Photos of hatters tools

[rsteinjr]

You can "grow" a block one size pretty easily. Stretch an old felt over it, then cut off the brim. It was a common practice years ago.

A trick I do is swim caps. 1 or 2 will do the trick, best of luck.


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[rsteinjr]

Precisely, I can envisage how one could make a 3D model of a head so the ideal conformateur for someone’s hat would be a molded block upon which one would have the shape of your own hat built-in the hat. Even more so if one could actually “ spray” the hair fibre on the mold with a 3D printer ( which would be the perfect anachronism , using a 21st century device to make an item, a hat, with the materials used in a far past!).

By the same maker

Your idea is fascinating, I’m going to think more about it


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[milandro]

Your idea is fascinating, I’m going to think more about it

I am glad that I may have inspired your creativity. It would be nice if the hair (fur? wool?) fibre were to be sprayed with some sort of glue base into a perfect 3D model of a head but, would this be really necessary? What, if not the novelty content, would be the advantage over a normal hat? They can already print 3D hats made of some materials ( Plastics?). It seems to me that the motivation would be that you can make shapes otherwise difficult but not impossible with traditional methods.

( one thing, please, could you disable the Tapatalk signature appearing on each of your posts? It is not difficult to do on your phone or tapatalk preferences, it’s free advertising for Apple and for Tapatalk and adds nothing to your contributions )

 

[rsteinjr]

I am glad that I may have inspired your creativity. It would be nice if the hair (fur? wool?) fibre were to be sprayed with some sort of glue base into a perfect 3D model of a head but, would this be really necessary? What, if not the novelty content, would be the advantage over a normal hat? They can already print 3D hats made of some materials ( Plastics?). It seems to me that the motivation would be that you can make shapes otherwise difficult but not impossible with traditional methods.

( one thing, please, could you disable the Tapatalk signature appearing on each of your posts? It is not difficult to do on your phone or tapatalk preferences, it’s free advertising for Apple and for Tapatalk and adds nothing to your contributions )

I think I disabled it but not sure can you let me know?


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[milandro]

no it still shows “ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk” can’t you see it?

 

[rsteinjr]

no it still shows “ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk” can’t you see it?

I’m not sure then how to do it feel free to assist


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[milandro]

I’ve looked it up

https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=789985
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tap...ide-sent-from-my-using-tapatalk-s-t40687.html
https://www.technibble.com/forums/threads/sent-from-my-whatever-using-tapatalk-etc.74699/

 

[Hat and Rehat]

I am glad that I may have inspired your creativity. It would be nice if the hair (fur? wool?) fibre were to be sprayed with some sort of glue base into a perfect 3D model of a head but, would this be really necessary? What, if not the novelty content, would be the advantage over a normal hat? They can already print 3D hats made of some materials ( Plastics?). It seems to me that the motivation would be that you can make shapes otherwise difficult but not impossible with traditional methods.

( one thing, please, could you disable the Tapatalk signature appearing on each of your posts? It is not difficult to do on your phone or tapatalk preferences, it’s free advertising for Apple and for Tapatalk and adds nothing to your contributions )

Why does that stick in your craw, Milandro?
Several long time members sign in with Tapatalk, and their ad.
You are the first member that seems to have issues with it.
What's up with that?

 

[Hat and Rehat]

A trick I do is swim caps. 1 or 2 will do the trick, best of luck.


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It even had a name, back in the day, which presently escapes my memory.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

A trick I do is swim caps. 1 or 2 will do the trick, best of luck.


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Swim caps?
WTH are those?

 

[Hat and Rehat]

yes, this is indeed what I thought and on an oval you can also turn the hat from side to side and make it larger

Perhaps, but it would be a novel approach.
I have reblocked a hat on a 90 degree change of axis. It didn't make the hat any larger.

 

[rsteinjr]

Swim caps?
WTF are those?

For swimming they are silicon head caps


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[Hat and Rehat]

For swimming they are silicon head caps


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I'm an American. No one seems to wear them here.
I'm also balding, which might make them redundant.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

no it still shows “ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk” can’t you see it?

Does this really bother you?


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[Hat and Rehat]

For swimming they are silicon head caps


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Head condoms?
A felt is about the correct thickness to move up one size.
Condoms could have ribbing, or French tickler variations, which might throw things off.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I'm an American. No one seems to wear them here.
I'm also balding, which might make them redundant.

All the competitive swimmers use them. If you’ve watched swimming in the olympics you’ve seen them.


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[Hat and Rehat]

All the competitive swimmers use them. If you’ve watched swimming in the olympics you’ve seen them.


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I don't watch them, so haven't. I did understand the reference though, and was being intentionally obtuse. Isn't a hat man much more likely to have castaway felts around than swim caps?

 

[jlee562]

It's my understanding that the use of conformateurs by custom hatters is a relatively recent practice. Scientific Hat Finishing, for example, says, "before passing on to the more difficult processes of stiff hat work a chapter on conforming will be of value," and just further down the page, "nine-tenths of all hat sales require no conforming. Those customers who do need their hats shaped, however, will fully appreciate the advantage of being carefully fitted..." We can reasonably infer that it was intended for use with stiff hats primarily. I also think the higher quality of earlier felt contributed to a lack of need conform soft felt hats. Anecdotally, it certainly feels like my VS-renovated black Stetson holds my headshape a lot better than say, my modern premier Strat.

A good number of us here got custom band blocks from Art that are cut out in our headshape. An excellent tool for keeping hats comfortable. Now that Art is retiring, seems like there's a need for an enterprising person with a conformateur...

On blocks with built in head shapes....interesting idea. But I wonder what effect blocking an enlarged version of one's head shape might have on the flange and/or taper (as blocks are generally needing to be 1/4" larger than the intended finished hat size).

 

[milandro]

I just don’t like to read an ad for tapatalk telling me which phone one uses on every post . It is unpaid publicity that can easily be removed, I have asked politely and made no fuss. In any case I don’t se the advantage of the free ad for Tapatalk signature.
This is an issue on many fora and I am certainly not the only person on line bothered by this. A 5 second search brought a number of complaints on other fora (there are many more). Typed at my computer (insert brand) while sipping coffee (insert brand)

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=89446
https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322333
https://mycotopia.net/topic/99063-tapatalk-users-please-disable-your-default-signature/

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Then don't read the ads.
You're behaving like a troll.