Members JoergFBernhard Posted August 17, 2018 Members Report Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Just got my hands on this beauty, gonna pick it up next week...a leather perforator to punch decorative holes/ patterns in shoe uppers (as used on classic "english" brogue, derby etc.). Brand name is "Ideal", late 50's I guess. Does anyone know this one or has experience/ manual on hand? There have been similar machines by Peerless, Albeko and USM. Edited August 17, 2018 by JoergFBernhard Quote
Members rodneywt1180b Posted August 19, 2018 Members Report Posted August 19, 2018 I can't help you but what a great find! Quote
Members JoergFBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Author Members Report Posted August 19, 2018 5 hours ago, rodneywt1180b said: I can't help you but what a great find! Haha, thanks! Quote
Members Matt S Posted August 19, 2018 Members Report Posted August 19, 2018 Very tidy machine Joerg. BUSM used to make a machine of similar purpose (probably at a similar timeframe) to your machine. However they need a thick paper tape into which the machine punches, which hasn't been sold for decades, so I've never bought one. That, and I don't make shoes... A video of your newly acquired iron beast would be very interesting once you lay hands on it! Quote
Members JoergFBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Author Members Report Posted August 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Matt S said: Very tidy machine Joerg. BUSM used to make a machine of similar purpose (probably at a similar timeframe) to your machine. However they need a thick paper tape into which the machine punches, which hasn't been sold for decades, so I've never bought one. That, and I don't make shoes... A video of your newly acquired iron beast would be very interesting once you lay hands on it! Hi Matt, thanks for your reply! As far as I know this one doesn't need that kind of tape. And yes, this one seems in a very nice condition. The owner (an elder lady who ran the factory) told me it was still in use till they shut down their shoe production 10 years ago. Will keep you posted once it's here! There are still many machines there for sale, they basically locked the factory years ago and everything remained untouched till they started to sell few weeks ago... Quote
Members JoergFBernhard Posted August 29, 2018 Author Members Report Posted August 29, 2018 On 19.8.2018 at 12:18 PM, Matt S said: Very tidy machine Joerg. BUSM used to make a machine of similar purpose (probably at a similar timeframe) to your machine. However they need a thick paper tape into which the machine punches, which hasn't been sold for decades, so I've never bought one. That, and I don't make shoes... A video of your newly acquired iron beast would be very interesting once you lay hands on it! Hi Matt, I finally hauled the iron beauty to my workshop...it is really in great condition and came with lots of punching tools. I only had to change the plug (sure, clean and oil a bit) and now it runs smoothly! Here some more pics, just I don't know how to upload a video because of the size of the file... Quote
Members JoergFBernhard Posted August 29, 2018 Author Members Report Posted August 29, 2018 1 minute ago, JoergFBernhard said: Hi Matt, I finally hauled the iron beauty to my workshop...it is really in great condition and came with lots of punching tools. I only had to change the plug (sure, clean and oil a bit) and now it runs smoothly! Here some more pics, just I don't know how to upload a video because of the size of the file... Quote
Members Scoutmom103 Posted August 29, 2018 Members Report Posted August 29, 2018 Wow. Can't wait to see a video of it in use. Quote
Members Pauls Leather Posted August 29, 2018 Members Report Posted August 29, 2018 Wow. I want one. Quote
Members JoergFBernhard Posted August 30, 2018 Author Members Report Posted August 30, 2018 22 hours ago, Pauls Leather said: Wow. I want one. Hm, not easy to find, seems these are VERY RARE...haven't found ANYTHING on the web, no photo, not even the brandname... I just got lucky, bought this one for EUR 50,00 including all tools... Quote
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