Photos of hatters tools

[Hurricane Jack]

Just bought another hat stretcher (hey, it was cheap). This one still needs to be mounted on a board and I need a replacement heating element (if only for historic reasons). The shape of the dome is nice though and it's easy to operate.

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Well designed base & I like the crank but looks like it does need to be mounted where the crank will clear the tabletop. Is 220 volt the household current there?

 

[steur]

Well designed base & I like the crank but looks like it does need to be mounted where the crank will clear the tabletop. Is 220 volt the household current there?

Thanks, Jack. It does indeed look like it needs to be mounted on either a countertop or workbench to work properly. because otherwise the crank can't be operated as it should. I'm probably going to mount it on some wooden board of suitable thickness, to be able to move it around.

 

[Armando]

So a Singer 600 would do a good job for all the sewing on a hat, like the trim on the brim and the joinery of the dome and brim?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

So a Singer 600 would do a good job for all the sewing on a hat, like the trim on the brim and the joinery of the dome and brim?

Most quality hats are of one-piece construction. That is, the brim and the crown are all one piece and not sewn together. There are exceptions (not including cheap hats) such as a Duplex/Dualist. As for the Singer 600, I’ll admit to not knowing anything about them.


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[ChicagoWayVito]

So a Singer 600 would do a good job for all the sewing on a hat, like the trim on the brim and the joinery of the dome and brim?

Women's hats are the most likely to be constructed of separate pieces for the crown and brim as Milliner's use a huge variety of different fabrics and construction techniques on their hats. But as @deadlyhandsome pointed out the dualist hat is two pieces, the crown is usually a straw variant and the brim is felt.

 

[ChicagoWayVito]

So a Singer 600 would do a good job for all the sewing on a hat, like the trim on the brim and the joinery of the dome and brim?

Having just googled Singer 600, I see that it is a flatbed sewing machine, for brim to crown sewing you would want a cylinder arm so that you can orient it properly.

 

[GHT]

So a Singer 600 would do a good job for all the sewing on a hat, like the trim on the brim and the joinery of the dome and brim?

There's not a lot of sewing to do on a hat, if the hat band has come loose, it's best tacked by hand, using a technique known as blind stitching, so called because there's no trace of the stitches.

But if you wanted to sew on a hat band using a decorative stitch, then a sewing machine that can do that is ideal. You will need a free arm, and my memory is letting me down, I cannot remember if there was a free arm version of the Singer 600 series. It was a great machine, known as The Golden Panoramic, but I don't think that it had a free arm. The previous 400 series had a free arm version, as did the subsequent 700 series. Here's the 600 & 700 Singer, the free arm is plain to see.

 

[Armando]

I moreso need it for the sweat band. How do I attach this instead? I see some use a zigzag stitching.

 

[humanshoes]

Life just got a whole lot easier in my little corner of the world.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Life just got a whole lot easier in my little corner of the world.
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So a dozen hats completed per day, right?

Looks like a nice piece of kit. I have a Rowenta clothes iron that looks like a less industrial version.


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[M Hatman]

Life just got a whole lot easier in my little corner of the world.
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Nice setup with the pony boiler and steam electric iron.......

 

[Rockwater]

This is a custom sized long oval and straight sided block made for a fellow FL’er.
It is constructed of select, straight grain mahogany 8/4” slabs. The woods grain is arranged in, I believe, an attractive symmetrical pattern.
Good for ‘show and go’.

Complete with display stand and custom mahogany band block.

 

[humanshoes]

This is a custom sized long oval and straight sided block made for a fellow FL’er.
It is constructed of select, straight grain mahogany 8/4” slabs. The woods grain is arranged in, I believe, an attractive symmetrical pattern.
Good for ‘show and go’.

Absolutely stunning work Rockwater! Makes me wish I hat a hat shop full of them.

 

[Rockwater]

Absolutely stunning work Rockwater! Makes me wish I hat a hat shop full of them.

Thanks, it has to be approached as a labor of love to achieve the result.

 

[humanshoes]

Thanks, it has to be approached as a labor of love to achieve the result.

Good approach to life in general I think.

 

[T Jones]

No more hand sewing brim bindings. Just won this 1956 Singer 201-2 for that very purpose. This is one smooth running machine. The Husqvarna foot pedal isn't original to the Singer but it does a very nice job, nonetheless. Unfortunately, the cover over motor received some damage via FedEx shipping. It was pretty badly dented. I was able to take a block of Ipe, (eepay), wood and a hammer and I pounded the dent back out. It still looks bad, though, but it at least it doesn't affect the running condition. I'll look for another cover and replace it. Other than that, the Singer's in very good condition and all the decals are intact. It's a good looking machine and very nicely balanced, and very heavy too. I can't wait to get started with it.

This is the kind of stuff that makes me hesitant to buy anything off eBay. When they said that it was going to be shipped by FedEx, I was immediately nervous about that whole thing, and this is the way I received it. I'm just relieved that this was all that was damaged. I'll find another cover and replace it later on. Other than that, it runs great.

 

[Cornshucker77]

This is a custom sized long oval and straight sided block made for a fellow FL’er.
It is constructed of select, straight grain mahogany 8/4” slabs. The woods grain is arranged in, I believe, an attractive symmetrical pattern.
Good for ‘show and go’.
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Complete with display stand and custom mahogany band block.

I like that one Jim.

 

[Cornshucker77]

No more hand sewing brim bindings. Just won this 1956 Singer 201-2 for that very purpose. This is one smooth running machine. The Husqvarna foot pedal isn't original to the Singer but it does a very nice job, nonetheless. Unfortunately, the cover over motor received some damage via FedEx shipping. It was pretty badly dented. I was able to take a block of Ipe, (eepay), wood and a hammer and I pounded the dent back out. It still looks bad, though, but it at least it doesn't affect the running condition. I'll look for another cover and replace it. Other than that, the Singer's in very good condition and all the decals are intact. It's a good looking machine and very nicely balanced, and very heavy too. I can't wait to get started with it.

This is the kind of stuff that makes me hesitant to buy anything off eBay. When they said that it was going to be shipped by FedEx, I was immediately nervous about that whole thing, and this is the way I received it. I'm just relieved that this was all that was damaged. I'll find another cover and replace it later on. Other than that, it runs great.

Nice get Terry. Now I know who to send my brim bindings to.

 

[T Jones]

Nice get Terry. Now I know who to send my brim bindings to.

Better wait until I ruin a few of my own hats first as I try to figure out how to operate this thing! When I run out of hats to mess up I'll be glad to experiment on yours!

 

[Cornshucker77]

Better wait until I ruin a few of my own hats first as I try to figure out how to operate this thing! When I run out of hats to mess up I'll be glad to experiment on yours!

OK LOL!