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  1. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    This is all they are. 1/16" x 1/2" spring pins...
  2. humanshoes

    Photos of hatters tools

    Sadly, I don't know CWV. After hours of research, I've not been able to find another machine just like this one. Because of the tensioning system, stitch length adjustment, and bed configuration, I can only say with any certainty that it is a millinery machine. It has some of the attributes of...
  3. humanshoes

    Photos of hatters tools

    Found stuffed away in a leather suitcase in the attic of an old house in former East Berlin, this old, German, C-prefix, Singer cap sewing machine has finally found it's way to my little hat shop here in Tennessee. If this machine could talk, I can only imagine the story it could tell. Rough...
  4. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    If one can sew, it is pretty simple. Getting it to actually look like a hat is the hard part. :( I haven't given up, I just put them on the back burner for a bit. I'm itching to make some H&H hats (half and half, dualist type). In fact, I just made a side cutting tool to separate the felt body...
  5. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Hah! I'll settle for reasonably proficient.
  7. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    You got a great deal on yours CWV. Especially if it came with the guide attachment. When I spoke to Mike at Buckaroo some years ago, he informed me that the cost had been going up about $500 per year and that ASM no longer manufactures the machine. JW Hats originally quoted me $2k for just the...
  8. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Here's the rub: "This item can be purchased at the buy it now price only. No bidding allowed. Please do not bid. All bids will be removed." Very confusing listing, but not a bad price for the machine. Less than I paid for mine, however, one will still need to spend about $700 for the guide...
  9. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Beautiful bb! I love the profile you achieved on that block.
  10. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    No question that the recess is there for a good reason CWV. It does make for that final, perfect flanging with the ribbon and bow in place.
  11. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Looks great Robert! Kudos to you and your good neighbor. I'm with you on the bow recess. It would only come into play if you're flanging or re-flanging a hat with the ribbon on it. The cord groove though, as you know, is essential.
  13. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I'll look forward to seeing his work. I love having friends who can make stuff.
  14. humanshoes

    Photos of hatters tools

    Beautiful!
  15. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    Hah! I doubt there'll be legal fees to worry about my friend, but I appreciate the offer. You know, the hats I've made for you have most often allowed me to improve and expand my skill set and, for that, I'm the one who should be thanking you.
  16. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    I suppose it would be an issue if I were using the Walden logo on my own hats and misrepresenting and selling them as an original Walden product, but a restoration is a far cry from that. If whoever owns the Walden brand name really wants to pay a couple of lawyers to come after me with an...
  17. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    That's a real beauty Terry. Excellent work my friend!
  19. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    The new, thicker sweats I purchased came from Sullivan. I like his sweats but my 1107 just won't sew them properly. I suppose I could spend a few hours re-adjusting the machine, but I think it'll be easier just to source thinner sweats.
  20. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Yep, I use about the same spacing when hand sewing. I recently purchased sweatbands that are twice as thick as what I normally use and the machine, as set up, will not sew them properly so I've been forced to hand sew them. I've definitely been spoiled.
  21. humanshoes

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Oh boy! That made me cringe just to look at it. Proof that machines are not always better than human hands. I suppose it just depends on the machine and whose hands it's in. I'll admit that I could write a small book on how to mess things up with a sewing machine. I have indeed "cut" some...
  22. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    I've stamped my own sweats from the beginning CWV. I started out with an old Franklin machine, which I still have, and then acquired a couple of newer Howard imprinters that I mostly use now.
  23. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    You're welcome Brent. It was great fun making your hat. I had such high hopes that the felt could be worked to achieve the results we were both looking for, but I'm now convinced that it can't be done. Not by me at least. On the upside, judging from the beating I've already given it, the damn...

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