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I would put a servo on the Pfaff and call it good, it seems everything for the Adler machines is very expensive in comparison to others.

When I bought my adler 467 it had a efka motor on it, that was 220 volt 3 phase, it worked ok for awhile running it with a phase converter but something happened with the electrionics, and it was easier to convert it to a servo than fix it, I think a 3 phase motor will run on single phase power but the electronics might do strange things, servo installation was straight forward, on my machine i lost some of the automatic features such as the thread cutter, auto backstitch, and footlift. i built a switch box to control the air footlift and reverse.

That's what I do if i run out in the middle of a run.

Looks great, Nice ,clean and simple

The loops are a bit low it was going to be floral carved and I wanted to show that off but I changed my mind on that, the bump was just the way I drew the pattern, nothing special under there. Thanks again, John

Thank you for all the positive comments, I try and improve something on each item I build. John

What do you use for dye and top coat? Thanks, John

7oz HO for the outer and the liner, dyed in multiple coats of red and brown fiebings dyes applied by spraying, top coated with tankote, sticker with 277 bonded nylon thread on a CB4500 at 5 SPI Thanks

Made this one awhile back, looking for any comments or criticism. Thanks again, John

Thanks Randy, I knew the rear rear rigging looks a little weird, the patterns I made for the rigging work well with that tree, I should have ordered some different Dee's but I got kinda lazy, yes it's rigged 3/4, seems to work well with the short seat. Here is a picture of the first one I built, I didn't like how the rear housing looked, I used the same rigging patterns for the second one, I was happy how the rear housing turned out but I should have redesigned the rigging a bit. John

Billy H, thank you for the input, the small seat was difficult to shape, not much material and it needed to go a lot of different places. I will try you method on my next one. Here is a better picture of this one. Thanks again

Thank you for clarifying that, I've been taught that a row of stiches around the skirts before the woolskins go to help keep the plugs from doing strange things. I would also think that a high end saddle would still have the skirts cut from the most appropriate part of the hide if they are plugged or not,but I also understand trying to get the most profit out of each job.

This is the second saddle I've built, it's a 12" seat for a 10 year old girl. I'm looking for constructive criticism, I know there are a few design issues, any feedback is appreciated. Thank you

Why aren't the plugs a good thing?

How much are you asking for the clicker? Thanks

How much for a set?

What is the cost of this kit shipped to the USA? Thank you

Thanks Keith, that is what I thought, this experiment is constructed that way, and it is pinned on each side with 3/8 dowels in four different directions to help restore the strength, like I said, I'm trying to learn something new, if it works, great if not I had a little more wood working experience. Thanks again

I think I will go back to my hole, and study anatomy more I believe I didn't convey my problem with fit properly, Keith what do you mean by having the laminations in different directions, like how plywood is constructed? Thanks

Bob, I'm modifying the tree myself,with the help of my tree Maker, mostly because I wanted to learn how to build trees, we tried several different trees that he has as regular production trees, but none of them fit well on the withers, so as a experiment I wanted to widen it so it set properly, to allow freedom of movement in the shoulder, otherwise it sat to far back and was restricting movement at the back of the shoulder blade, So I guess it would be the same as sending a model of the horses back to the tree Maker, I have the benefit of being close to a tree Maker who is willing to teach and I have the necessary skills to do the work. I thought the process might be of interest to somebody. Thanks, John

I wanted to build a saddle to fit one of my drafts, pumpkin, finding a tree to properly fit a 1800 pound horse was a challenge, I talked with my tree Maker,we did a fitting and he suggested that I widen a tree to fit, so that is what I did, we started with one of his production slick forks and added four inches to the width, now I need to put the bars and seat on and do another trial fit.