Geoffrey Parker is a third-generation manufacturer of handmade leather goods specializing in games in the UK all made in the UK and we'll be making vacuum in the substation 61 there's a lot of different stages involved in the production of a balance that initially the customer comes down and they select their levers and choose their specification and size style or back early before the production process begins the leather is checked for quality if it is a good piece the necessary cuts of leather for each section of the case are made a template is used for the larger pieces but the smaller pieces require more position and so I've cut using a press once the leather has been positioned of cutting template it's placed on top when the machine is brought over then the operator presses a button which brings down the heavy press forcing the cutting template through the leather creating the same sized piece every time with backgammon you have five different sizes to choose from five different specifications and over 20 and a half thousand possible color combinations the batch cutting a CAD machine can be used which cuts using nitrogen oscillation blade a projector displays the cutting lines on through the leather directly so the operator can see how much room is left on the leather the manufacturers try and squeeze as many pieces as possible out of every hide to reduce the waste created because the leather was once part of a living creature it varies in thickness depending on which part of the animal it comes from to make sure that all the leather joins up perfectly every piece is put through the splitter this is a sharp blade which is positioned to make sure any leather going through that is to zzyx will be chopped down to size in the next stage those other is stuck to the wooden frame but first and expert craftsman uses a sharp scalpel to shave down the edges of each piece let's make sure that where the leather overlaps there are no edges oldest level twice as thick as a rest of the case a quick check is completed to make sure the leather wasn't trimmed too much before the frame is covered in blue and stuck to the leather now the exact edge of the frame can be marked on to the leather so that more trims can be made more grounded and the rest of the leather firmly secured to the frame this step is repeated several times for each piece of leather with a few special cuts being made in the corners to make sure all the pieces line up exactly the handles of the case is cut out using the CAD machine there's a lot different processes one of them is making a full leather handle which embroider hides back upon itself which is then hand stitch it's stronger than anything else you'll find the bottom side is sculpted to fit a human hand comfortably before the attaching wind crosses on and the remaining leather is glued around it white contrasting stitching finishes off the piece by giving it strength and a striking up here probably the main challenge of making a background of debt from my point of view is the fact that everything is handmade and we're dealing with natural products so everything seems quite ins different than the ones before it and we have to accommodate them in the build process similar to briefcases that game board case padlocks to keep the content secure these are added by lining up the locks with the lock housing and creating a small mark through the mail holes onto the frame the marks are used to create holes with a drill in the correct place males are then fed through these holes and bent around on the inside this means a lot can't be removed from the outside making it secure the handle is also attached however this uses bolts instead which are tightened on inside to create the falling of the game board that thick piece of leather is clear to a strong backboard which is also become support of the game case using the CABG the complex designs are cut out perfectly allowing the unwanted sections to be clean poured away then the pieces of contrasting color art that also cut out in order to fill the holes just created these are then deed in place be able to complete game board meanwhile other parts of the game such as the dice shaker are also being made a plastic sharp is coated with leather on the inside and outside creating a quality item the game pieces call stones are also covered in there but a thin strip of leather is glued around the edge with two disks protecting the top and bottom pop every stone it takes between 25 and 35 hours to bake poured the backgammon stones or checkers are a significant part of that but they've got to be right because a championship-level they expect a very fast play around about nine minutes or complete again the sub-link you require six identical cuts of leather each with a number embossed onto them these numbers are powers of 2 and are used to keep track of revenue of the game each glare cut is then glued onto each base to complete the cube the final step is assembly each P to be the glued screws or carefully placed into a specific area within the case after a final check for quality the backgammon case will feel packaged and distributed to champion matches around the world backgammon truly a wicked invention