I trimmed my Federation IV brim today

[ariahokas]

I was looking around for something similar a while back, but didn't find too much. Figured I'd share my experience.

After thinking I needed a rounding jack to trim the brim, I kind of have up on the idea. Then I decided to go for it after reading that a rounding jack is total overkill for a simple brim trim.

I wanted the brim 2 1/2" all around instead of the 2 3/4 up front and back—really not wild about the Indy look.

So I turned an old credit card into a sort of rounding jack for a pencil and went for it. It gave me a perfect round line to follow. Honestly, it couldn't have been easier. The felt was super soft to cut. I trimmed the best I could and sanded the rest with 250 grit then finished with 400. Looks factory.

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[scottyrocks]

Looks great, and your credit card-and-pencil tool is genius..

How about a coupla brim front down shots?

 

[Blackthorn]

Great idea! Well done!

 

[Frunobulax]

Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention.

And as a Mothers of Invention fan, I applaud you for your brilliant "rounding jack."

That's awesome.

 

[moontheloon]

really great job ... and great tool

curiosity ... is your hat a size to big or is the camera putting what looks like a space between your head and the sweat ?

from the pics it looks like the hat is touching your forehead and the back of your head and not the sides

just an observation ... maybe you are a long oval and the hat is reg oval ?

 

[EstherWeis]

That's brilliant!
No need for fancy things.

My grandma drew all her patterns with some thread looped around a pencil and it worked perfectly every time. She was dead on every time and I messed up with my fancy schmansy tools...

 

[LuvMyMan]

I was looking around for something similar a while back, but didn't find too much. Figured I'd share my experience.

After thinking I needed a rounding jack to trim the brim, I kind of have up on the idea. Then I decided to go for it after reading that a rounding jack is total overkill for a simple brim trim.

I wanted the brim 2 1/2" all around instead of the 2 3/4 up front and back—really not wild about the Indy look.

So I turned an old credit card into a sort of rounding jack for a pencil and went for it. It gave me a perfect round line to follow. Honestly, it couldn't have been easier. The felt was super soft to cut. I trimmed the best I could and sanded the rest with 250 grit then finished with 400. Looks factory.

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Start making em up to sell, and profit from your super smart idea!

 

[RJR]

I was looking around for something similar a while back, but didn't find too much. Figured I'd share my experience.

After thinking I needed a rounding jack to trim the brim, I kind of have up on the idea. Then I decided to go for it after reading that a rounding jack is total overkill for a simple brim trim.

I wanted the brim 2 1/2" all around instead of the 2 3/4 up front and back—really not wild about the Indy look.

So I turned an old credit card into a sort of rounding jack for a pencil and went for it. It gave me a perfect round line to follow. Honestly, it couldn't have been easier. The felt was super soft to cut. I trimmed the best I could and sanded the rest with 250 grit then finished with 400. Looks factory.

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Great idea.

 

[ariahokas]

Looks great, and your credit card-and-pencil tool is genius..

How about a coupla brim front down shots?

Hey! Sure thing. I typically wear it up, but down works better for biking here are some shots down.

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[ariahokas]

really great job ... and great tool

curiosity ... is your hat a size to big or is the camera putting what looks like a space between your head and the sweat ?

from the pics it looks like the hat is touching your forehead and the back of your head and not the sides

just an observation ... maybe you are a long oval and the hat is reg oval ?

Funny you say that, I had just removed the spacers I had in there before the photo to allow more stretching. But ended up putting spacer only on the sides to make up for the long oval vs oval. I'm def a more narrow oval than the Fed comes from the factory.

So, good observation and 100% right.

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[ariahokas]

That's brilliant!
No need for fancy things.

My grandma drew all her patterns with some thread looped around a pencil and it worked perfectly every time. She was dead on every time and I messed up with my fancy schmansy tools...

If I'm imagining this right, it sound brilliant. Next time I'll give this a shot. Love it!

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[Krash1974]

I was looking around for something similar a while back, but didn't find too much. Figured I'd share my experience.

After thinking I needed a rounding jack to trim the brim, I kind of have up on the idea. Then I decided to go for it after reading that a rounding jack is total overkill for a simple brim trim.

I wanted the brim 2 1/2" all around instead of the 2 3/4 up front and back—really not wild about the Indy look.

So I turned an old credit card into a sort of rounding jack for a pencil and went for it. It gave me a perfect round line to follow. Honestly, it couldn't have been easier. The felt was super soft to cut. I trimmed the best I could and sanded the rest with 250 grit then finished with 400. Looks factory.

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Awesome job!

 

[Xylophile]

I was looking around for something similar a while back, but didn't find too much. Figured I'd share my experience.

After thinking I needed a rounding jack to trim the brim, I kind of have up on the idea. Then I decided to go for it after reading that a rounding jack is total overkill for a simple brim trim.

I wanted the brim 2 1/2" all around instead of the 2 3/4 up front and back—really not wild about the Indy look.

So I turned an old credit card into a sort of rounding jack for a pencil and went for it. It gave me a perfect round line to follow. Honestly, it couldn't have been easier. The felt was super soft to cut. I trimmed the best I could and sanded the rest with 250 grit then finished with 400. Looks factory.

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Is that the Carbon Grey? I've always liked a bound brim, however that symmetrical brim makes that hat look great.

 

[scottyrocks]

Yeah, that's Carbon Gray.

 

[Benzadmiral]

I should get up the nerve to do that with my Carbon Grey, or if I order a brown Fed.

 

[scottyrocks]

I should get up the nerve to do that with my Carbon Grey, or if I order a brown Fed.

Tbh, if I got a moonstone, creased it the way I just did my brown one, and cut the brim down to 2 1/2 or 2 3/8 all around, I'd probably have a pretty cool Bogey-style hat.