I Want to Make a Sporran...

[PappyJoe]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I want to make a Sporran for my son for Christmas. Does anyone know of a Sporran Kit that's available? I did find a free pattern but there are really no instructions and I like instructions I can print out. 

 

Thanks

[chrisash]

Tandy do a guide to making them

https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/videos

 

[DJole]

Here are some other sporran building guides that may help  you out:
1) http://www.werewolf.ca/LIBRARY/_HERITAGE/Formal_Sporran_Pattern.pdf

2) http://www.nwta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/291sporr.pdf

3) 

 

[AA3JW]

Depends on the size you want to make. Here is one I made for a buddy of mine who wears his kilt quite often. Made it from several patterns I found.

 

 

[mikesc]

You may find this helpful..

"MAKING A SPORRAN IN LEATHER" a silent film from 1955c

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0958

[jimi]

Aye Micheal, that was a bra wee bit o documentary there, he didna half flee aroond wee that creaser....and those bonnie wee thistles he made......Lol.

[bullmoosepaddles]

@mikesc Thank you for sharing this documentary. 

[mikesc]

If you like that documentary ..you'll love this one..if you haven't already seen it..Many of us here know it well eh jimi

From the same source

BIRTH OF A SEWING MACHINE from 1934c

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1592

 

Enjoy ..

Edited September 1, 2019 by mikesc

[Sheilajeanne]

That's AMAZING!! That factory was HUMONGOUS!! 

I worked in factories during the summer when I was a student. I shudder to see how little protection there was for the workers to keep their clothing or hands away from moving belts, stamping machines and other dangerous equipment.

I assume the casting was done by the lost wax method, using wax molds that melted when the molten metal was poured in?

I've used steel bearings to clean out the inside of Coleman lantern gas reservoirs (founts) but until I saw the scene in that film where they use bearings to polish the machine arms, I had NO IDEA just how efficiently the bearings can do the job!  

Edited September 1, 2019 by Sheilajeanne

[jimi]

19 hours ago, mikesc said:

If you like that documentary ..you'll love this one.

Oh yes, i have seen that one Mike, I posted that link also a good while back..... copycat....

Edited September 1, 2019 by jimi

[jimi]

7 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said:

That's AMAZING!! That factory was HUMONGOUS!! 

I think it was 14-16,000 workers at its height....

[mikesc]

17 minutes ago, jimi said:

Oh yes, i have seen that one Mike, I posted that link also a good while back..... copycat....

But that link can never be posted enough jimi.. Plus, there are people who missed it before, ( like Sheilajeanne ) and new ones will arrive, who may not have seen it, so..it should be posted at least every 3 months or so..That I have a copy of it and many others there ( diverse subjects ) is not important