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I have a request to make a Tandy Top Hat from the 2062 pack that has a crown 3/4-2/3 as tall. I know that just dropping the edge down and tracing a new line will not properly transfer the holes. My only thought at this time is to draw many radius lines and disperse the holes proportionally. Anybody got a better idea on how to do that?

Photo of the pattern can be uploaded if you want to see the crown, btw.

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What i would do is lay the crown pattern out and cut out of the center of the pattern from left to right the amount you want to lower the crown and then tape it back together,

the top and where the crown attaches to the brim remains the same.

Luke

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What i would do is lay the crown pattern out and cut out of the center of the pattern from left to right the amount you want to lower the crown and then tape it back together,

the top and where the crown attaches to the brim remains the same.

Problem with that is there's a dog-leg in the sides when you do it that way. I fought it out this afternoon and got it to work. I made a copy of the crown pattern and counted down 7 holes (out of 20). I put the old pattern on the new one at that point, making sure the overlap on each side was equal (1/2 inch in this case on each side.) Then I marked the new top of the pattern. All I had to do then was link the top line with the bottom one and transfer the holes from the old pattern. Fits just fine.

Caveat: Those measurements are for the large Aristocrat, medium and small will have less overlap, I think.

If I do it again I'll go with 10 holes rather than 12. There's not enough difference between a full-scale crown and this shorter one for me. Again, your mileage may vary.

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Okay, that worked. Here's the shortened version of the Aristocrat pattern.

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With a temporary band. The final one will be smaller, of course.

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a fine looking Hat, you did a great job on it.

will the new hat band have the stones on it ?

Luke

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Photo of the pattern can be uploaded if you want to see the crown, btw.

I would like to see the pattern, looks like an interesting project. The modified hat in your picture looks good. Have you noticed any issues with the brim not being stiff enough?

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a fine looking Hat, you did a great job on it.

will the new hat band have the stones on it ?

I'm going to Michael's and see what they have for that hat. Those are from the necklace section, you can get whole strings of tiger's eye and such for a reasonable price there. That band in the picture is a swap out band I wear when the cobra skin band isn't appropriate.

I would like to see the pattern, looks like an interesting project. The modified hat in your picture looks good. Have you noticed any issues with the brim not being stiff enough?

I'll get a picture of it with the original crown pattern in the same picture for comparison. Give me a couple of hours. The brim is really firm. You have to follow the pattern and use two layers of leather. I think from now on I won't glue them together until I have the brim attached to the crown, it's a lot easier to lace up that way.

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Okay, here's the picts. I'm posting URLs because their about 5 meg apiece.

ibiblio.org/pha/LWF/DSCN4168.JPG

ibiblio.org/pha/LWF/DSCN4169.JPG

I put the second one up because of the old curved line optical illusion. The top and bottom lines are exactly the same length on each pattern.

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Thanks for the pictures Gawdzilla. Optical illusions can be confusing at times.

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