John, they look good to me . you are talented you know
Aww gee, shucks ;-)
I'm tenacious & driven and passionate. are more talented. As to hat tools in particular, Mr. DeCou reigns supreme in my honest opinion. I'm just puzzling things out.
All the wooden tools that Mark DeCou makes were built off of tools I had and sent to him to make , all the band blocks came from my patterns I sent him
He and I talked for many months way back then and I felt he was the most gifted person that could turn out new ones to match the old ones I sent him
Major Moore
All the wooden tools that Mark DeCou makes were built off of tools I had and sent to him to make , all the band blocks came from my patterns I sent him
He and I talked for many months way back then and I felt he was the most gifted person that could turn out new ones to match the old ones I sent him
Major Moore
They look real good John. I like those. I'm going to get with you about making me a few tools.
Terry, I found the wood & brass handles I had ordered to finish some foot tollikers I started a while back. I will be making a few sets of foot tollikers, pusher downers & puller downers to be sold as a package. If I get my band saw going, I may also throw a spinner in each set. All would be based on vintage items, but not exact copies.
I do know that head/hat sizes are different, and would adjust the nomenclature accordingly, designating each band block by cm/inch circumference and oval shape.
You know you can change those bezel lines to whatever you want. A standard tool not every time "fits" our purpose.Please note, that a traditional hat-oval is not an ellipse! It's an oval - and an oval is not a standardized, geometric shape! For instance, you cannot use Adobe Illustrator's oval-tool and adjust to the correct circumference. That will leave you with a non-correct hat-oval. None of my blocks' oval fit Illustrator's oval-tool out of the box. Quite some tweaking is needed
You know you can change those bezel lines to whatever you want. A standard tool not every time "fits" our purpose.
Please note, that a traditional hat-oval is not an ellipse! It's an oval - and an oval is not a standardized, geometric shape! For instance, you cannot use Adobe Illustrator's oval-tool and adjust to the correct circumference. That will leave you with a non-correct hat-oval. None of my blocks' oval fit Illustrator's oval-tool out of the box. Quite some tweaking is needed