Stitching horse from Springfield Leather?

[Mungo]

Anyone have one of these? I don’t have the woodworking equipment to build one. I also don’t have room for the full sized bench horse and don’t need one very often, so this looks like it might fit my needs. 

[DJole]

That's a pretty common design -- Tandy sells a similar one.
I don't have one of those, but I have heard people tell of two drawbacks to this design:

1) To move the piece around in the jaws, you have to unscrew the wingnut, adjust the piece, and then screw it back down again. Some people dislike having to do that. 
2) The wingnut catches thread while you're trying to sew. Some people have modified theirs by adding some kind of thread guard, others changed the wingnut to something else. 
 

[bikermutt07]

Check this one out....

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F362351897096

Wuta has one, but it's not in stock. I like Wuta.

 

[canonitr]

1 hour ago, bikermutt07 said:

Check this one out....

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F362351897096

Wuta has one, but it's not in stock. I like Wuta.

 

i just got the exact same one from Wuta... ordered during their 11.11 sale on Taobao

[bikermutt07]

8 hours ago, canonitr said:

i just got the exact same one from Wuta... ordered during their 11.11 sale on Taobao

I saw it and slapped my forehead. How did none of us come up with that design years ago?

[fredk]

I've been thinking of buying this one;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-Leather-Craft-Lacing-Sewing-Leather-Table-Hand-Stitch-Pony-Horse-Clamp-Tool/202436849658

My old one is a basic home made one; have to loosen a wingnut to move item, uprights fixed in one position - this one has a lever clamp and the uprights can be rotated

[Rockoboy]

3 hours ago, fredk said:

I've been thinking of buying this one;

I bought this exact unit recently. It is a smaller clamp compared to the one I built myself, so it has its uses. It works perfectly. Thread does not snag on the locking lever because its recessed into the frame.

If they had a bigger unit, I might have bought that one as well and retired my home built pony.

[canonitr]

14 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

I saw it and slapped my forehead. How did none of us come up with that design years ago?

i wanted something like that originally, but have no access to woodworking tools or equipments.. else, i would prolly want a horse rather than pony..

 

13 hours ago, fredk said:

I've been thinking of buying this one;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-Leather-Craft-Lacing-Sewing-Leather-Table-Hand-Stitch-Pony-Horse-Clamp-Tool/202436849658

 

for this one, i paid less than SGD40 with shipping, for 2 units (my kids) from Wuta as well .. again, during 11.11 sale.. 

[Mungo]

I’m going to compare models and get one.Thanks fot the input folks. 

[c2369zulu]

I have one of the Weavers. I really like it. I also have one made by a friend. The only complaint I have is that most of the designs don’t have much support for forward and  backward movement.

Edited. Sorry, thought you meant stitching horses, but it looks like you are referring to stitching ponies. I have two of the $100 Tandy versions (at least that is about what they cost when I bought mine). You cannot open the jaws much wider than a thin wallet’s width with it. One of the jaw sides snapped in half on mine when I over tightened it slightly, so that was my fault. They are nice, but a bit overpriced and you are quite limited on workpiece thickness....

Edited December 2, 2018 by c2369zulu

[bikermutt07]

There are also some neat acrylic ones out of Russia. They were on eBay for a bit and then (I think) they disappeared. It's been a while.