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  1. cloehorse
    Hi, if been offered a adler 205 mo2-2 sewing machine for a box of beer. It looks to be tidy but has what looks to be air hoses on it. Haven't had a chance to plug it in. Looking at it for a spare machine. Currently use a cowboy 4500 for saddles and tack in NewZealand. Does any know much about this machine and what it's capable of?
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    I should have said the single hole punches not stitching irons. Sorry for that. I make heavy weight saddlery gear and saddles. I like the idea of the holes not being tapered when punching through several layers of heavy skirting leather.
  3. cloehorse
    Has anyone used ks blade punches? Looking for high quality punches that don't leave a tapered hole. What other brands would you recommend?
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    I have 2 here, one is really worn and the other like new still. Can't get either of them any closer than 1/2 inch from the roller due to the slot it sits in. The new one is 1 inch from the cutting edge to the slot, 2 inches high with the cutting edge angled to about 20 degrees, this stops the leather riding up the blade. Slot is 1/2 inch high by 1 inch long.
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    I'm new to carving but have basket stamped most of my saddles. I have a saddle to do that the customer wants his initials and basket stamping on the back jockeys. I'm not sure how to do this? I'm in New Zealand.
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    Terry's knives are great, I have klenda and the curved detail knives. He had no problems sending to New Zealand.
  7. cloehorse
    I have found a singer 96k10 with a clutch motor for not much. I'm in New Zealand and build saddles, tack and a little bit of canvas stuff. I use a tippmann boss on the heavier leather and have a 2 pfaff's, 545-h3 and a 142 twin needle. Would the old singer sew the medium weight leather ok?
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    How much to post to New Zealand? Can you email me a catalogue please viknige@xtra.co.nz
  9. cloehorse
    Terry knipsheild makes great knives, best round knife I have ever used.
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    I have just been some leather tools from an estate. They have been untouched for the last 30 years, all in surprising good condition. There is a round knife made by C Greatrex & Son. Can't find much about this company apart from they made saddles and closed in 1906. Have got it cleaned up and sharpened. Does anyone know any more about it or what the quality is like?
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    Warren is about $800. They are custom built wood rawhide. He builds to your specifications within reason. He has a name for building one of best trees anywhere in the world and in nz.
  12. cloehorse
    Hi Angie, I'm from southland and I'm a casual musterer. I made my first saddle with Mark Berghan who learnt off Graham Seville and recently have spent quite abit of time with Salty Cox(Barry). I'm using Warren Wright trees.
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    Hi I'm also from nz and have made 4 western saddles.
  14. cloehorse
    I recently seen some rawhide that was made by leaving it in a flowing stream weighted down by rocks. It had not been fleshed beforehand. Has anyone had experience with this?
  15. cloehorse
    Hi am from New Zealand and use weaver for mainly the Jeremiah Watt horseshoe brand hardware for building saddles and tack. I wouldn't use anywhere the $1200 a year. Freight is a big cost for me. Who would you recommend for purchasing this from?
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    I have just purchased a T Dixon and sons spokeshave in New Zealand.
  17. cloehorse
    I have just finished repairing this saddle. I put new counter sunk bolts and tee nuts in. I ended up using a product called knead it to cover the tee nuts and the hole in the bars. Poor bugger who has to pull it to pieces next time.
  18. cloehorse
    Thor i have got photos but im not the best with computers so will try in a few days to get them posted on here. Big Sioux Saddlery what would you recommend covering the new tee nuts with so that the bottom of the bars are smooth or is it better to just leave a hole?
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    Have got this saddle pulled to bits. Had to remove skirts. Then grind fibreglass where bolts go through bars, there was a big lump of bog over the top of the tee nut. Could't get tee nut undone so cut it off with grinder. New tee nuts and bolts to buy then i can attach new stirrup leathers. Thanks for the advice every gave me.
  20. cloehorse
    Thanks Bob , that was what I needed to know , thought it must have been something like that.
  21. cloehorse
    Hi Thor , when I push my hand between the skirts and the bars I can feel a slight lump opposite where the stirrup leathers are. Maybe worth removing the front of the skirts and cutting a small hole in the fibreglass to see what's in there.
  22. cloehorse
    Definitely not a wood screw with the thread stripped , must be something like the picture you posted or a bolt with a nut in the tree. Have emailed circle y with the serial number.
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    Wood with fibreglass covering
  24. cloehorse
    Hi im new to the forum and would like some advice. I am in New Zealand and have had a martha josey barrel saddle come in to have the stirrup leathers replaced.The leathers are bolted to the bars just behind the swells. The bolts keep spinning and not undoing. Does anyone know how to undo these. Cheers Nigel Camerron
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