Make a jig with some wood so you can screw the pad to the wood and put it in the vice so you can pull, strtch and shape with both hands. first time, get it as smoth as you want, tie the excess leather off with sugical tubing and let it dry. As you do more and get on to it you can glue and apply at the same time. By practiseing streching and drying first you don't have to worry about having the wrinckles glue in. Put a splsh of rubbing alcohol in the soak water that can help. Mark II