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Third-year mechanical engineering student Stephen Yonsik Lee taught himself how to cut, hammer and stitch his own leather products from watching YouTube videos and reading do-it-yourself books. Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff

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On a balmy Saturday afternoon, the third-year mechanical engineering student is hard at work – back hunched, gaze focused and callused hands tense. With a toolbox of hand-worn precision knives and fork-shaped hole punchers sprawled in front of him, he seems to be in his natural engineering habitat.

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Student hones creativity with leather crafting

By Hee Jae Choi

Oct. 15, 2013 12:41 a.m.