angie m

Where can I get colored fringe? I have been buying brown, black and tan from weaver, but I need some brighter colors. Thanks!!

I gave up and bought a 20 ton hydraulic clicker. LOVE it!!!!

THANKS everyone!!! I found some sponge pieces on a stick at hobby lobby today that I am going to try. Thanks for the ideas....I am doing straps tomorrow. I will try some of your ideas out.

I make LOTS of thin straps and have been putting a dyed edge on each...is there a faster way than just using a dauber. It is taking forever and they end up looking messy no matter how hard I try. I bought the cheap edge box from Weaver, but it was not what I had hoped for. It did not really make it easier. Is there a better way? THANKS

Is this machine sufficient for my small shop? I make headstalls/breastcollars/halters. I have been using a converted shop press, but am tired of its problems. Just wondering if this will be enough for me or if I should go with a larger machine. THANKS for any advice!!

OK!! Thanks! I will check the bolts first....will let you know.

Here is a pic of my press. I have been hand cranking since my dies were not cutting evenly - with my compressor they get too embedded in my cutting board. I will check to make sure all is level. May just need to have it rewelded.

1/2" thick steel and it is welded on. I will take a pic in a minute when I go out there and post it. Thanks!

I converted a shop press into a clicker and have been using it for a while now. It works, but not great. My business is busy enough now where I may just need a real clicker if I can't get this one to work better. Any suggestions? I have it hooked it up to an air compressor, but I always seem to go too deep in the cutting board. Have broken lots of boards. Other times, it does not cut all the way through and I have to recut. Is there anyway to regulate it at all? Most of the time, I just hand crank because it is easier than prying my dies out of the cutting board. Also, it cuts one end deeper than the other. I even had someone redo my steel plates because I thought they must be warped and messing up my cutting. It did not help. Help me please!!!!

Now that's an idea.....I may try the steel block on the press bed and see if I can get by with this press for a little longer!

Thanks! I am cutting headstalls/breastcollars and halter patterns. The largest is 24" long. I have been using a converted shop press but I am sick of the die either going too far through the leather into my cutting board or not far enough and having to cut again....I spend way too much time on the actual cutting. I need a real press. Just don't know if I need the huge shop swing arm machine. I will need to pay an electrician for wiring on one of those - it may be too much for my small shop anyway. Just don't want to buy a tippmann and find out I really needed the bigger machine.

My small shop has gotten too busy for my converted shop press clicker. I make tack - will a Tippmann 1500 work for me or should I get one of the hydraulic machines? Sure like the price better on the Tippmann 700, but it is probably too small. Any advice....please???

I have been using a manual stud machine for my tack, but am getting really busy. Before i spend 5500 plus shipping for an automatic spotter - I wanted some advice. Is it really worth the $? I have been using a #2 machine from Standard rivet and I also have the Weaver machine. Any help is appreciated!!!! THANKS

My small leather business has outgrown my "shop-press" clicker. We have gotten too busy and I think a real clicker would greatly help. Which one should I get? Is a Tippman enough or do I need one of the bigger ones? Can you cut more than one die at a time with these? I don't have tons of $$ but I do think it is time to move up. Any advice is GREATLY appreciated!!

Thanks!!!

Are you really using tape? Does that work instead of glue??

I make tack. I have tried using barge - it seems to take forever to spread and it gets so goopy in the can. I started using the tandy contact adhesive. It is way easier and seems to work great - but it is a little pricey. Also, after spraying, sometimes some of the glue ends up on the front of my piece. Is there an easier, cheaper way? Any help or suggestions is GREATLY appreciated!!

THANKS!!! I am using an air /hydraulic big red 20 ton that I got at Northern. I have a large air tank and have been using 100 - 120 psi for the clicker. SO frustrated!!! I have cut out some things today back with my hand pump.....hard to go back once I have gotten used to the air. Very tempted to go buy a different brand and try it again.....

I have a shop press that I am using as a clicker. It worked fine with a 20 ton bottle jack until I got tired of pumping. I bought an air tank and an air 20 ton bottle jack. Worked great for about a month or two, then the seal broke. My son was using it and I blamed him for over pumping. Bought a new jack, and two weeks later the same thing happened to me!! Why are they breaking? Any advice??? It is soooooo much easier to use the air type, but I may just go back to pumping. Please help!

I have been setting crystal and round metal spots into my tack with a hand machine. My business has taken off and I need a faster machine!! Where can I get a machine that will set spots quickly? I have found one place but the are so $$!! Is there a cheaper way that is faster than my hand setting machine? THANKS!!

THANKS!! Most of the hides say croc, but my client wants gator - I can't tell the difference.

Is there a difference between gator or croc hide? I have a customer wanting gator - but the hide I like is an Italian embossed croc? Is there a difference? PLEASE help!!

How do people add the leather strips to the sides of stirrups? Are they just glued on? They usually have a concho at the top and bottom; wondering if the go through the stirrup or just through the leather decoration. I guess I could just glue some on and see it they hold up....anyone tried this? Thanks!!!

Thanks! Found them.

I saw the coolest adapter on a one ear headstall and I can't find where to buy the part. It is a decorative slider that goes across the headband and then a thin piece of leather (the one ear part) screws into it - does that make sense? Does anyone know where I can buy them? Thanks!!