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I started with the 20 inch jaws. Which will be made from one six foot piece of oak 1" by 6" I crosscut the board down into two 20 inch inch pieces four 4 inch pieces and 6 pie shaped pieces. The 4 inch pieces are glued one piece to each end of the 20 inch pieces. the six pie shaped pieces are glued together to form one piece a little under three inches tall. I then bandsawed the jaws so that they roughly resemble Stitching horse jaws. The pie shaped pieces are used to turn the jaws to a slight cant so that the leather is facing you the way it does with a real stitching horse. I will post some more pics after the glue dries.

I have decided to turn my Rockwell Jawhorse into a stitching horse. Because it is so handy I will try to to it without changing anything permanent. Here is a picture of the Jawhorse as is straight from Lowes. It almost looks like the stitching horse that finally collapsed. This thing is crazy sturdy. Originally I just took the Jaws from my broken stitching horse and screwed them on. While that worked pretty well I saw some opportunity for improvement. So the plan is to make a magnetic attachment for the Jawhorse which will then be able to double as a great all around clamp as well as a stitching horse with minimal PITA to change out. I will use the cut offs from the broken stitching horse which are 12 inches tall for when I am sewing while seated. and I will also make a set that are 20 inches tall in case I want to stand. I will also add a magnifying light fixture and a magnetic work table.

Thanks for the tip I was thinking the same thing.

My old stitching horse gave out. I have always thought that the Rockwell Jawhorse looked like it could almost do the Job. I removed the Jaws from the defunct Stitching horse and screwed magnets to them. Bam I have invented a new accessory for the Jaw horse. It now takes a separate chair and I have to work from the front but it saved me from having to rebuild my Horse from scratch. I will try this for a few days and if it works cool, If not I will have to build a new horse from the ground up. Food for thought.

I see what you mean I will try that. The leather is 5/6 oz....

I made this new holster pattern. I probably won't put a finish on this one because I don't think that the retention is tight enough. Has anyone got any Ideas on how to improve the tightness when sewing this type of holster?

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I have a Tippmann Aerostitch for sale. It has been used infrequently. I am just not using it as much as I thought that I would. I hate having it sitting there while I seem to never use it. I would like to get 1500.00 for it.

the set up is okay, I am trying to perfect it this week so i will need to make a chane for it to be great. It is worn behind the right hip IWB. It is very comfortable. I drill the holes 1st with a dremel tool and the smallest drill bit I have and then punch them with an awl to get the diamond shape that keeps it from tearing. Thank you for your comment. I will google the DVD and look at the elsie pea forum.

It is ugly but comfortable. I don't know how you guys get so good at this. At this rate I am going to have to go through 3 or 4 cows before I get something I am happy with. Any suggestions for where to find some good holster making info other than what's here on leather worker.

Whenever I have this problem with my Aerostitch it is because of the position of the stitch length adjustment/reverse knob. It is simple but if you don't tighten it well it will put itself in the center position and nothing happens when you try to sew. The Aerostitch is a little quirky but worth learning. Additionally mine had to be lubricated thoroughly. A lot of weird problems went away when I lubricated the arm that the foot attaches to with white lithium grease through the hole where you access the needle.

Whenever I have this problem with my Aerostitch it is because of the position of the stitch length adjustment/reverse knob. It is simple but if you don't tighten it well it will put itself in the center position and nothing happens when you try to sew. The Aerostitch is a little quirky but worth learning. I'll bet mine can sew sheet metal

I would love to have a plan for that. would you mind posting the measurements

I personally did the angle because the plans called for it. I figured if I changed the plans I couldnt be mad if it didn't turn out right. The angle was probably the most painful part of the build except for buying the wood. After using the stitching horse a few times I realized that they were that way so as to make it easier to stab with the awl. It doesn't seem like a big deal before hand but after stitching for a few hours you realize that with the angle to the jaws you can place your awl in the same place every time and have it come out the back right every time without having to think about it. You can tell that whoever did the plans had some experience sitting on one.

below are the plans. Google has it online already in a book about farm tools and I heard someone was selling the same plans on Ebay. Farm_103.pdf Farm_104.pdf Farm_105.pdf Farm_106.pdf Farm_107.pdf Farm_108.pdf Farm_109.pdf Farm_103.pdf Farm_104.pdf Farm_105.pdf Farm_106.pdf Farm_107.pdf Farm_108.pdf Farm_109.pdf