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Here is the one I did several years ago two layers with green velvet on one side and red velvet on the other side. I used the wire method for my bells.

Like Fred I am a hobbist. I have no desire to open a shop as long as I sell enough to buy my supplies and a few bucks(well a little more then a few bucks) in my pocket, I am good. Like in the U.K. I fear here in the U.S.A this is starting to gain traction. I will not make or design anything I don't want too.

It was one of those "I wasn't looking for a stitching horse" I walked past it and said to myself NO leave it alone, it's to far gone. Next thing I know I am at the counter haggling with the guy. SMH LOL

I have always been told, I was born in the wrong era. It's good to see that there are some folks here like minded.

You got that right. LOL

When buying hand tools..........Buy once, cry once.

Thank you Sir.

Yes Sir. I see they still do. Thank you

LOL

That's funny. I remember my Grandpa telling me he walked to a one room school house, bare footed, in the snow and uphill both ways. LOL The story that man would tell me. Mostly the truth with a little B.S. sprinkled on top. LOL Just to sweeten it up, meanwhile my Grandma in the background saying James Harrison stop with the tall tales. LOL My Grandfather was a Bus Mechanic

It amazing what a guy can do if he is willing to turn a wrench or a screwdriver. With little effort, some brushes, lube and a cord. You have a mixer for five buck that will last another 100 years or you could have spent 40 to 50 bucks on a new one that would be completely worthless in a few years because I guarantee something catastrophic would happen to that mixer. Oh btw that tap and die set came in it's original wooden box with a spot for every tap and every die. They were sharp and not a spec of rust to be seen. There was one replacement die in the set. Over all the man took care of his tools. But then again I have noticed folks that went through the great depression cherish the things they had.

I tell you a funny story. This guy was sell a vintage tap and die set. He had it listed for 75 bucks buy me now or make an offer. So not really knowing the conditions of the taps or dies as far as sharpness I offered him 25 bucks. He comes back at me with, Are you serious. These were my grandpa's and they are made in the U.S.A and that his grandpa was a great DIY guy and there was no way I am letting you have then for 25 bucks. I guess I could have let it drop there, but that not my style. So I replied with. If these mean that much to you why are you selling them. Are they a national treasure or maybe used in fixing something for someone who was famous? Because Bud they just look like a tap and die set to me. I told him the bottom line here is I need the set because of the sizes. It will be used for what it was made for. What would your grandpa rather see? The set sitting somewhere rusting away or being used by a guy who will use them and take care of them with the same care he did? I told him I don't buy tools to be put on display. If I can't use them they are no use to me. He took the offer with a note saying I hope they service you as well as they did my Grandpa.

I really enjoy restoring thing back to usable function. I always get a laugh when I finish a restoration and people ask what I am going to do with it? I tell them I am going to use it. They always say, What? I say I don't do this so they can sit on a shelf.

The bottom of this was completing trash. Managed to save the seat and jaws. The seat is made of Walnut and the jaws, maybe maple(?) I don't know how old it is and I don't know where it came from. On the top of the jaws, I see no glue residue or nail holes so no leather on the jaws. Which I can only think it was used on a farm or a ranch tack room. It looks to be hand made not by any company like J.D. Randall

Last night I stitched up three layers of Veg Tan and one layer of pig hide liner. roughly 13 ounces. T-138 bonded nylon thread with a size 23 needle. Bobbin was also load with T-138. I did ok.

I went from a 29-4 Singer to the Consew. It's a work horse. It does the 138 thread no problem. One draw back is you always have to be mindful of your bobbin thread. It don't take long to burn threw a bobbin using 138 thread. I put a servo on it, which helped a great deal. I think the way it sits now I have 400 dollars in the whole setup.

Well done.

I have a cowboy 3200, Consew 225 and a singer 211G155. The cowboy is setup for 277 thread. The Consew with 138 tread and the Singer with 96 thread. I did have a Union Special chain stitch. I got rid of that, I didn't like it.

Here is another one I stitch off. The jaws on this one do not have a cant on them. That's why I made the jaws on my stitching horse straight up and down. Like Aven said I have no learning curve from one to another. I have no Idea how old this one is. Going by the foot wear on the base, I would guess it's been around the block a few times.

Thats the book. Of course I changed a few things and added a few thing, but thats it in a nutshell.

Nice work. I to was on a two or three year hiatus.

I got this pattern out of an old farm book. if you would like a copy I can dig it up. It's somewhere on my Computer LOL

3/8" swivel joint