Harness Shop (Conlinutd from Pago B 18) poddies backwards a punch pierces the leather from above, making a hole for the needle un derneath. The punch and needle Ijsrely miss each other in the rapid succession of stitches. The needle moves forward taking the leather along with it, positioning it for the nex t stitch. Needles for this ma chine are hard to come by, so our friend takes great care. He files down an 8-penny nail for the punch if he needs another one. He sews heavier thicknesses of leath er with this machine. Standing just as tall as the other machine and as the men, the other heavy, iron sewing machine works more like the sewing ma chines of today, with a webbed plate feeding the leather on to the next stitch, the needle coming down from above. Our friend pushes metal pedals up and down with his feet to work this machine. He uses this Landis machine, from St. Louis, for sewing lighter leath er. 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