Photos of hatters tools

[ChicagoWayVito]

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Okay, here's the Frankenstein hat spinner built from scrounged objects. My buddy had a damaged variable speed portable band saw that still had a good motor and pulley. Mounted that to an aluminum plate and mounted that to an old end table. Speed control knob gives me a range of about 100 to 350 rpm.

That is pretty neat. How do you like the 100 to 350 rpm?
The one I built has a 2,400 rpm motor which I reduced to 1,200 rpm through gear pulleys and then attached a speed controller to it. I run between 40%-60% speed, so somewhere between 480 and 720 rpm.

A short video of the Frankenstein hat spinner in action.

The zip file uploaded doesn't actually have the video file inside of it. It just has a shortcut file which is would point to where the video lives on your computer. Basically no one an see the video. Please try zipping the video file and uploading.

 

[humanshoes]

Hey Chicago, When I became interested in building a hat spinner I talked to a few experienced hatters about the preferred revolution speed. Art Fawcett favors around 300 and JW recommends 500. I'm with Art on this one. I'll email the little video to you as I'm clearly not tech savvy enough to post it here.

 

[ChicagoWayVito]

Received your video. Looks good, good job on it. Next pouncing I do I will try out 300 rpm and see how that goes. Will be a while though as I have 3 hats in progress. Just did my first self banding using the felt off the brim to make a little hat band.

 

[Frunobulax]

Hey Chicago, When I became interested in building a hat spinner I talked to a few experienced hatters about the preferred revolution speed. Art Fawcett favors around 300 and JW recommends 500. I'm with Art on this one. I'll email the little video to you as I'm clearly not tech savvy enough to post it here.

You need a hosting site, such as Youtube, to get one up.


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[humanshoes]

Thanks Fruno. It's kind of a noisy ba***rd, but works better than I expected for a machine made from salvaged parts.

 

[Frunobulax]

Pretty cool.


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[Miamibruno]

I'm not quite sure where to put this request, but I'll start here.

Does anyone have a manual for a Singer 46-100? I just purchased one and I would love not to have to spend 3 months figuring everything out. If I have to, I have to, but if anyone knows anyone who knows anyone, I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Frunobulax]

I'm not quite sure where to put this request, but I'll start here.

Does anyone have a manual for a Singer 46-100? I just purchased one and I would love not to have to spend 3 months figuring everything out. If I have to, I have to, but if anyone knows anyone who knows anyone, I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks in advance.

You probably already have the parts manual.

http://hensewfiles.com/PDFs/SINGER 46-100.pdf



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[Miamibruno]

Yep. Got that downloaded. Thanks, Fruno. I've even contacted the patent office in Washington because the manual is listed in their catalog for 1944, but they don't keep everything and this is one of the things they have sent to the incinerator.

 

[Redfokker]

You probably already have the parts manual.

http://hensewfiles.com/PDFs/SINGER 46-100.pdf



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I think we were searching the same thing for Bruno simultaneously! I posted this on the other thread he asked on. The Lounge comes through for our folks.

 

[Frunobulax]

Yep. Got that downloaded. Thanks, Fruno. I've even contacted the patent office in Washington because the manual is listed in their catalog for 1944, but they don't keep everything and this is one of the things they have sent to the incinerator.

You might try to contact Singer, though that may be fruitless, as well. I'll try my Google-fu later when I'm on a computer and not on the phone.


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[Miamibruno]

Thanks, Fruno, you're the best.

 

[Frunobulax]

Adrian, Nothing definitive but a few leads. I have no idea what you've found and if I'm already telling you what you know, so...

This seems to be the hottest lead. www.sewing-machine-manuals.com. The 46-100 is not listed; however, given their extensive list, perhaps they might have an idea of where to look or how to look.

Searching Google Books brought this reference from the copyright office. Not sure how helpful it may be, but it could be a piece of the puzzle.

Lastly, this guy's web page hasn't been updated since 2003, but he has sold and appears to have refurbed machines and other hatters tools. It's a long shot, but, hey.

Mark Rofini

http://www.industrialsewmachine.com/webdoc1/used/used-brochures/46-100.htm

mrofini@industrialsewmachine.com

503-759-4373

Another idea, besides inquiring with Singer, is to make a call to the NY Public Library. Their research-fu is legendary, no?

Good luck. I'll keep an eye out myself.

 

[T Jones]

Tools definitely make the difference. Lotta nice stuff here. Without the proper tools your hats will never turn out right. I have a very limited selection which limits what I can actually do with hats. Lack of tools and no $$$ to buy them makes for a lot of frustration. Gotta have the right stuff to work with, otherwise, hat frustration takes over....there's a difference between bashing a hat and creasing a hat. Guess which one this is...

It has one last reprieve, though. I'm working with a make shift block. If it doesn't turn out right this time, it goes to the trash. The last few months have been a bit trying and I'm out of patience...

Better straighten up, hat. Don't pi$$ me off again!

 

[RJR]

Tools definitely make the difference. Lotta nice stuff here. Without the proper tools to work with your hats will never turn out right. I have a very limited selection which limits what I can actually do with hats. Lack of tools and no $$$ to buy them makes for a lot of frustration. Gotta have the right stuff to work with, otherwise, hat frustration takes over....there's a difference between bashing a hat and creasing a hat. Guess which one this is...

It has one last reprieve, though. I'm working with a make shift block. If it doesn't turn out right this time, it goes to the trash. The last few months have been a bit trying and I'm out of patience...

Better straighten up, hat. Don't pi$$ me off again!

 

[steur]

This might be of interest to the members of the lounge. Two conformateurs are up for auction on this Dutch auctionsite:

https://veiling.catawiki.nl/kavels/...d-millinery-hat-measure-machine-conformateurs

Apparently they came from the Dobesch hat factory in Vienna. I'm not the seller, so I have no stake in this and I expect them to sell for a price that's some way over my budget. Thought I might share.

 

[mayserwegener]

My guess the Dobesch Wien hat box is not related to the Conformateurs. In my opinion Conformateurs are for Stiff Hats which includes Silk Top Hats. Also any stretching will result in some distortion.

 

[steur]

My guess the Dobesch Wien hat box is not related to the Conformateurs. In my opinion Conformateurs are for Stiff Hats which includes Silk Top Hats. Also any stretching will result in some distortion.

The auction description, even though it's sparse, says it's where they came from, but there's no way of verifying if the description is correct of course. The conformateurs, formillon and box are recognizable, but I wonder what the other tools are.
I forgot to mention in the original post that bidders have to take 15% auction costs into account.

 

[steur]

Sold for 1171 euro, which is a bargain (but not what I had lying around in loose change).

 

[Art Fawcett]

I'm not quite sure where to put this request, but I'll start here.

Does anyone have a manual for a Singer 46-100? I just purchased one and I would love not to have to spend 3 months figuring everything out. If I have to, I have to, but if anyone knows anyone who knows anyone, I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks in advance.

Try calling Graham Thompson of Optoimo Bruno. I sold him 2 a few years ago along with manuals. Maybe you will be better than me with them. I owned them for years and failed to get a single sweatband in without breaking threads. I gave up after months of sitting in front of it. Confounding things