1886 Illustrated Harness Making manual CD leather horse harness pads gig saddles

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This Ebay listing is for the sale of a computer CD ROM edition of  a circa 1886 guide for horse harness makers.
CD ROM title : Illustrated Harness Making, 1886.
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A practical guide book for manufacturers and makers of harness, pads, gig saddles. Containing directions for selecting, cutting and preparing leather; tables of lengths and widths for cutting track, single and double road, coupe, coach, express, team and farm harness, halters, horse boots. Recipes for preparing blackings, stains, oils, and leather varnishes. Hints on renovating and repairing harness. Notes on harness mounting, with descriptions and illustrations of the most popular sytles and kinds.
Item Description
This Ebay listing is for the sale of a computer CD ROM edition of  a circa 1886 guide for horse harness makers.
CD ROM title : Illustrated Harness Making, 1886.
.
A practical guide book for manufacturers and makers of harness, pads, gig saddles. Containing directions for selecting, cutting and preparing leather; tables of lengths and widths for cutting track, single and double road, coupe, coach, express, team and farm harness, halters, horse boots. Recipes for preparing blackings, stains, oils, and leather varnishes. Hints on renovating and repairing harness. Notes on harness mounting, with descriptions and illustrations of the most popular sytles and kinds.
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Contains 349 pages.
The harness makers’ illustrated manual.
A practical guide book for manufacturers and makers of harness, pads, gig saddles,
etc. Noted as illustrated and it is indeed illustrated with nice clear line
drawings and sketches or horses and tack/hardware.
Actual dimensions and directions for cutting and assembling each piece of tack or
harness etc. are included. The directions are clear, detailed and easy to follow.
Anyone can do this and make high quality product if you just follow the directions.
A great relief if you are spending time and resources for leather and materials to
know that the instructions will actually get you perfect and quality results if
followed.
All manners of tack, hardware, bridles, buckles etc. etc. are all illustrated well
here. If you are a historian interested in harnesess and the history of these
technologies, this is a must to have for with it yhou can identify the source of
every buckle, bit, bite, ring, hardware piece and style of harness and purpose.
If you are a horseman (horseperson) or harness maker then you truly need this to
divine out the best practices and choices for your needs, and to have the practical
how to down to a detail level of how to make what you need.
Repairing something? now you can see how, in detail, so no mistakes will be made.
From leather treatment and metal treatment chemistry to how to choose leather and
metal fitments, this book educates you on all you need to actually get the job done
and make quality harnesses.
Yes, indeed a book from the era when folks wrote, purchased, and read books with an
eye to practical understandable information that they could actually USE!
I can almost smell the metal bits, the horse sweat, the leather, the machinery
oil, how I miss the old farm tack shops and blacksmith shops of my grandfathers
era. Everytime we move away from our organic roots of our culture, we do,indeed
lose something.
I am sorry but a nintendo and a wii and even a lexus with leather, just dont have
the same excitement of shorting horses prancing at the tack shop and hot leather in
the summer sun with the smell of the fresh oils and warm tanning agents, mixed with
the grass and dust. THAT was the real America that build out nation.
Electronic toys? I say lets get back on the horses and take a ride with some
freshly made harnesses and tack, Well so much for nostalgia.
If you have horse and tack, you probably want this one.
Contents:
Originally published in 1886 by W. N. Fitzgerald
Chapter I.
Harness leather. The peculiar characteristics of leather- Test by which the quality may be determined – Effect of strong acids in coloring – Impure oils – Kinds of harness leather – Oak, hemlock, and union tanned; the nature of each – hides suitable for making harness leather – causes of Gum, spew, or Frv” – the effect of dampness – weights to be selected for all kinds of harness – Grain leather for folds.
Chapter II
Russet leather
Selecting rein leather – stains – comparative value of good and poor stock – hand part leather – gaining in the workshop – buff leather – loop leather – the necessity of a Mellow grain; uniform thickness unimportant – buying leather – weight stock – Unreliability of the rough brand – backs – cropping – trimmed stock.
Chapter III
Patent leather
Glazed leather – the uses to which it is put – quality of hides – splits, how designated – the effect of splitting upon the grain – varnishing, drying, and finishing – enamel leather- Texture, color, and finish – stretching leather injurious to the Fibre – Care of patent leather – when the best leather is made – July and August unfavorable months.
Chapter IV.
Cutting harness
How to cut to avoid waste – value of seraps – The responsibility of the cutter – illustration of a side of weight stock – directions for cutting – dividing the side to the best advantage – objections to the splitting machine – cutting a harness from one side – illustration of a trimmed side – weight – details for cutting the different straps
Chapter V.
Preparing the leather for the fitter.
Wetting the stock – Drying – How long to soak – testing strap – Trimming the flesh side – applying tallow – straps not to be disturbed until the water has dried out – cleaning and slicking – The effect of recurrying – Blacking leather for a single-strap harness – wetting common stock.
Chapter VI.
Measuring for harness
Lack of system – Result of improper lengths – length of hame tugs – lengths adopted by prominent manufacturers – harness for horses of different sizes – lengths governed by localities.
Chapter VII.
Tables of lengths.
No.1 single-strap track harness – No. 2. Single road harness – no. 3. Single harness (Breast collar) – no. 4. single harness (hame collar) – no. 5. Heavy coupe harness – no. 6 double road harness. – no. 7. short tug coach harness – no. 8. long tug coach harness – no. 9. English four-in-hand. – no. 10. Tandem – No. 11, Single express – no. 12. Heavy express – no. 13. Long tug team harness – no. 14. long tug farm harness. – no. 16. Adjustable pad double harness – no. 17. Pennsylvania wagon harness – no. 18. Stage harness – no. 19. Bitting harness – no. 20. cart harness – no. 21. Mule harness – no. 22. Short tug butt chain harness – Trimmings for carriage harness.
