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.
Our friend tries to keep bridles
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pairs, for they use two horses to
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