What tool as far as you know doesn't exist but you wish it did?

[x546JP]

My interest, in addition to leathercraft, is in hand tool modifications and innovations. As such, I asked the question. Leather tools in general are interesting given the ingenuity and creativeness that makers of tools have shown over the history of the craft. I am just looking for the tool that has yet to be made.

[SUP]

Do you plan to make and sell them? That would be interesting.

[fredk]

On 5/18/2024 at 3:28 PM, SUP said:

Do you plan to make and sell them? That would be interesting.

 

On 5/18/2024 at 12:11 PM, x546JP said:

My interest, in addition to leathercraft, is in hand tool modifications and innovations. As such, I asked the question. Leather tools in general are interesting given the ingenuity and creativeness that makers of tools have shown over the history of the craft. I am just looking for the tool that has yet to be made.

I'd like a bobbin winder for the Tippmann Boss bobbins. Its incredible that you pay $1000 for a machine and they give you an aluminium bar to use in your hand drill with the bobbins. I know that due the way the machine works you can't have a machine mountable the way you can with other machines. Even if they offered a winder as an extra it would be worth buying 

mmmmm, I wonder if a small fixed spool fishing reel can be adapted??

 

[dikman]

7 minutes ago, fredk said:

mmmmm, I wonder if a small fixed spool fishing reel can be adapted??

 

Interesting idea, I don't see why not (the little closed-face casting reels come to mind). I guess it just depends on a) how handy you are at fabricating things and b) how much time you're prepared to put into it.

[x546JP]

On 5/18/2024 at 5:28 PM, SUP said:

Do you plan to make and sell them? That would be interesting.

Not necessarily. I am equipped to make tools in plastic. Some tools like the Swivel Knife Bevelers and back bevelers are really good in plastic and I do make those. I just wanted to get myself and others to think about it. I am always interested in making tools more accessible and easier to use. The cost of leather tools can be a little much for some crafters.

Edited June 4, 2024 by x546JP
Better wording

[bruce johnson]

On 5/18/2024 at 4:29 PM, fredk said:

 

I'd like a bobbin winder for the Tippmann Boss bobbins. Its incredible that you pay $1000 for a machine and they give you an aluminium bar to use in your hand drill with the bobbins. I know that due the way the machine works you can't have a machine mountable the way you can with other machines. Even if they offered a winder as an extra it would be worth buying 

mmmmm, I wonder if a small fixed spool fishing reel can be adapted??

 

Kind of interesting. I bought an early Boss 24 or 25 years ago. I loved the winder that fits a hand drill. Ordered a couple more winders as spares. I tension the thread between two fingers and can go back and forth to level wind bobbins like an old bait casting reel. I tried the bobbin winder  on my 205-64 and Ferdco 2000 and still liked my hand wounds better. same on the 1245. My wife has a Cobra 26 and I wind all her bobbins by hand drill. Would not go back. Everyone is different but that’s just me. 

[fredk]

On 5/18/2024 at 11:29 PM, fredk said:

mmmmm, I wonder if a small fixed spool fishing reel can be adapted??

A follow up; I bought a small fixed spool reel and the idea would work, but the reel's line section has to match the bobbin thread section. I went to an angling shop and the chap there helped me search out a reel. We found a few. But I can't afford to buy it for about  7 days, when I get some pay in

Continued on

 

Edited June 5, 2024 by fredk

[cashmanleather]

My Bobbin winder, old sewingmachine motor and belt. 

[Mulesaw]

I would like a needle bender/grinder.

So that if you got your hands on an old sewing machine with some out of stock needle system, you could make your own needles.

For instance the Junker & Ruh SD28 hand outsole stitcher needs some special needles that are next to impossible to come by.
I know that the machine would probably be expensive, but the idea of a dealer being able to make a few special needles, even for curved needle machines out of some stock steel appeals to me.