Stitching horse from Farm Woodwork book

[Mulesaw]

@Bawarrior Thanks, I have been very active in woodworking for almost 20 years, so stuff like this is easier for me to do than e.g. do a basket weave :-)

@bland Thank you very much :-) 

[laleyendabizzness]

Awesome  job! Are you possibly  thinking of making some for sale?

[PastorBob]

That is beautiful.  There is nothing better than forming something with your hands that turns out to be a nice piece of functional art.  Love the detail and finesse you put into this, especially the mortar and tenon joints.  Wow!!

[Mulesaw]

@laleyendabizzness Thanks, The idea of making one or two for selling has crossed my mind, but I am afraid that shipping from Denmark would be fairly expensive. But I could see at my local leather shop (Laederiet), that they had a deluxe version that was almost 900 $, and honestly it didn't look quite as good I think.

@PastorBob Thanks for the very nice words on the stitching horse. The mortise and tenon joints look good and are much stronger than the original suggested screwed connections, the only problem is that it means that all joints will have to come together at the same time! I have to admit that fitting 4 legs in sockets and 8 mortise and tenon joints for the stretchers all at the same time was stressful to me. 
But challenging yourself once in a while doesn't hurt (hopefully).

 

[toxo]

Great job and nothing to snag the thread. not easy to do. All it needs to be perfect is some kind of grab on the strap under the seat so you don't have to keep your foot on it.

[Mulesaw]

@toxo Thanks for the nice comment. I am not quite sure if I understand what you mean about the grab below the seat.

The foot operated lever holds the leather strap, and the lever itself is held in place by the sawtooth shaped retainer and the curved edge piece (for lack of a better word) it is what I tried to capture in picture No 2. 
So you don't have to keep your foot on it for holding the piece you are working on. You just press the lever down and engage it in one of the saw gullets that will correspond to the desired holding power and thickness of the material.

Were you thinking of some other type of holding system ?

Brgds

Jonas

[toxo]

15 hours ago, Mulesaw said:

@toxo Thanks for the nice comment. I am not quite sure if I understand what you mean about the grab below the seat.

The foot operated lever holds the leather strap, and the lever itself is held in place by the sawtooth shaped retainer and the curved edge piece (for lack of a better word) it is what I tried to capture in picture No 2. 
So you don't have to keep your foot on it for holding the piece you are working on. You just press the lever down and engage it in one of the saw gullets that will correspond to the desired holding power and thickness of the material.

Were you thinking of some other type of holding system ?

Brgds

Jonas

My bad Mule. Should've looked harder. Must've had a senior moment sorry.

[Mulesaw]

24 minutes ago, toxo said:

My bad Mule. Should've looked harder. Must've had a senior moment sorry.

No problem at all :-)

I was curious as if you had the idea to some other holding system that could be nice to have. Such as a grab-strap that would enable moving the entire stitching horse or something like that.
Cheers

Jonas

[JayEhl]

I think it's missing a beer can holder but other than that,  fantastic work!  

 

[Mulesaw]

@JayEhl 

Thanks for the nice words, I blame the missing beer can holder on the original drawings. Though I have to admit that I ought to have spotted that obvious mistake :-)

Brgds

Jonas