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Great job, love the colour
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This is my first wallet and attempt at stitching. 4-5 chrome tan leather. Never mind the cross, I had a brain fart and thought I try stamping that after it was put together. Been carrying it for about a month.
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You might be struggling but that came out great! Very nice work.
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I have just bought one from eBay. How would i go about finding out the approx manufacture date? is there any way to guess at it?
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This cradle that I built to support the machine while working on it works fairly well as an assist for dropping the machine into the hole. That means your table is too pretty. Make it work! And I've been dragging things across the table, enough that I got a remark, "We're going to have to repaint that top" 😁🫢
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Looks like two good machines to me! I'm also considering selling a head unit, as I don't have enough tables. To really outfit someone well, I would sell them a head unit + table + digital servo motor.
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Thanks for the tip @fredk. I will remember to do that.
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I bought a hundred red spool pin felts pretty cheap from Amazon. I've used pieces cut from them whenever I need a piece of felt for an oil wick. And all my machines have beautiful spool pin felts. They really tame that thread spool on little domestics.
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Good job Invert the top plate every 6 presses or so. You'll find the press dishes the plate and inverting it before it gets too bad sends it dishing in the opposite direction I buy steel and aluminium off cuts which are sold on ebay. I get them relatively cheaply
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I ended up just trimming it. No side sitching, using more vlue to adhere the sued to the top leather and this is the final result.
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You can use a utility knife and make multiple cuts to make straight cut appear curved. Instead of doing 3 or 4 cuts, which makes it look boxy, use 10.
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Noseband With a Bad Reputation?
BlackDragon replied to TomE's topic in Saddle and Tack Accessory Items
The curb strap attaches to each side of the bit and sits under the mouth to apply leverage when the reins are pulled, amplifying the rider's signal. Yes, thank you. Many years ago I rode Hunt seat over fences and was getting into saddle seat but left the sport because life got in the way. -
I had gotten a 1 ton arbor press and searched high and low locally for some steel plates to use it as a clicker press. The one I found on Etsy were just to expensive in my book. So I searched Amazon and found a set of 2 6 X 6 X 1/4 plates for $22. I got them today and really like them. Rounded corners and the whole 9 yards.
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I would; use a coin or something, draw round it for the curve, in ink. Then cut using scissors or shears on the drawn line. I find cutting out-side curves easier with scissors
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I have a set of nail files for sanding snd i got a coin for the edges
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I use a utility knife and this gets me pretty good results. I sharpen mine with 1000 and 2000 grit and then strop. Draw your radius using an awl and something of the radius you want. Bottle top or coin work good. Do it in multiple cuts and concentrate on keeping the knife perpendicular I make the first cut light and focus on following the line. I like to slowly rotate the leather as I move along On straight cuts use a ruler You can touch it up with a little sandpaper if needed. This will help if it isn't perpendicular.
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Noseband With a Bad Reputation?
Tove09Tilda replied to TomE's topic in Saddle and Tack Accessory Items
Not exactly. A Swedish noseband lies in the same place as a regular cavesson or English noseband — on the nasal bone, about two fingers below the zygomatic arch — and it is closed under the chin. The concern comes from how this design is often used: to create more control by applying strong pressure. The nasal bone gets thinner towards the end, and with this type of fastening mechanism it is possible to cause real damage — in extreme cases even a fracture — if the noseband is tightened too much. It can also interfere with the horse’s breathing. The nasal septum lies just beneath the noseband, and restricting the nostrils prevents them from flaring properly. If you watch eventing or racehorses at full speed, you’ll notice how much their nostrils expand to take in air. Limiting that ability puts unnecessary stress on the horse. Hope my explanation helped a bit. -
Ideally the crank, like any noseband, simply helps to keep the bridle in place. However, it can be (over)tightened to prevent the horse from opening its jaw and evading the bit. I am less familiar with how curb straps are used.
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I'm not sure what you mean by hits the hook washer. Perhaps you can include some close-up photographs? On my Jianglong 341 I had to slide the feed eccentric farther down the hook driving shaft before I could move the hook close enough to touch the needle.
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More specifically, what do you want to make out of the ballistic nylon and harness leather? What is the maximum total thickness (folds included) that you want to be able to stitch? The Pfaff 145 is a flatbed machine which is fine for upholstery jobs. Cylinder bed machines are more versatile for making three-dimensional objects, like sewing gussets on bags. Wiz' famous topic is worth a gander: -
Dog collars and other stuff (2024 - recent)
Tove09Tilda replied to Tove09Tilda's topic in Show Off!!
Hi, thanks. Pretty easy. I used fashion leather (round about 1mm) with the newspaper print. First I glued it to a 3.5mm thick strap of vachetta that was already cut to size, trimmed it to the edges, sealed the edges with black edge dye and finished it off with a saddle stitch and some Tokonole. On a note, the stitchmarks needed to be pricked quite deep, as they were otherwise really hard to spot. -
Those look great. The last one, what's the lettering? How is that done
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Noseband With a Bad Reputation?
BlackDragon replied to TomE's topic in Saddle and Tack Accessory Items
So is this nose band essentially like what a curb strap does, adding extra pressure around the muzzle instead of chin for better control? -
Thank you kgg for your response. I want to sew through ballistic nylon and harness leather and it appears that this model will do the job. Because it was used by the grandfather of a 30 something year old I think it’s pretty old. I had not thought about replacement parts, so thanks for pointing that out. Again, I really appreciate your thoughts on this. -
Noseband With a Bad Reputation?
Tove09Tilda replied to TomE's topic in Saddle and Tack Accessory Items
You're welcome. Have you checked HS Sprenger? I don't know where you can get them in the US, but here in Germany they are amongst THE suppliers for hardware for saddlers. You can only get it with a registered business as far as I know - maybe that's different in the US. I think they might have what you are searching for as they are more specialised in english tack.
