x546JP Report post Posted May 17 (edited) What tool either doesn't exist but you wish it did, or is way to expensive? Also, what tool do you find the most difficult to use? Perhaps a template or tool guide that would make your work easier, but as far as you know doesn't exist. Edited May 17 by x546JP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mablung Report post Posted May 17 A turbo encabulator. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgg Report post Posted May 17 31 minutes ago, Mablung said: A turbo encabulator. I thought they had already marketed the engineering joke, the turbo encabulator, more commonly known as EV (electric vehicles). kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgg Report post Posted May 17 1 hour ago, x546JP said: What tool either doesn't exist but you wish it did A true bobbinless lock-stitch sewing machine. kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted May 17 (edited) 2 hours ago, x546JP said: What tool either doesn't exist but you wish it did, An automatic, or any, bobbin winder for Tippmann Boss bobbins Even something fashioned along the lines of a fishing line spool winder - the type for fixed spool reels Edited May 17 by fredk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted May 17 2 hours ago, x546JP said: or is way to expensive? Since Harland & Wolff closed you can only buy 'diagonal steam traps' 2nd hand and they fetch enormous prices. A cheaper one would be welcome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
x546JP Report post Posted May 18 Let me rephrase that: What hand tool doesn't exist but you wish it did? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruce johnson Report post Posted May 18 17 hours ago, fredk said: An automatic, or any, bobbin winder for Tippmann Boss bobbins Even something fashioned along the lines of a fishing line spool winder - the type for fixed spool reels Fred, some people mount small motors or hand cranks on the bobbin winders that are designed to ride against the belt of the machine. My Boss came with a metal stem split on the end and goes in a drill to wind bobbins. Easy to use and 20 plus years later I have still never used the built in bobbin winder on a machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted May 18 Some kind of roller with an edge treatment attached (beveller maybe) for soft leather. It can't be pushed so it would have to be like a minute angled lawnmower. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUP Report post Posted May 18 @x546JP If I may ask, why do you want to know this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
x546JP Report post Posted May 18 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUP Report post Posted May 18 Do you plan to make and sell them? That would be interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted May 18 51 minutes ago, SUP said: Do you plan to make and sell them? That would be interesting. 4 hours ago, 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 wider as an extra it would be worth buying mmmmm, I wonder if a small fixed spool fishing reel can be adapted?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dikman Report post Posted May 18 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites