an weekend to finish and requires standard wood working tools and a few easy to find leather-working tools. There we'll walk you through the step by step process of creating a leather phone case of your own while also providing tips and resources to help you do the best possible work. Enjoy!

Step 1: Here's What You'll Need
Materials
- Leather
- Glue
- leather finish
- Gum
- phone

Tools
- table saw
- Drill & Bits
- Kreg Pocket Hole Jig
- Router
- Jig Saw
- Clamps
- Utility/Craft Knife
- Edge Beveler and Edge Slicker

Step 2: Making the Phone Analog
to make the wooden replica start with wood that is as close as possible to the thickness of your phone. If you have access to a planer then this is very easy to do as you can plane down your stock wood to the exact thickness you need.

Step 3: Making the Wooden Mold Frame
- create the rough frame using scrap wood and pocket screws.
- trace the inside dimensions of the rough frame onto the wood the final frame will be cut from.
- use a drill to make a hole in each corner of the traced area.
- use a jig saw to cut from hole to hole which will remove most of the material from inside the traced area.
re-position the rough frame so that it aligns with the traced area.
- clamp the rough frame to the unfinished final frame
use a route equipped with a flush trim bit to clean up the edges of the final frame.

Step 4: Cutting, Wetting, and Forming the Leather
the next step is to start wet forming the leather. Cut a section of leather that is approx 1" larger on each side and the bottom than the analog. Place the cut piece of leather into a bath of warm water and allow it to set for about 10 minutes, this will ensure that the leather is saturated. While you're waiting for the leather, you can assemble your clamps, frame, analog, and an extra piece of board about the same size as the frame.

Step 5: Stamping Designs (Optional)
While the wet leather is clamped within the mold you can add embellishments with stamps to decorate the outside of your leather phone case.

Step 6: Unclamping and Creating the Back of the Case
Once the leather case is dry you can un-clamp it from the mold. Take a moment to admire your results and then grab another piece of leather and get ready to cut out the back of the case.

Step 7: Gluing and Re-Clamping
apply the glue to the back side of the front of the case, tracing around the area where the leather was molded over the analog.

Step 8: Unclamping and Triming the Edges
This time when you un-clamp you will have a phone case with a front and back. At this point removing the analog from inside the phone case can be a bit of a challenge as there is no good way to grab hold of it.

Step 9: Finishing the Edges - Beveling & Slicking

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