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I am going to get back into to doing some leather working projects this winter so I needed a stitching horse to hold the leather while sewing it. The traditional ones are wood with a seat. http://www.rv-boondocking-the-good-life.com/images/100_1194.jpg I don't really have room for a full size one in my shop and if I did some other metal working tool would be going there so I made one that attaches to my vise.
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I grabbed some scrap strapping and punched some holes in it with a tri bladed scraper to see if it would hold the leather securely. The leather awl will go through it much easier. It worked like a charm. If I sit on the table with the vise between my legs it comfortable to work on. It is a little show to clamp and unclamp the leather compared to a real one but I'm not doing production. When I am not using it it unbolts and goes in the drawer with the rest of the leather tools.
The next project is a leather skiver/splitter. http://www.sdtradingco.com/Splitters.htm If any one here does leather work and has on I would love pictures on how the adjustments work. I think it would be easy to build, I just have to figure out the mechanism.
Jeff
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I grabbed some scrap strapping and punched some holes in it with a tri bladed scraper to see if it would hold the leather securely. The leather awl will go through it much easier. It worked like a charm. If I sit on the table with the vise between my legs it comfortable to work on. It is a little show to clamp and unclamp the leather compared to a real one but I'm not doing production. When I am not using it it unbolts and goes in the drawer with the rest of the leather tools.
The next project is a leather skiver/splitter. http://www.sdtradingco.com/Splitters.htm If any one here does leather work and has on I would love pictures on how the adjustments work. I think it would be easy to build, I just have to figure out the mechanism.
Jeff
![100_7546.JPG 100_7546.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/9/9654-e23e09803f8e7c7cf326e6f9bbf7f35e.jpg)
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