Old School Harness Repair

[rdb]

I browse the Great Google's Books section every once in awhile. There's quite a few items that come up in the leather type searches. This one was pretty good. Includes making the thread, trace repairs, etc. If you get one helpful idea out of the ancient ones, consider it a good day.

http://books.google....0repair&f=false

Let's see if I can upload the pdf....Harness_Repairing.pdf

Harness_Repairing.pdf

[dbusarow]

That's really cool. Thanks rdb.

Dan

[barra]

Great reference RDB. The section on rolling a thread sure brought back memories. It was not uncommon for apprentices to do not much else but roll threads for the first 6 months or so. I remember using a thread apron which was a piece of leather (flesh outermost)attached to a belt. The threads were rolled against this apron. The ol boss said that in the days when all threads were rolled by hand that unless a thread apron was used you would rub through your pants in no time and then suffer the wrath of the wife. I still roll the odd thread and still use a thread apron out of old time sake. No chance of wearing out the pants but I still like the traditionalist approach.

I also like the plans for a stitching horse.

Link saved for a later read.

Barra

[tonyc1]

Great reference RDB. The section on rolling a thread sure brought back memories. It was not uncommon for apprentices to do not much else but roll threads for the first 6 months or so. I remember using a thread apron which was a piece of leather (flesh outermost)attached to a belt. The threads were rolled against this apron. The ol boss said that in the days when all threads were rolled by hand that unless a thread apron was used you would rub through your pants in no time and then suffer the wrath of the wife. I still roll the odd thread and still use a thread apron out of old time sake. No chance of wearing out the pants but I still like the traditionalist approach.

I also like the plans for a stitching horse.

Link saved for a later read.

Barra

I still roll a few threads for some applications.

Tony.