I would love to credit the person on Facebook who inspired me to do this... Unfortunately the original post that inspired me to create this is lost to time (link I had bookmarked no longer works). The most recent reference I can find to this idea is from Richard Ness who posted in the Leather Work Patterns group on Facebook a picture of his stitching pony and the message: "I can’t remember where I stole the idea from, but here’s my take on the IKEA Kyrre three legged stool stitching clamp." Do let me know if you've made one of these in the past!

My husband just finished making it! It works wonderfully! Thanks for the great idea!

What brilliant ingenuity! The quick release bike axle is very clever.

I like the design, but I'm doing a variation. I'm going to use two hinges. As I'm not happy with where the jaws end up. I'll post a photo once I'm finished m

Awesome. Going to combine two kyrre with one perjohan. awesome

You have me heading to Ikea later just to do this.

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Hahah, happy crafting ;)

This is amazing, coincidentally I'll be making a visit to IKEA this weekend 😝

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Glad this helped :D Happy crafting!

Thanks James, followed your instructions and now I have a great new stitching pony!

@JamesBerry

9 ай бұрын

Ahh this is awesome, thank you so much for sharing this with me :D Glad this helped!

Awesome idea!! Great work James

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Not my idea originally but glad you like it :)

Awesome stool hack!

Fantastic! 👍 I'm just starting to work with leather. I will definitely build that too. 😍

Great work

It's AMAZING!!!

@JamesBerry

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you like it :D

Great idea! This weekend I will go to Ikea :D Thank you for this video :-)

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad this helps! Happy crafting :)

Great!

Amazing

Excellente idée j'adore, je vais faire ça dès que possible 😋 D'ailleurs je file chez ikea

Thank you for posting this video, i mad this yesterday and re stitched and old bowie sheath(first time saddle stitching) greetings from Norway, Alf (use long hinges, so the holes for the jav stem does not interfere with screw for latches

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear this can help other crafters :D I hope you enjoyed making your stitching poney!

Hi James, where did you source the hinge from. I'm having a devil of a time trying to find one. Could you send me the specs?

Have made this hack. Couple of challenges when making it. 1. Hinges were very hard to find that were

@JamesBerry

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the in-depth feedback! Indeed it may not be that much more just to go out and find an entry level stitching poney, but I was still curious to try this hack out and see if I could get it to work. Next time I would indeed recommend cutting the "jaws" part of the clap lower down on the leg, giving you a steeper angle to work with. I would also see about replacing the wheel quick release by something a bit better suited, maybe have it slightly lower down so the jaws can open more. Any how, I appreciate your insight into this project :)

WIW! That saves a few quid - just wish this had happened twenty years ago!

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Hahah thanks for the comment :)

I bought a Dreamworks Stitching Pony years ago. The problem I had with it is the way I stitch. My long threads get caught on the tension knob. I could not find a non-destructive fix to get those inside or out of the way. So, now I saddle stitch without a pony using the leap frog method. It ends up being faster for me and has no protruding knobs or screws to catch. This is an interesting possibility, the quick release bike lock.

The only addition that I'd ask for is a spring on the quick release mechanism so that it will open automatically when not tensioned together. 👍

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

That's a great suggestion, thank you! Indeed this would really be very helpful... I'll see if I can find an appropriate spring.

非常棒

I can't seem to get one that works, I'm short and find that those would be to high for me. Are you selling any of those?

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

I'm not selling these but while you're making your own it would be easy enough to cut the standing leg to size, making it as tall as you want.

Where do you get that quick release clamp ?

@TonyDiem

Жыл бұрын

Any bike shop should have them. They will sell either a front or rear, the rest being longer. 100mm ~4" and 135mm ~5-3/8" Looking like that's a front, and why it's lower on the arms.

Hi James. This is great! It deserves to become widely watched, as it’s a brilliant design. Can you find a way to credit the original creator? I too built my first (and current) stitching pony from an Ikea stool, but it wasn’t quite so elegant! But it did include a stirrup for variable leg-tensioning instead of a spring-loaded clip. It’s great fun being creative isn’t it? Keep up the great work. I love your stuff.

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the original post that inspired me to create this is lost to time (link I had bookmarked no longer works). The most recent reference I can find to this idea is from Richard Ness who posted in the Leather Work Patterns group on Facebook a picture of his stitching pony and the message: "I can’t remember where I stole the idea from, but here’s my take on the IKEA Kyrre three legged stool stitching clamp." If I find the original post again I'll be sure to share :) In the meantime I'm glad to hear you liked the video!

How did I miss the notification? 🤔🙄

@JamesBerry

Жыл бұрын

Hahah glad you got here in the end :)