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@Cinn I moved this out of saddlery to miscellaneous small items. Tacked onto a 15 year old thread, it was going to wither away, unnoticed.

After a rocky start to retirement I finally have most of that past me. I am nearly full time in the leather tool shop now. With that, my goal of being able to open up the leather tool sharpening service has come about. I still have the same 15 year old policy free resharpening for tools purchased from me. If you have other tools were not purchased from me, I can take them for resharpening now. I have a new page on my website describing the services and cost estimates, plus a brochure/pricelist for downloading at https://brucejohnsonleather.com/sharpening-services . Thank you! - Bruce

Would it be okay if I post a Google Docs link instead of a PDF? That way I can keep it updated without reposting every time something get sold.

Only a bit, mostly with thin flexible leathers I use a wax block to punch thru to. It lubes the hole punch every time

if you cant find one used check with CL Machinenbau - they still make the shuttles for the 8346-20 https://www.cl-maschinenbau.com/de/leistungen/naehmaschinen.html But do not expect them to be cheap 😉

Can you roll the leather up as you go to get those middle holes?

I found that running the spindle cuts down on the punch getting stuck in the leather after the punch. On the Latigo, I also would lube the punch occasionally by running it down into a big, plain candle briefly.

Hi i want to buy Claes 200-2 Machine. But the seller says it is missing shuttle. Where can i buy a new shuttle preferably cheap. Diameter of socket is 22,7mm. Anyone know something?

The heel on the machine pedal is typically used to bring the needle up. It still stitches in the forward direction (about half a machine revolution) to bring the needle up. And it only works if you are both using a needle positioner and have stopped with the needle down. That is, you sew along, then release the pedal, and the machine keeps moving until it reaches needle-down, then stops. At that point, you tap the heel and the machine moves (forward) to needle-up.

First question. Is safety clutch disengaged? If not, it is out of time and you must time each hook separately. glenn

The end cam is worn. Replace it to take out the play. glenn

Hi, I am interested if it's still available.

I use glazed pigskin. Thin & stiff

Slow setting contact glue

a. the drill chuck being rotatable is good as you can fine tune the alignment b. I have one of Tony's patterns and there is a quadzillion holes to punch. The press & 6 hole punch really speeds it up c. The press I have doesn't have a large reach so I can't do holes towards the centre of the pattern with the press (oh dear, how sad, never mind!) I take my pattern out side to do those holes d. you have a good height on that drill press. The leather press I have hasn't great height and I had to replace the bar on my multi-hole punch with a much shorter one and cut down the single types

I haven't searched that way before. Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try. I just put my 5mm hole punch into the drill press and didn't turn it on. It was easy for me to go through this heavy leather just pulling down on the handle. Is there a benefit to the spinning other than making it easier to go through the leather? Using the press like this is a game changer for me. I think I'll be able to get my stitch lines straighter and do it without damage to my body or upsetting anyone else with the noise. Working with heavy leather, I can probably go faster too vs hammer the 6 prong punch 4-5 times to get it through. Maybe I'll invest in a dedicated press eventually, but for now I can use this and get good results. I'm not sure if the drill chuck's ability to spin with the punch in it is a good or bad thing for this yet.

Many thanks to all respondents! Very helpful! When I get the appropriate appliance, (and some practice!!) I'll share what I am making!

WOW! That is some awesome work. Very talented. I'm still new at this so thanks very much for your help. I really do appreciate it. Happy carving

Here is a small set of single hole punches that are made for the drill press. I used to have a customer that I made leashes for and each required 8 holes punched into 10/12 Latigo. They saved my life and sanity. https://www.harborfreight.com/6-piece-hollow-punch-set-67030.html

I made a couple hundred probably. Some stock and some custom. My favorites (and most popular) were made from heavy chrome tan and then tooled side panels. The veg tan were harder to clean and tended to roll a bit over time. These chrome tan could roll up in a drawer for storage and lay right out flat. Handy for the folks with living quarter horse trailers. Heavy chrome tan and tooled strips. I treated them with at least three coats of acrylic finish and they wiped off well with minimal staining. I treated vegtan coasters the same.

Using LW's search for "drill press" AND stitching brought up lots of hits, most not fitting what we want. Down 20 or 30 items, found a good hit. Better to try a google search like this site: leatherworker.net "drill press" sewing stitching -machine -motor Site: tells google to search the listed site "drill press" quotes tell google to include both words, not individual -machine tells google to ignore machine The google search engines are much faster and easier to select the parameters you want and don't want. Add or remove additional parameters as you like.

A bit different but - First tip I EVER learned on the internet was from the old IILG group and Verlane Desgrange. (fun factoid - this group morphed out of the IILG - courtesy of a leather artist from Africa and a pizza baking momma from Ohio @Johanna). Verlane posted about chucking your mini or maxi punches in the drill press and turn it on. I literally read that, walked straight out to the shop and tried it. You want to make punching holes easy and no effort to remove? Even on damp sticky skirting with a big tube punch? This is it. That single tip was worth my annual dues right there. If you have visited the shop, I expect Rundi has demonstrated punching round holes with a drill press and using a rein trimmer to cut pieces. NOTE - As the punch tubes fill up the punchings will will fly out the ejection port in random directions. Eye protection is recommended.

There have been many threads about this subject over the years. Some ppl use a drill press, some use an arbour press and I use a Tandy Pro-Press

I use my drill press for my maker's stamps and other large stamps. Using it for punches is a good idea. I've thought about putting hole punches in it but haven't as of yet. Looks like it's a good use for your purposes. Good thinking.

Yes, but didn't see anything. Maybe I didn't look hard enough or maybe this is the first post on the topic?