Bakerleather

I have 6 trees made by Chicago stockyards that I decided to go ahead and sell. I’ve built several saddles on them and like them but my current situation calls for wood trees. The wade is an older tree that was never built on and there is one association that was built on and lightly used, we put a shorter tree in that saddle but it was never roped out of and was taken care of. I think the maker was calling the gullets 6 1/2”, they measure about that or a touch shorter. I’ll take $350 for cable rigs and $300 for trees without cables except for the wade, I’ll take $250. The association with no horn I’ll do $275 and the used tree I’ll go $225. Give me a call if your interested or have questions. I’ll take care of shipping in the lower 48. Brandon 970-946-6060

Dave sold out years ago and went back to OK. Boot Hill is now a taxidermist and meat processing shop. I have a saddle shop next door to them.

I am looking to buy a sole stitcher that is located in a reasonable driving distance of Pagosa Springs, CO. Or anywhere in New Mexico or west Texas. I'm not looking for any particular machine but need something operational. 970-946-6060

Ive been contemplating this exact same thing. From what I've read on 3d printers I don't see why it won't work, but I have zero experience with them. It would sure be handy to stick the customers pistol in a printer and have a dummy though!

Try Out West Saddlery in Pagosa Springs, CO, USA. I think it is outwestsaddlery.com . He has alot of books and may very well have that one. I visit his shop occasionally if you need me to check for you but I think they are easy to get a hold of via email.

I am looking to buy new or used poly trees made by Laporte saddle trees or Chicago stockyards. Especially those with a cable rigging. I mostly build on association trees but could use wades as well. I appreciate any inquiries. 970-946- six zero six zero

Sounds like I'm a bit late to be of any help to you but to me it looks like part of the problem might be that there is still some clear finish on the saddle that is preventing the dye from penetrating.

I sure might be interested. What is the pony tree? What would you take for just the laporte tree? If you wouldnt mind give me a call if you can. 970-946-6060

Of course, I was able to get in contact with Tony Luberto and I ordered a copy of the video for the 900b. I cannot recommend Tony's service videos enough, it was very professionally done. All of the instructions were clear, the lighting and video quality was great and there wasnt any wasted time in the video. Im not sure what all machines he did videos on other than the bull but i would buy them in a heart beat if I ever acquire any other machines. The problems I was having are covered at http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=55780&hl= . Tony's number is (860) 564-8252

Found!

I just wanted to update this post and let the community know that I did get my problems sorted out. Tony luberto called me back a few days ago, apparently they had switched phone carriers and weren't getting any of their calls or messages! Tony was very helpful and is a wonderful gentleman, very professional. I bought the service video that he did on the 900b and it is very, very informative, if anyone is on the fence about wether or not to get one of Tony's videos about on their machine take my advice and buy it! Even if you aren't currently having problems. Anyway i learned how to get the needle bar in time with the foot and also found that the reason it was fraying and cutting thread was that the needle was coming down too far away from the hook. Sometimes it would pierce the thread and sometimes it would miss the loop completely, resulting in a skipped stitch. A very simple fix but not one that i would have ever thought of on my own.

That would be great! Hope to see you then!

I have been trying to contact Luberto's sewing machine company for a couple of weeks to no avail. Not sure what is going on with them but they had a service video set for the Ferdinand 900b sewing machine. If anyone has this video set and will part with it im in the market. Thank you!

Thank you for the reply and the tip dirt clod, it will no doubt come in handy. Has anyone been able to contact luberto's sewing machine company lately?I double checked the number posted here earlier and it is one of the numbers listed on their website, i left a message on it a couple of weeks ago and haven't heard back. It is the only number that hasn't been disconnected, but it doesn say "you have reached tony or lubertos", just that the owner of the number is unavailable. Their email is no good either.

Thank you everyone! Love the site and look forward to learning as muh as i can from it!

