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Andykev

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Yes, those are commonly used by Stratton hats. They make "trooper" and other uniform hats. The cardboard is dense and not prone to bending. They are excellent to quickly size a customer for the proper hat. Since the "stiff" hats for uniform wear barely "conform" to a person's head, getting the proper shape to start with is crucial.

Custom Sizing
To ensure an optimum fit, Stratton offers custom-sized headwear to individual needs. Stratton has the broadest range of sizes and shapes offered by any uniform hat manufacturer today. In addition to the Regulars from 6-1/2 to 7-7/8, we offer Long Oval, Extra Long Oval, and Wide Oval in most sizes.
Size rings available for measurement.

You beat me to it!
 

John Galt

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These are used to size a persons head size, they come from Stratton Hats, I have band blocks built to these, been using for 10 years and they are very helpful

Major Moore

Thanks for the clarification Major, et al!

That certainly jibes with the story & actually makes more sense than the hat companies he identified given Stratton's main focus.
 

majormoore

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They came up with these years ago, so they could send to police depts. around the country and officers could come in and try on which one fitted the best and right that down, once all officers had done this then the form was sent back and Stratton, they knew how many of what hat sizes an also had the officers name for each, making it easy for the police dept and Stratton.

Major Moore
Thanks for the clarification Major, et al!

That certainly jibes with the story & actually makes more sense than the hat companies he identified given Stratton's main focus.
 

bloc

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Who is making rounding jacks these days? I have one but it's not great. Think I need to invest. Please PM me with details if you can post to Wales. Thank you :)
 
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I would recommend this one.

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Bahner 6-328 brim cutting machine with oval tool

http://www.hatmachines.com/pdf_englisch/6-328.pdf
 
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John Galt

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Here's a new one I just received - a spinner for removing lacquer. These are hard to find, and this is a different maker & design than the other one I own.

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Edit - Can't find anything on the manufacturer. Anyone heard of them? I think my other one is a Cummins.
 
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humanshoes

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Here's a new one I just received - a spinner for removing lacquer. These are hard to find, and this is a different maker & design than the other one I own.

Edit - Can't find anything on the manufacturer. Anyone heard of them? I think my other one is a Cummins.

Nice JG! Would be perfect for spinning out the cleaning solution after a deep clean. I've been looking for one with no luck so far. What will you use to power them? I'm thinking some type of hand crank set up would be good.
 

John Galt

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I was originally thinking about a fan motor, which is what they were made to be used with, but Olé noted that aerosolized naptha might well ignite from a motor spark unless care is taken. I'm leaning toward a basic horizontal shaft electric motor with a pulley and a spinning shaft. Maybe I'll put the motor in a wooden box on or under the table top. None of this can happen until I get caught up though ;-)
 

John Galt

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HS - I'll happily send you one to reverse engineer if you will send it and one of your creations back. It's a pretty simple design. Both use a slotted spiral to move the slides and a keeper screw to hold them tight. Gonna want access to a plasma cutter or build it from wood & use a router & jig, I think.
 

rogerstg

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I was originally thinking about a fan motor, which is what they were made to be used with, but Olé noted that aerosolized naptha might well ignite from a motor spark unless care is taken. I'm leaning toward a basic horizontal shaft electric motor with a pulley and a spinning shaft. Maybe I'll put the motor in a wooden box on or under the table top. None of this can happen until I get caught up though ;-)

Maybe you can rig it to a hand operated paintbrush spinner.
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Roger
 

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" Maybe I'll put it on my power drill, and spin the hats in a bucket. "
John Galt

The "arc splash" from a power drill will surely allow you to become known as "The Late John Galt",

rather than "John Galt was late". When dealing with Gasoline (Naptha)/Lacquer, etc, use only

explosion-proof appliances or ones that are Intrinsically Safe. Eg: Beryllium Copper or those being

of Aluminium; Explosion-proof Motors are also a requirement. The Fire Triangle: Fuel; Heat; Oxygen.

Then there is, of course, the matter of Static Electricity . . . (See above.)


Regards,
J T
 
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humanshoes

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HS - I'll happily send you one to reverse engineer if you will send it and one of your creations back. It's a pretty simple design. Both use a slotted spiral to move the slides and a keeper screw to hold them tight. Gonna want access to a plasma cutter or build it from wood & use a router & jig, I think.
Thanks for the offer JG, but I, like you, have no time to take on any more side projects. I'm thinking something along the lines of this hand crank dairy spinner mounted sideways on a sawhorse type structure. Should be simple to replace the dairy attachment on the shaft with your hat spinner. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Han...ube-Spinner-/371222338118?hash=item566e935a46
 

John Galt

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This is a very real risk, of course, and should be guarded against. The issue has come up before - see above and Ole's original comments. My thought here was that the bucket lid could be pierced to provide a barrier between the drill and the aerosolized naptha.

A pulley system as in Ole's drawings might be the best solution, but takes more room and is more labor intensive to set up.
 

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