Members dikman Posted November 30, 2016 Members Report Posted November 30, 2016 You inspired me, bikermutt, so here ya go! The motor came with one of the sewing machines I bought - the WSV77, the head unit was fine but it had a home-made table, which I junked, and had this motor (1/4 HP, 1425 rpm, made in Canada and it's old!). I stripped the motor and found it had bushings, not bearings, but there was no slop in it so I oiled it up and away it went. A simple wooden mount so that it's portable and can be clamped to a bench/table along with a switch on the end. The burnisher is a made from a Blackwood tree that I cut down a few years ago, I had turned a few cylindrical pieces and put them aside to dry. This one had the least amount of splitting!! The motor shaft is 1/2" (so I can't use the burnishers that I made for my grinder) with a hole through it so I drilled the burnisher to fit the shaft and then drilled a crosshole and screwed a metalthread screw through the shaft hole and tapped into the wood. I'm also tempted to make a burnisher from aluminium, just to see how it would work. Maybe later, once I've cast a suitable cylinder. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
bikermutt07 Posted November 30, 2016 Author Report Posted November 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, dikman said: You inspired me, bikermutt, so here ya go! The motor came with one of the sewing machines I bought - the WSV77, the head unit was fine but it had a home-made table, which I junked, and had this motor (1/4 HP, 1425 rpm, made in Canada and it's old!). I stripped the motor and found it had bushings, not bearings, but there was no slop in it so I oiled it up and away it went. A simple wooden mount so that it's portable and can be clamped to a bench/table along with a switch on the end. The burnisher is a made from a Blackwood tree that I cut down a few years ago, I had turned a few cylindrical pieces and put them aside to dry. This one had the least amount of splitting!! The motor shaft is 1/2" (so I can't use the burnishers that I made for my grinder) with a hole through it so I drilled the burnisher to fit the shaft and then drilled a crosshole and screwed a metalthread screw through the shaft hole and tapped into the wood. I'm also tempted to make a burnisher from aluminium, just to see how it would work. Maybe later, once I've cast a suitable cylinder. Well that is awesome. According to whats been posted here you should be in good shape speed wise. So glad this inspired you. Reading elsewhere here has shown metal to be a poor burnisher as it disaptes heat too quickly. Aluminum just won't warm up enough. But that is only something I read. I haven't tried it. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members dikman Posted November 30, 2016 Members Report Posted November 30, 2016 Yeah, I read the same thing about using aluminium, but I'm a bit curious (besides, I like turning ally on the lathe, it's real nice stuff to work with). My grinder-mounted burnisher is running at twice the speed (2850 rpm) but it actually does a good job at burnishing. It will be interesting to see which one does the better job. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members rejerome Posted November 30, 2016 Members Report Posted November 30, 2016 Sam Andrews uses an aluminum spindle for slicking in his holster business and it obviously works great for him. Fast forward to 8:18 in the video below... Quote
Members gigi Posted November 30, 2016 Members Report Posted November 30, 2016 How deep those grooves in the cocobolo wood burnisher should be? About 1/8''? Quote Houston, we have a problem
bikermutt07 Posted December 1, 2016 Author Report Posted December 1, 2016 The one on mine are about that or a tad deeper. I have also read that treadmill motors work well having a built in speed control. Rej, that video was pretty great. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members dikman Posted December 1, 2016 Members Report Posted December 1, 2016 Thanks Rej, I knew I'd seen one somewhere, that was it! I'm definitely going to make one now. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members gigi Posted December 1, 2016 Members Report Posted December 1, 2016 5 hours ago, bikermutt07 said: The one on mine are about that or a tad deeper. Thanks! I'll go with 4 mm. Will make one out of cocobolo wood, and use a frequency inverter for speed control. Quote Houston, we have a problem
Members dikman Posted December 1, 2016 Members Report Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) Gigi, I'd try it without the speed control first, you may find that it's not necessary. As I mentioned I've been running my "original" one at full speed with no problems, and it looks like Sam is doing the same in his video. Edited December 1, 2016 by dikman Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
bikermutt07 Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Posted December 2, 2016 He had a lot of cool stuff in the video. At 15:45 or so he goes back to the burnisher (aluminum) and mentions keeping the edge pretty wet. This was something about fibers drying out and sticking to the burnisher or something like that. On another note, he showed me I was using way too little neatsfoot oil. And his tips for wet forming were great. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
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