Thank you for the reply pcox! These problems do have me thinking about a new machine in the future so i appreciate the insight. I did find out that it is a built up consew 754. I don't think the needle hook timing is slipping but somehow the foot lift timing is off. I saw on another thread that they had added on to the rod that the roller on the shaft actuates. Looked like it was probably jb weld. I think the culprit is probably the needle bar timing not the foot lift timing but i couldn't get any of the set screws loose that could possibly be for adjusting the needle timing, even with an impact screw driver. I was afraid of stripping the heads or breaking something so im trying jb weld to get the foot to match the needle. All of the foot lift connections are pinned, so no adjustment there. Thanks again Oops put the quote in the wrong place, thank you for the number for lubertos. I saw that video set on their website but all of the numbers as well as the email were disconnected. Of course it's Saturday evening but i left a message at that number hopefully i can track down a set of those DVDs!

That basket stamping looks great! Is that a Barry king stamp?

Having trouble getting a decent pic uploaded, will keep trying.

I did these for a customer, all he wanted for sure in the design was the initials and then "just get creative" so I got to play a little with them.

I can't remember which machine they copied, you may be correct that it is a juki copy. I'll take a look at the thread. I really appreciate the reply that was the problem is I didn't know the specs for timing it. I will give that a shot.

I realize now that I posted this in the wrong place and should have put it in the sewing machine forum. Moved to sewing machines. Tom

Ok, So this is my first post other than my introduction, and thank you to anyone that reads it. I have a ferdinand bull (900B) stitching machine. A few years ago I sent it back to ferdco (formerly ferdinand but now gone) and they went through it and got everything timed and going well. Now I have used it quite a bit and it has slipped out of time again. according to their website when ferdco went out of business Hoffman Bros took over thier service and parts, I've called them half a dozen times over the course of a year and have yet to speak to a person or get a call back. Luberto's website lists a video service pack for the ferdinand 900b, all off their numbers are disconnected and their email is as well. So I'm in a bit of distress, it's a great machine I just need to find someone that knows how to time it, and right now my livelyhood depends on it. THE MACHINE SPECS. (what i know) Ferdinand 900B Single needle jump foot (the foot only moves up and down to hold the material, the needle is what feeds the material. I am running a 794s needle size 200 and 277 bonded poly thread. PROBLEMS- I know i need to go through and do a few things such as polish the hook and other places that tend to cause frayed thread but that isn't causing all of my problems. I've done all the common trouble shooting things, new needle, changed thread, oiled it etc. fraying thread, forward and backward, often cuts the thread in thicker material (skirting leather) reverse stitch length different than forward. skips stitches, ESPECIALLY in reverse one thing i noticed it that if i turn the wheel so that I can watch the needle come out of the material slowly, the needle deflects away from the operator when it comes out of the material, ie the needle is coming out of the material before it has completed it's travel, another way to put it,, the foot has come down too fast and the needle hasn't had a chance to feed the material all of the way. This has also caused the problem of shortened stitch length, according to the manual I should be able to make a 7/8" stitch, and I have done close to that, but right now about the longest I can get it to do is 1/4". I have adjusted the foot lift height all the way up and that helped in the sense that the needle isn't deflecting as badly but I think it compounded some of the other problems. Mostly adjusting the height allowed me to make a normal stitch length again whereas before I couldn't get a stitch long enough to match the old holes when refleecing a saddle for instance. But the overcompensated foot walk height seems to have made the machine stitch alot worse, lesser of two evils though, at least I can get a normal length. Any help on this I greatly appreciate, I'll try to take some short videos if that will help.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself. I have been a member for a few weeks but have been too busy to post any introductions on the forum. About a month ago I opened Baker Leather in Pagosa Springs, CO. Although my main interest is towards the western saddlery areas I have been getting alot of repairs unrelated to horses or tack, and I'm happy to get them! I really enjoy designing and building holsters for concealed carry and get alot of interest in my holsters so that works out pretty well. I haven't yet started building saddles but I expect to begin a build sometime later in the year. I'm always looking to learn and improve, right now some of my main areas of interest are stitching machine maintenance and repair, improving my artistry on leather and basically just learning more about the business. I have been doing leather work and repairs for about 15 years but have just recently opened a store. Brandon Baker