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The wheel is staying as is. Taking it apart would leave a HUGE mess. It's actually made from paper! It acts and feels like wood, it's nailed together at the factory (79 years ago). I'm liking this Dwight! Got the brain wheels turning.

What's on the wheel now? Does that have to come off first? If you remove what's on the wheel, then you would have flanges on the two ends that the leather would need to be proud of, so it might not be 8 to 9 oz, but 10 to 11 oz. I would put that on with barge cement with a minimum of a 3/4 " scarf. Laid with the lap in the correct direction. Sorry had that wrong thought

I would cut a piece of 3.4 inch pine to fill the hole . . . nice tight fit . . . that would be screwed to a piece of 3/8 inch plywood . . . that would be the size of the outside diameter of the pulley. Tool a really nice little Farmall "M" . . . sitting atop a small plowed field . . . with clouds on the left and right . . . and the IH in the middle above the tractor. Contact cement the tooled image to the plywood . . . get nails used for attaching cloth to a wood project from Hobby Lobby . . . ring the outside of the tooled image with them. Start the tractor . . . sand the pulley real well . . . paint it bright high polish fire engine red . . . call it all done May God bless, Dwight

KillDevilBill, Yeah I hate messing up a $40 belt blank and I like to find ways for consistent results. Trouble is a lot of these tools don't have handles that are aligned with the cutting edges.

How much is the skiver? Do u have any pics? thanks tj

This is a personal project, not a customer. I'm "restoring" my old tractor. It's almost mandatory that it has a leather seat, but I also thought it would be cool to wrap the belt wheel in leather also. My first thought was to stack rings on so the edges face out and burnish the heck out of them. That's gonna take A TON of leather, wheel is 6" diameter. Next thought was flesh side out and burnish, but I'm not sold on that. Right now I'm thinking tooled with the "IH" logo facing out. Just wondering what the talent here comes up with. Looking for ideas! Thanks!

@chuck123wapati ive kept up on my basil and oregano, and my parsley has gone ' kapoof' almost two feet high. I also planted some capsicums, both red and green , something I use a lot of in cooking. Dam catapillers keep eating my mint, not happy. Just made a heap of sausage rolls, and curry sumosas , some for dinner tonight and the rest get frozen. I can get sausage meat from our supermarket. God bless mum for teaching me how to cook Your ' burb looks quite at home in that picture. HS

Yes, it's the machine head only. Thanks!

BUMP this up from the 2015 Necro Basement. As I just picked up a Cherry REX 26-118, ( aka: Singer 16-188 ) , made in Japan/Nakajima plant . Been sitting dry for 'years' . Even had the parts manual, and original sales receipt in the table drawer. Was bought new with one owner in 1976 . The Head is just pristine for the age. No wear, No Rust. Looks like it just sat unused far more than it was ever used to sew . I saw it sitting in the house, and a 100-$ took the head and table home. Pulled it open and OILED the hell out it . Then started Rolling it by hand last coupe days . It just a drop-feed walk, light-medium duty industrial . I got 10 other running machines and don't really need it because.. I got No More Room . BUT... I looked on-line and seen that there are some feet-sets still available . And the machine Bed is the 'standard' ( 18.75" x 7" ) and hinge pins are the standard spread also . Looks like it same as a couple flat-bed Consew tables I already have . So I just need to ditch the old Banjo Hinge/pins, and the Head will just drop into some other running tables I already got with just fitting a new drive belt to the 26-188 . I will just scrap trash the old sew table and clutch motor it sat on, and just keep the Head . So.. I thinking I just Keep Head only, and set-up for just doing some Piping trim. Then just keep and store it on the shelf out of the way till being used. . =

Head unit only?

This item is located in San Francisco, California

Hi Located in San Francisco, CA

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Let's tag the OP to be sure they see this. @soulcraftgoods

My absolute favorite tool, and the only one that is not a relatively inexpensive Tandy buy, is my vintage (120 years +) C.S. Osborne round knife. 5.5" inches from point to point that I got for a song on eBay. I have the tools and know-how to restore the edge, so I sharpened it myself. I love that knife and do everything with it, from rough cutting to skiving to fine trimming. The blade is thin, so the whole thing is light and very agile. Next thing I'd like to upgrade is my stitching awl, but my Tandy Pro one still does the trick for what I'm doing. But frankly, halfway decent beginner tools will serve you very well for a long time. The biggest thing to work on, IMO, is technique. I'm right there at the same stage of skill as you, and I don't think my skill has equaled or surpassed the quality of my tools.

I have a few I can share with you I'll PM them to you later

Welcome aboard. You've found the very best place on the net to learn about any and all aspects of Leathercraft. It was pretty much the first place I landed a few years ago. For the adult stuff, we keep that in the sub forum at https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/46-oh-no-dont-stop/ You'll need the secret password to enter, which is "adult" without the quotes. The password just keeps it from showing up in the regular flow of more family friendly content. Have fun!

Is this still available?

I moved your post to "wanted" in the Marketplace area.

I have the clamp off. If this is the case, I'll tap the shaft out to front from the access hole on the pulley side. Clean things up and reassemble. I'll report back. Thinking back, memory is fading, I recall at one point the machine was difficult to turn over. Thanks again! Dan where the frost is on the pumpkins in the mornings.

Does anybody have the Tandy western gun holster belt pattern they are willing to share with me or a shoulder holster pattern please and thank you

hi,my name is ben smith from usa new on here so happy to be part of this forum i cant wait to get started

Amish do tend to migrate. I used to shoot allot. Not so much anymore though (Age/money). Younger brother made a living for 15 years shooting Service Rifle but even he's retired now. LOL

This shaft has a clamp on the other end that you need to loosen only when your setting the needlebar to match the feed dog.Otherwise it should be tight & only move when you turn the handwheel.There's a hole on the backside of the casting to access the big screw on the clamp.

I used to sell heaps of those on my stall, in 3 different sizes, they were very popular . That and many other 'western themed 'products . I won't name the company that I bought from, but it was in Pennsylvania . I even bought one for my mother . But economics have changed and I no longer buy them. HS