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Alright so I've wanted a stitching pony for a long time.  I've gotten by with a small one that I tuck under my legs while sitting in a chair.  Also homemade. It works fine but I still wanted a full size one.   So finally I've gotten around to trying to make one.  With some help from my father he redesigned the clamping method up top to use an eccentric.  We will see how it works out .  

 

Here are some in process pics.  Bench seat is oak legs are maple and clamp is cherry and walnut . 

 

I'll post finished pics when I'm done.

 

 

 

Thoughts welcome as always,  always looking to improve.    

 

 

 

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That's nice work there! Do you have plans you are working from? I was thinking of making one this winter. 

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8 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

That's nice work there! Do you have plans you are working from? I was thinking of making one this winter. 

Chuck. Al Stohlmans The art of hand sewing leather has a plan in the back of the book.  I used that as a reference and also had a copy of plans from something called Farm Woodwork.  Starting on page 99. Stitching horse.  Not sure where I got it from.  I also did some you tube looking and looked at posts on here and kinda went from there.

1 hour ago, kiwican said:

Geez thats good mate!

Thanks kiwi

Ok here's the finished stitching horse

 

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I think I may make up a padded seat for the top as well.  I'm also considering some kind of tool holder for the couple tools I use.  I may add a magnet on each side to hold the needles when stitching back and forth.   Saw that on a homemade one and made sense to me for saddle stitching to hold one needle while u use the other. 

 

Ross

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That came out really nice. I like that cam lock system especially. 

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!

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That is very nicely done! A bit of advice, though, that bolt sticking out from the eccentric will catch the thread if you're doing long runs and the thread hangs down. Mine has a wooden lever on the side to act as a cam to lock it up and although I made it so the lever sits flat against the side it STILL catches the thread!!!

You just need to knock a few chips off it and darken the wood a bit to make it look old.;)

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

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I have several magnets on my stitching clam thingy. I have some for the needles and for an awl. Use N50 or N52 grade magnets.

Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..

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Just a thought for anyone putting magnets on their stitching clam.

Many years back when I put the magnets on my stitching clam, I sat them flush with the timber,, they looked real nice, now the fingers are not as agile as they where, I wish I would recess them or sat them proud of the timber.

Maybe I could have used weaker magnets?

Bert.

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Wow, that stitching horse looks fantastic!

I wish I knew how to do woodworking, but, alas, I have no room for the tools and no suitable workspace.

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