Hatbox making vid working

[Magus]

this is just one stitch in the box...thoughtyou might like it...but really running it as a vid test.

Enjoy!

M

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/magus/images/Videos/One Stitch.WMV

 

[shoeshineboy]

that is quite a job to get one of those done....

wow...

mark the shoeshine boy

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

Sailmakers gloves

Magus,

Great idea of using sailmakers gloves. I do minor leather repairs (fixing a loose stitch on my daughter's suede chaps) but no heavy work with 4/5 oz. hides. When you see guys doing the hand work it reminds you why a handmade saddle will run over 2 grand.

Keep us updated.

 

[Matt Deckard]

I like it.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I need fifty of those by Friday.

 

[Magus]

I need fifty of those by Friday.

Arrrrrrrgggg!!!! I gotta get me a "sweatshop!"


lol


I have thought about buying a heavy leather sewing machine...but then trying to re-design the build process and that could be a stinker. (Machines don't sew diagonally through corners.)


Thanks for the fun and nice comments all. I am really enjoying the creative process. Yesterday I built a buckle attachment that resembles the lower portion of a skyscraper with the stitching as the lights.

I figure that within a week the prototype will be done.

M

 

[Pilgrim]

I've done a fair amount of leatherwork, but the idea of sailmaker's gloves never occurred to me. Thanks for the idea! And you really are doing a nice job of getting even, regular looking stitches. That's a lot harder than it looks. Nice work!

 

[jamespowers]

Holy crimony! That must be a labor of love because it sure goes by slowly.
I am waiting for the Titanic length film about how the whole thing was made.

Regards,

J

 

[Terry Lennox]

Are you going to tool the leather?

 

[Magus]

Are you going to tool the leather?

Great question.


The Top is tooled fairly extensivly. But that isn't going to be shown until its stained. I thought about doing the sides as well continuing the Skyscrper theme with tooing to be a backdrop to the buckle areas...and would do whatever a client wanted...but with the top being what it is doing the sides might slip past classic and classy right into overdone and gaudy, But I could be wrong. I would be inclined to tool the owners initials or signature if anything...When the item is complete perhaps I will post it before staining and see what people's thoughts are or if there is a buyer who wants specifics.

The sailmakers gloves are cotton knit throwaways that I cut up (I ahve about 500 pair). The leather needle pusher on my right hand is a godsend! I have since bought some good leather work gloves and cut the fingertips out to replace the cotton as they just were not ehavy enough.

M