rawcustom Report post Posted March 5, 2014 I'm about to go down the road of making my own sewing awl, and I got a little stir crazy waiting for my pin vise to show up. I figured I should divert my attention into a stitching pony since it's likely I'm going to need one. I built it this evening after work, sort of in a mad dash kind of way. Too many of my projects require exacting detail that can't be rushed that sometimes it's fun just to see how fast and how much work I can lay down in a couple hours. Anyway tried some ideas I had on this and I wouldn't be surprised if I rebuild this project at a later point using some of my notes from the first go round. Of course I have to use it enough to assess function before I go back to the drawing board. Some different approaches on this, the big one being a tension mechanism that is both easy and entirely contained in the middle to avoid getting caught up with any thread and workflow happening on the outside. Also I wanted something nice looking without requiring my effort of sanding and staining so I used some flooring I got from HD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King's X Report post Posted March 5, 2014 It looks good. Hope it works out well for your type of leather work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neillo Report post Posted March 5, 2014 Rough and ready! The quick release clamp is a great idea, cam clamps are good too but this i like better. I really need to steam bend myself up a traditional clamp someday, now that'd be a fun project! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
