Stitching Pony Design

[Klara]

8 hours ago, dikman said:

You folks are making me think I should re-do mine and make it prettier.

Not if you want to get into leatherwork. It's just a clamp to hold your leather for sewing, after all. Function is a lot more important than looks. 

[chuck123wapati]

Woodworking as a job or craft is not considered dangerous but some woodworkers are very dangerous. 

[Rocksnake]

On 7/30/2021 at 4:01 AM, Munday said:

I'm a woodworker and I'm building a stitching pony (I'm starting leather working).  I'm looking for advice about a couple design features. 

How big of a clamping surface is recommended?  Should I add a piece of leather to the clamping surface?

I'll be adding a pair of magnets near the top.  I think a needle will find a natural alignment on the magnet.  Before I glue the magnet in I want to align it so the needle is in a convenient position.  Is there a preferred alignment such as angled at 10 or 2 O-clock off the front or rear; maybe straight out the side (I'm guessing it is s personal preference but I want to avoid stabbing my hand grabbing for it).

I'm test fitting the maple parts in the picture.  It is designed to work on a chair or clamped to a workbench and rotated off the side 100 degrees.

 

If I give you a suggestion, you look at the picture below, not too understand English, sorry can only help you to this

Edited August 5, 2021 by Rocksnake

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, Rocksnake said:

If I give you a suggestion, you look at the picture below, not too understand English, sorry can only help you to this

that countersunk knob is a good idea indeed.

[Munday]

I wish I had found an example with dimensions like Rocksnake shows, those examples have some nice design features. 

This is how my stitching pony turned out.  I included magnets because I had some and it was an easy addon.  I think I want to add a lanyard to the spacer.  I can see I might want to lower the top clamp position at some point.  The leather I glued to the clamp was the first leather I've ever cut and when I tried to bevel the edges I discovered I'm not good at that yet.  I clamped it to my workbench to see how it works with my stool.  Next up is to actually use it to see how it works.

 

[dikman]

Those pics from rocksnake have some well thought out anti-snag features.

Munday, using it like that should avoid the problem of snagging thread.

[Rocksnake]

1 hour ago, dikman said:

Those pics from rocksnake have some well thought out anti-snag features.

Munday, using it like that should avoid the problem of snagging thread.

Yes, thank you for helping me express that 

[mike02130]

Mine works in the horizontal position, too.

[seagiant]

Hi,

            Here is one I made from, farm milled, Red Oak.

[Spyros]

20 hours ago, Klara said:

Well, how many tables do you need in a year? If you make them for sale, you better invest in dust management...

Regarding the risk, I nearly took off the tip of my thumb when slicing carrots yesterday. Very annoying when grabbing a needle...

But I'm not a woodworker (or cook), I just make things when I need them.

Yeah for sure, if you're in it mainly for the pleasure of the process then it doesn't really matter how long a table takes.   Mostly people though prefer a balance between the joy of the process and the result, I'm one of them.

I'm definitely positively not investing in proper dust management, it doesn't fit in my workshop, plus it's the most boring topic I've ever seen and I'm just not interested in investing the time and research.

Leatherworking got me covered, I'm really happy with it

When I get the occasional itch for woodworking I just roll everything outside under the carport with a big mask on, when I finish I blow everything with a leaf blower and roll it back inside.