maggielj

Hi all, I picked up this saddle nearly free today, and was going too tear into it and attempted to make it a learning opportunity. Tree is cracked, and im pretty sure it’s a kids saddle? Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t about to tear apart a collectors item or something. I see no makers mark, latigo holder is gone, and no other identifying marks. Tree looks pretty odd from what i can see, and looks to have some 2x4 stuck in the front, but some pretty tooling

Welcome from Eaton, Ohio! Hope you enjoy the site!

I think that's the only thing it could possibly be. I've been working on getting it cleaned the past few days, and between scraping, wash tanks, and solvent cycles, the paint is coming off better than whatever was in there. I'm sure anything stitched with this sticky stuff is still stuck in place to this day! So far I have only used bonded poly and figured I should install the pot if I needed to use linen. Do you personally use nylon in your Randall's? I have yet to try and have seen varying opinions on it for needle/awl machines. He's always guilty of something! The problem lies within trying to find what the something is...

Thanks for the response Bruce, Hoping a ride in the parts washer at work will it it cleaned, but with the coffee can, this one has a hole in the middle for the wooden dowel and sat on a piece of shearling. And would there be an advantage to adopting this practice if thread lube is already being used? Thanks Maggie

Hi all! I finally tracked down a bobbin winder for my randall. But, it came with some kind of mystery… substance in it. Perhaps it was liquid at one point in time, but it is now exactly like pine sap. Just as sticky as pine tar but smells like wood stain. (still trying to get it off my fingers) Does anyone know what this substance is and what it was used for? I could see tar if it had some kind of heater maybe… I am also curious about the coffee can, perhaps used to keep the thread managed? featuring, my velcro dog who was trying to eat the saddle shearling the winder was packed with.

Hi all! looking to get into chap making, and there is a singer pinking machine for sale near me, would this be suitable for leather? or fabric only? seems like the type that just is C- clamped onto a table. Thank you in advanced.

saddlery, sorry my bad

Thank you @bruce johnson. He has gotten in contact with me and is thinking that the people at the printing center had printing selections messed up. I also had the wrong email address, the new email address is cowcampsaddlery@gmail.com and for anyone who runs into this same issue these patterns are suppose to be 36x36. He has been great about helping me solve the issue even though it was not on his end.

That was an option for the chaps, and I did not purchase it. The two patterns I am having issues with are the medicine bag and tripping collar patterns that were not offered as physical paper patterns. They were sent over as links that were available for 30 days.

Hi all! I recently bought a few patterns from here after some recommendations, and I am having some trouble getting them printed so I can use them. I went to office depot this morning as recommended by the seller and that was an absolute waste of time. After and hour and a half standing around I left with patterns that were worthless. All the information I got from the seller was "best printed on wide format printer" and that was verbatim what I told the woman at the desk and is all the information I can find on the website. Can anyone help me with this? Perhaps some recommended printer settings? I have not had much luck with getting in contact with the seller in the past, and I spent a good chunk of change on these patterns I would really like to use them. Thank you in Advanced.

Personally, I'd be buying this machine because I think they're neat, but its not the machine for making totes in my opinion. I think it will make the wrong kind of stitches for that purpose.

I would for sure check oil level, possibly change it and any filters on the machine if its in the budget.

We have all been there, it happens. Dont be so hard on yourself

@Privateer Hi Josh! Thank you for the advice, I did end up going home with this machine and am working on learning the in and outs of it. Your machine is lovely, though it appears to be a union lock stich type, instead of the Campbell Randall type like the one I picked up, I hope you have good luck with yours! I cannot believe how pretty it is! Witcraft's would be an awesome guy to talk to if you need assistance, I think has had two or three of them, I hear they can be temperamental at times.

Sorry, I cannot be any help, but Im sure someone will be able too! I just wanted to comment what a beautiful machine this is! The painting looks amazing!