ChicagoWayVito
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Hi,
I have some questions for everyone. I am new to this and just starting to investigate tooling and materials.
First question, does Winchester Hat Company have a website with product listings? I couldn't find anything for them, Fepsa on the other hand does (fepsa.pt)
Second question, where do you find vintage grosgrain ribbon?
The following are items that I have found that might help someone else in the near future.
Books:
- Scientific Hat Finishing and Renovating (circa 1919) https://archive.org/details/scientifichatfin00erma
- How To Handle Hats (circa 1905) https://archive.org/details/howtohandlehats00wood
The books mentioned above can be downloaded in PDF for free, there are some enterprising individuals that reproduced the books and are selling them but you don't need to buy.
I will start with those questions above for now. I don't have any tools and am investigating the possibility of making my own tools with a CNC machine.
Cheers!
I have some questions for everyone. I am new to this and just starting to investigate tooling and materials.
First question, does Winchester Hat Company have a website with product listings? I couldn't find anything for them, Fepsa on the other hand does (fepsa.pt)
Second question, where do you find vintage grosgrain ribbon?
The following are items that I have found that might help someone else in the near future.
Books:
- Scientific Hat Finishing and Renovating (circa 1919) https://archive.org/details/scientifichatfin00erma
- How To Handle Hats (circa 1905) https://archive.org/details/howtohandlehats00wood
The books mentioned above can be downloaded in PDF for free, there are some enterprising individuals that reproduced the books and are selling them but you don't need to buy.
I will start with those questions above for now. I don't have any tools and am investigating the possibility of making my own tools with a CNC machine.
Cheers!