Aven Report post Posted September 23, 2023 Does anyone know of another source for a set of seam gauges other than ZegZug? Google only finds sewing gauges when I search. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted September 23, 2023 Forgive my ignorance Aven but I'll never be too old to learn. Never seen these before, how are they used? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aven Report post Posted September 23, 2023 They are typically used to design shoe upper patterns and to mark the upper leathers. They are used the same way you would use dividers to mark a line parallel to an edge, without having to reset the dividers each time the allowance changes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted September 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, Aven said: They are typically used to design shoe upper patterns and to mark the upper leathers. They are used the same way you would use dividers to mark a line parallel to an edge, without having to reset the dividers each time the allowance changes. make your own set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aven Report post Posted September 23, 2023 I'm not setup for metal working, which is why I asked if anyone knew of another place to purchase them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted September 23, 2023 17 minutes ago, Aven said: I'm not setup for metal working, which is why I asked if anyone knew of another place to purchase them. I've spent about an hour looking I cant find any thing like them. i can see they are expensive on that site due to the nice craftsman ship no doubt, they are nicely made. You could buy several cheapo wing dividers and set them and leave them. You could make them from about anything not necessarily metal. You could take an old set of dinner forks and tweak the tines to the desired widths, crab / lobster forks maybe even. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ddat Report post Posted September 24, 2023 That's great ingenuity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmdorman Report post Posted July 22 Theres these chinese ones Seam gauge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aven Report post Posted July 22 Thanks for the link rmdorman. I picked up some similar to those Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmdorman Report post Posted July 22 Oh man I didn’t realize how old this thread was haha glad you found one! I haven’t tried these but I’ve been considering them. What did you think of the quality? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcuk Report post Posted July 22 On 9/23/2023 at 4:57 PM, Aven said: Does anyone know of another source for a set of seam gauges other than ZegZug? Google only finds sewing gauges when I search. Thanks Found these not cheap, i know its an old thread but you might want to see what other tools he has for sale some interesting stuff. https://shop.shoemakercraft.com/products/seam-gauges-set-1-0-mm-15-0-mm-and-20-0-mm Hope this helps JCUK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aven Report post Posted July 22 Thanks for the link @jcuk. That is an interesting shop. Such a cool mixture of vintage and new. For those that are looking, they carry boar bristle as well as steel bristles. They have a couple options for linen thread and they have a hand wax (coad). I wish my German was better, I would love to read through those Der Schuhmacher journals. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmdorman Report post Posted July 26 Iphone or google lens can do it for you (this screenshot not a great example cause the picture was low resolution) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
