A Saddlers Stitching Horse

[Trox]

Take your awl and push true that pine Wood without supporting the jaws. If the Woods still do not move it would work. Its not the matter of holding the weight alone. Do some real time testing and you will soon see what we are talking about. Good luck

Tor

[antiquecowboy]

The movable jaw is the right hand jaw. The awl is held in your right hand pushing against the left hand - FIXED - jaw. That jaw ain't movin'. I could see if the thing was MIS-built and the movable jaw was the left hand. Then, even a leather strap does a poor job. You would be pushing against the movable jaw. This horse is NOT that way.

Take Time testing? I'm coming 62... lost count of the hours I've spent sitting on a stitching horse, sewing on skirts, fenders, heavy belts, heavy albums, heavy halters... I've got a fairly solid grasp of what works and what doesn't.

You don't believe this is a good design. That's ok. No worries.

[Trox]

If you read my post, I like your design part from the spring. It would not work for me. Sometimes i need the jaws to press hard, other times not. I thought you wanted some inputs? If you want sell it, you can add it to the " for sale" section.

Thanks

Tor

[WyomingSlick]

I, too. was wondering about the feasibility of the spring.

And, I was thinking that using shorter springs, and having a wingnut adjustment for spring tension would be a good modification that would allow one to adjust the holding pressure at the jaws.

Overall, I think your design is a good one. A very good feature is that it could be built with only hand tools and a fair amount of woodworking skills, using readily available materials from any decent lumber yard, or Home Depot type store. Your plans would be worth the money just in the amount of time they would save in compiling a bill of materials.

Speaking of money, the price you are thinking may be too low. I am assuming that you will be marketing this as a e-book ( PDF file ? ) since it would certainly not be a feasible to print and mail hard copy at such a low price. If you would like to send me a copy, I would be glad to look it over and make suggestions from a "fresh eye" regarding any improvements, or need for clarity.

[highnoonhunter]

I love this design, and I think it would work fine. There's a lot of leverage there in my opinion to have plenty holding power.

I want the plans!!!! PLEASE! Where do I send the money?????????

[antiquecowboy]

I've been getting sidetracked to unrelated tasks... In response to a couple of comments I made a minor adjustment to the design... I changed out the outboard eyebolts holding the springs to an easily set up mechanism using modified thumbscrews and wing nuts. The tension can now be adjusted from near zero pressure to more than should ever be required.

I'm working on putting the whole deal into an e-published document... which when finished will be available online and I'll likely put a notice in the proper forum on this board...

[Steve75]

I like the design of your stitching horse. Have been able to get the plans published as an e-document? If you have could please let us know, as I would like to get a copy of the plans.