Conformateur?

[humanshoes]

Your imagination and skill set with wood and other mediums is impressive.

Thanks Greg. I do appreciate the compliment, but there should be heavy emphasis on the "cheap ba***rd" part.

 

[steur]

Or...if you're a cheap ba***rd like me you can buy some flat clothespins, birch plywood, and hardware from the local Ace and make your own. It's crude, but quite effective. I call it the "wheel of pain".
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Very cool, Rick. It does away with the problem of downscaling and upscaling again a "real" conformateur has. Ingenious.

 

[humanshoes]

Very cool, Rick. It does away with the problem of downscaling and upscaling again a "real" conformateur has. Ingenious.

Thanks steur. It also helps to have the proper tools to make custom band blocks for the final hat shape.

 

[Concrete Nomad]

Steve, you don't HAVE to have this type of conformatour but it really does help. I use the cheaper plastic ones but still use them. This one would run about $2500 where a plastic is about $140. If you are going to try to truly fit your clients, you need one. PM me & I'll fill you in more.

Art

Please reply to me direct regarding the plastic versions that maybe available. Thanks for your help Art!

 

[Mustang Mike's Hats]

Or...if you're a cheap ba***rd like me you can buy some flat clothespins, birch plywood, and hardware from the local Ace and make your own. It's crude, but quite effective. I call it the "wheel of pain".

Don't know how I missed this thread back in Oct, but I just now saw the pic and I am truly impressed.

I'll buzz you later and we can chat about this. I'd love to make one of these!!

 

[humanshoes]

Don't know how I missed this thread back in Oct, but I just now saw the pic and I am truly impressed.

I'll buzz you later and we can chat about this. I'd love to make one of these!!

I'll be happy to walk you through the process Mike. Always good talking to you.

 

[Art Fawcett]

Please reply to me direct regarding the plastic versions that maybe available. Thanks for your help Art!

Look up "Cowboy Corral" in Grants Pass Or. Nomad. They have the distributorship on them.