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Whoa! Long post. Will try to answer. Ok, breeching dees I can get from Aaron martin or Abbey England. Or forge myself. Not sure which route to go. I'd like to have a separate dee on the topside of the big dee for the hipstrap. Like a two strap halter ring. That would be awesome. I'm not really sure how you put the layers and ramps, could you provide a photo or drawing please? Ok, 4" was a bit reactionary, it's just that the local ones maxes out at about 1 1/8". Let's say 3". So you have the base, and then layer folds over to hold the D-ring? How well do you fasten the side strap billets? Or do you have smaller dees for them? Also while I have you on the thread, how do you make your traces? I'm not sure I can get all the length for one trace from a hide. Should I cut traces as long as possible and then use chain for the rest of the length or is it even remotely possible to piece them together? Is it only one single ply of leather in a trace? What's the breaking limit of that? I until now only used tarrep hemp ropes (1" diameter) that attaches to the pull rings in the short traces from the wooden hames. (see attached photos of typical Scandinavian harness and rope traces). But it's clumsy, and I now need longer ones as the traces attaches directly to the hames. And I can't figure out a way to attach the ropes to the trace attachment thingy.

Hi, yes. I can't really decide if I want the side and hip straps to meet at Point (in a pad or in a welded ring) or if I want them to cross over on the back strap (the one going to the crupper). The thing is, the breechings made and sold locally are all very weak, and usually comes from breast strap harnesses.

Hello. Is there any good instructions on how to make breechings available? I know haslucks book, but it's a bit odd. I plan to make the 4" wide in 5mm leather (sorry for two measurement systems in the same sentence). And I defo want a big sturdy Dee in the end, not weird hooks as hasluck talks about. It's for a working draft horse (18.2 HH) so it's a bit on the big side. Suggestions, experience, ideas? Just shoot.

The machine has arrived. It's a heavy beast. I need to change motor. Most likely I will put on a effka quick-stop or some other adjustable three-phase motor. Also need to assemble some sort of presser foot lift pedal.

Do you mean a breast collar for working harness horses? Coz I never saw one with a dee ring center.

Thank you for this for me invalueable advice. I suspected it was a shoe making machine. Although I had no idea what part it would stitch. I would appreciate a scan of the manual very much. Again thanks.

I highly doubt that this isn't the sellers legal property. There is just no market for stolen leather machinery where I live. There is some sort of marking on the lower right. I just can't pester the poor old man more, and he has catered to the fur industry, so heavy leather machines just isn't his turf. I have had a few machines where I've made new cover plates because the old ones where bust or the screw holes wore out and it got all wiggly etc. I do value your opinion and under different circumstances it might have been a reason to step back.

Hello. First post although long time lurker. I do some horse harness work. I'm kind of restarting. I used to have a 132K7 which I liked. I have gotten an offer for the machine in the attached image. Got me scratching my head. The needle gets support from below. No feed dogs. Haven't seen it in real life only spoken with the seller. It has an internal clutch. Made in Germany. I hope the cylinder will give me more freedom of movement compared to flat beds. Can anybody ID this machine for me and hopefully say if it's a yay or a neigh for making harness, bridles and work collars. Thaks