Stitching Pony

[David8386]

Thanks for posting it James. The book was fun to look through.

David

[JollyJ]

I know I am late to this party but thought you might like to see an original. I bought this leather horse, as I call it, when I was doing leatherwork in Montana in the late 1970s. At the time it was an antique, and now, 35 years later, it is still doing the job and doing it well. You can see that I currently have rope holding the legs in place because I take it apart to carry it to shows where I demonstrate handstitching. One poster here thought the plans for the horse looked very uncomfortable but I can tell you that I can sit on this horse for 8 hours or more and be perfectly comfortable.

[CyleTipton]

I know I am late to this party but thought you might like to see an original. I bought this leather horse, as I call it, when I was doing leatherwork in Montana in the late 1970s. At the time it was an antique, and now, 35 years later, it is still doing the job and doing it well. You can see that I currently have rope holding the legs in place because I take it apart to carry it to shows where I demonstrate handstitching. One poster here thought the plans for the horse looked very uncomfortable but I can tell you that I can sit on this horse for 8 hours or more and be perfectly comfortable.

Have you ever thought about drawing up some plans for you stitching pony? I am also a woodworker and would love building one.

[JollyJ]

Have you ever thought about drawing up some plans for you stitching pony? I am also a woodworker and would love building one.

Actually, the plans in the document at the top of this thread are pretty close. Mine has two sets of rungs on the legs but otherwise looks like it might do the trick.

[LoneWolf1973]

I found this pattern for a stitching pony. It was actually pretty easy to build. The hardware ran me about $6 and the lumber and leather I already had as scraps. I built this and I have used it allot. The only problem I ran into is being in the USA I am not used to using metric measurements but it worked out.

http://thecraftycouple.wordpress.com/how-to/how-to-make-a-leathercraft-stitching-pony/

[TheThiefPrince]

This is more of a sitting clamp than a pony or horse, but I just built two of these basically in my kitchen (other then using my mitre saw to cut the main pieces)

Anyone skilled enough with a saw and some basic plans can design/build one. I'm proof!

Trey

Edited November 14, 2014 by TheThiefPrince

[Blackey Cole]

here's an update version; very similar - Stitching Horse

what would it cost to have one made and shipped to 88310?

[Blackey Cole]

This is more of a sitting clamp than a pony or horse, but I just built two of these basically in my kitchen (other then using my mitre saw to cut the main pieces)

Anyone skilled enough with a saw and some basic plans can design/build one. I'm proof!

Trey

that leaves me out I look at wood and it cracks and slits

[TheCyberwolfe]

here's an update version; very similar - Stitching Horse

Hey, my build got quoted somewhere

[Blackey Cole]

I guess no one feels like making one