Sit N Stich

[WinDancer]

I saw an advert for one but is was expired so no info or pics.

Anyone familiar with this?

I do almost nothing but knife sheaths...

Thanks,

Dave

[Chef niloc]

I'm assuming your talking about this?

http://www.grandpaspastime.com/Pages/SITNSTITCH.aspx

Looks pretty good to me. I made this one my self, it was a P.I.T.A.! I wish I had seen this one first. I also make sheathes and have been wanting a hand held clamp. Sheridan Leather Outfitters makes oe they call the "colt" that looks good but it not in stock right now, looks like theirs a big run on stitching clamps these days???

[WinDancer]

I know that tool as a stitching pony. I tried a pony through two sheaths and couldn't get the sheath to hold tightly without 'smooshing' it.

They were asking $200 for the mystery tool, so don't think that is the one they were selling.

Dave

[pabloz]

Geez Colin...what'd you do.....dove tail the jaws and then thread and tap hardwood for the screw mechanism.......that really makes it a MAJOR PITA!!!!! I am very rapidly coming to the conclusion that you have no concept of "path of least resistance". LOL...you know I luv ya...RIGHT????

[Chef niloc]

Dave:I did a few Internet search's and all I came up with for sit-n- stitch is the link I had above. maybe the add you found was marking up the price or the link I had was a old price. as you can see from the link I posted its not available, so maybe a old price? Do you have a link to the add you were looking at?Also in looking I came across this thread

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=6380

Looks like a good design for sheathes and not to hard to make.

The clamps smashing your work thing, did you line the jaws with leather? I had the same problem till I did that. The trouble I run into with sheaths is the clamp pushing the top seam apart do to the welt. Looking at the above design I think if one cut a 1/2" channel about 1/2" -1" down from the top across the whole length of the clamp that would work better? This way the clamp would hold the sheath above and below the line to be stitched?

PaulYes I do things the hard way and I should ask/ look for info before I do things LOL. That sad, I wanted a pony built from exotic wood (zebra in this case) and I'm a sucker or "old/ antique" things. So I used antique hinge on the bottom and incorporated a old wood workers clamp for the screw part. I used the a piece I cut from the threaded part of the clamp and one of the threaded rods, so I didn't have to do any threading myself. To be honest I would have tried to thread the wood but I couldn't find out how to do it. Hint: if some one reading this knows how to tap threads into wood and thread a dowel please point me in the right direction.

I used the long handled rod B/C I always had trouble with the thread getting stuck around the short nobs that come on pony's. With my design the thread just falls on top of the handle. The leather strap and leaver thing on the one i linked to above (sit-N-Stitch) looks like a better way to go about it, wish I had seen that 1st.

[WinDancer]

I think you folks are correct- same tool, just a name I had not heard. I have a friend who has one [offered to give it to me] but they don't hold well enough on sheaths. If you tighten it down enough for a good grip it squishes the sheath and leaves terrible marks on the leather. Most of the sheaths I make are the fold-over style, not wet-formed, no hammered welt.

A couple years ago I made just a roughly shaped piece of wood and mounted that in a little pan-a-vise. After the sheath was glued up you could slide it onto the horizontal piece of wood and have both hands free to stitch. It didn't work very well so only used it a couple times. Might try that again now that I think about it- maybe if it were mounted vertically it would be usable...

Will give that a try later this week and report back with pics if it works.

Thanks for all the help

Dave