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My stitching pony from the pictures and idea from all of you my leather working friends

I am dumbfounded how a simple tool can have so very many permutations and combinations of so few moving parts . A simple open and close device and each one is different in the eye of the creator . Amazing !!! I am glad you found a way to make this happen for you . Looks sturdy ,and functional ,should give plenty of good service ,well done my compliments . bluesman1951

I recently started making a stitching pony, just off what I had seen on pictures on the Internet. After gluing up some oak and cutting it out, I started looking around to figure out how to configure the bench. I found your photo, and, as it turns out, my clamp looks just about like yours.

After having time to use yours, is there anything you would have changed? Is the space between the clamp bars sufficient to allow your project to hang while clamped in the vise?

It appears your clamp may be able to swivel. Does that work well for you? Going by what I had seen from photos of some antique ones, I made my clamp to mount to the bench with a tenon. It is set at an angle similar to yours, but will be mounted solid. At this point I could change it, if I want to .

My clamp will stand 17" from the top of the bench, which ends up a comfortable distance from my eyes (within my reading glasses focal length...this getting old stuff...).

Anyway, I would appreciate some of your comments, now that you have been able to use your stitching pony.

Not sure whether this comment will post on the forum, since I came upon it from google images, so I'll leave you my email address: tony.henrie@westerntrailrider.com.

I can't find any way to attach an image to this, so I've tried to put the url of a picture of my clamp-in-progress. We'll see if it works.

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Thanks, Tony.

Didn't work. I'll try to find the thread on the forum.