Luxury Watch Holder

Everyone loves a good watch. A good watch can be timeless and elegant. Whether it was the first watch you purchased or one that has been passed down through the generations, every watch needs a solid resting place when not being worn proudly. That’s where this months luxury watch holder project comes in.

Nav is a big fan of watches himself and wanted to create a project that showcases his love for time pieces but with added practicality. To do that he made a watch holder which displays the watch at an angle, with a useful catch all tray right underneath to house any other worn items, such as rings, earrings or maybe you need a nice resting place for your car keys.

The project itself utilises the clip art that comes with the full license of VCarve Pro and Aspire to create the watch holder segment itself, so you don’t even need your own model. Nav will walk through how he created the vectors for the body of the holder, and crucially how to setup vectors for the dragknife toolpath that was used to cut the leather for the watch holder and catch all tray.

Nav has also included a series of test parts to get you up and running with the drag knife. This way you can make some test cuts before committing to the final project dragknife toolpathing, so you’re confident you’ll make the smooth cuts you need.

So, no time like the present. Let’s get making.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The pocket toolpath for the side panels has a slight allowance to cut slightly larger than the panel. This in turn allows for the profile toolpath titled ‘Side Panels Cut Out WITH 0.5 START DEPTH’ to start cutting at a depth of 0/5”. So be sure to either amend the toolpath if you want to start from the top of the material or make a note to understand the toolpath will start at 0.5” deep.

Also, this project sets Z-zero from the machine bed, so keep this in mind when setting Z-zero on the machine.