bluesman1951

Mighty fine work sir !!!! My compliments well done !

I use a 60mm rotary cutter by Olfa and a piece of 1/4 inch piece of plastic as a straight edge . The cutter looks like a pizza cutter ,very sharp .The thick plastic is necessary to give a shoulder for the blade to ride on a thinner piece allows the blade to go up and over injury to fingers is possible with thin straight edge .I keep this plastic in 12" 24"36" and 60" for all types of cutting . The picture is of the tool and plastic used while trimming a bag . Spacing part is eyeball with a reference to the thickness of plastic and the last cut . You are looking at the top corner of the plastic and your last cut to index the cut and get the spacing ,its very simple .

I have been cutting fringe by hand for 25 years . Got a few tricks that work for me ,am willing to share if there is a interest. Also braid 3,4,6,8,12 and 16 ply bolo cords . This fringe averages 5 strings to a inch and consistently even in width . This method also works for cutting strings for edge braiding such as Spanish edge braiding . You can cut lace from a entire deer hide in about 30 minutes also 5 strings to a inch . Average 150 to 180 strings to a hide . The fringe shown here is 10 inches high by 35 inches long . What do you think of this ?

I'll try again to post the picture . Bill

This a bit complicated getting the picture attached . Ill keep trying . Why do people make this so complicated ? Bill

Hi I am new here ,trying to figure this all out . So please bear with me till I get my bearings. I just had this stitching horse made for me . I think it turned out well the man who made it is a old time wood worker with some serious skills. Being a large man myself I gave these instructions at the start . Make it for a guy the size of Paul Bunyan with Amish craftsmanship and expect to show it to a bunch of Amish guys .LOL !!!! He gave it his best effort and I am pleased with the results . At the moment the staining and clear coat are all that's left . Being a elder he would like to let his job at the hardware store go and stay at home and make some of these for sale . He is not computer literate so I promised I would put his work in front of as many leather workers as possible and get some feed back. So here it is guys ,what do you think of my new stitching horse ? Is it permissible to offer things for sale here? Thanks for your feed back !!!!!! Bill

I have just had a custom stitching horse built. Results were spectacular! The perimeters given were as follows : Make it for Paul Bunyan, Amish style . Came out very heavy duty ,expect it to last all my life . I promised the maker who is not computer savy that I would post pictures on line,so others could see and perhaps purchase from him . There are pictures available just dont know how to send here . This man is a master wood worker and turns out a quality product . How do I make this happen for him . Love to show the others what he does . Please help if you can . Thanks Bill Name: Bill Dawson UserName: bluesman1951 IP Address: 173.163.243.81 Email Address: bluesman1951@hotmail.com