Stitching Without A Horse

[InfiniteChain]

Bottom hinge is another piece of scrap leather.

Why is the bottom hinge lined with leather? How is it attached to the base? Thanks in advance!

[tboyce]

My guess is that the bottom is lined with leather because he didn't have a hinge handy

[Dwight]

My guess is that the bottom is lined with leather because he didn't have a hinge handy

Right on my friend, . . . the leather is not a lining, . . . it is the hinge, . . . follow the picture, . . . it goes down under all three pieces there, . . . one upright is screwed to the bottom, . . . as well as the spacer, . . . the leather is just tacked onto the 1 x 4 with some little brass brads, . . . acts as a hinge.

In case you haven't figured it out, . . . I am a scrounger, . . . don't always have to have "the thing", . . . I can usually figure some way of making something do, . . . in this case it was the hinge.

May God bless,

Dwight

Edited October 23, 2014 by Dwight

[mtbpup]

I have been lurking in this thread. Thanks!.

Here's a handy thread that will help you make a really serviceable stitching horse for about 30 dollars

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=57903

[Dwight]

That's a good one, . . .

BUT, . . . cutting up furniture in my wife's house, . . . ummm, . . . probably not a good idea.

But, . . . the creativity is outstanding,.................A+++++ all the way.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Feraud]

There are plenty of tools we can either do without, make on the cheap, or find an adequate substitute. When it comes to saddle stitching, a horse/pony/clamp is a necessity!

With a bit of scrounging you can literally make one for next to nothing.

Btw, I love the leather hinge!