Chapter VIII.
Directions for making up a breast collar single harness.
Result of neglect in learning the trade – Want of system – Importance of the Fitter and Stitcher working in Unison – Wetting the stock – Skiving and slicking the straps – Fitting up the shaft tugs, docks, and Wiuker brace – Finishing the edges – prepared tallow – Gum tragacarth – Cutting and preparing the patent leather – Finishing up rounds – Making Docks – Importance of good patterns- How to prepare the patterns.
Chapter IX.
Making single-strap track harness.
Its Origin – Skill required in making up – How to attain the best results – Steer hides the best. – Weight of side required – Sectional Drawings – Safety strap – Half Kemble Jackson check.
Chapter X
Directions for making team harness.
Mistaken ideas regarding team harness – Selecting stock – Weights to be used – General directions for cutting and fitting – Pads – Filling folds – Bridles, the importance of proper proportions – lines, lengths – Mountings, the Importance of strength – stitching to be done with white thread – coarse stitching the strongest – Fitting and stitching traces – Final finish – heavy ornamental truck harness – Bridles, coach style – Wheel Harness without pads – Traces and safes, how cut- Lead harness – Loin Straps – Mountings – Collars.
Chapter XI.
Making gig saddles.
Cleaning and treeing up the tree – Preparing the seat leather – Preparing the Frame – Making Jockeys – Flopping off – Making Loops – Cutting and fitting points – Back bands – Quality of leather- Making the Pads- Stuffing – Materials used – Changing shape of Patterns.
Chapter XII.
Pads for Coach and team harness.
Improvements – Patent Pads- Directions for making coach pads- Socket piece, how to cut – Fitting up- Cutting felt for the pad – Stitching, etc – Hair-stuffed Pads – Directions for making – Soft pad illustrated – Cutting Tops and sides – Hard Pad, Directions for making – illustrated – Plain pads, Directions for making.
Chapter XIII.
Making harness loops.
Kinds of loops in use – Patent loops, how made – Advantages of hand-made loops – Selecting stock- Wetting the leather – Fullness necessary – Creasing – Back Clamp Iron- Working up sides before creasing – Coloring and finishing – Pressed Loops, stitching on – How they are made – Time needed to press – Variety of patterns- How cheap harness are improved by their use.
Chapter XIV.
Stitching harness
The end to be attained – Thread, size and number of strands – White thread the strongest – making up the thread – waxing before twisting – the kind of wax for specific purposes – Importance of care in stitching – how the stitches are laid – irregularity produced by not drawing the threads evenly – to cause both sides to appear alike- Points to be observed.
Chapter XV.
Making round reins
Good stock a necessity- Directions for Cutting- Dampening the leather – making the stop – Marking off for the Billot – Filling up and rounding- Board Iron, how made – Rounding and trimming – Stain, how made – Advantage of using Shellac- Rein Ends, illustrated.
Chapter XVI.
Coach and wagon bridles.
The most ornate part of the harness- Winkers, Style and finish – “Hinging” – English coach Bridle Cuttings – Illustrations of various styles of bridles – Crown pieces.
Chapter XVII.
Riding Bridles.
Uniformity of style- How they are named – Cuttings for various kinds – Illustration – Leather used – English Russet – Buff Leather – Stitching not used for ornamenting.
Chapter XVIII.
Halters
The varieties – United States Government Halter- Spanish Halter- French Halter- Training Halter- Bitting Halter- Stable Halter- Yankee Halter- Double Cheek Halter- Slip Halter- Team Hatler- Cuttings and Illustrations.
Chapter XIX.
Horse Boots.
Success in making knee, shin, ankle, and combination boots – Directions for making- Illustrations for weights- How made- Illustrations.
Chapter XX.
Harness Mountings.
Classes and styles – Plated, close and electro- Grades of Silver for Close Plate- How to determine the Quality- Electro Plate less durable, but cheaper- Tarnishing not an Evidence of Impurity- Gold Plate- Nickel- Its Color and Advantages- Brass not popular- Oroide, its color- Not desirable except as a Base for Gilding- Aluminum the most expensive Metal- German Silver, its superiority as a white Metal- covered Mountings- Leather and composition- Leather used – Liability to rip- Improvements made- Rubber-covered- When patented- Description of process of manufacture- Celluloid-covered- Description of manufacture- Tinned- XC Plate- Japanned- Patented Styles- Illustrations of Terrets, Hooks,etc.
Chapter XXI.
Buckles.
Patent Trace- Harness- Trace- Collar- Center Bar- Popular Styles- Illustrations.
Chapter XXII.
Bits and Bitting Harness.
Brutal Devices- Popular Styles- Snaffle- Dexter- Hanoverian- Half Cheek Trotting Snaffle- Metals used- Steel not desirable- Unreliability of Malleable Iron- System of numbering- How designated – Illustrations- Bitting Harness- Wooden Jockey, illustrated- Patent Jockey, illustrated.
Chapter XXIII.
Repairing Harness.
As important as making new stock- False Directions- Cleaning the leather an important consideration- When to repair- cleaning the surface before oiling- How to soften old leather- Pure neat’s foot oil the best- Castor Oil, its qualities – Tallow the only reliable Grease- How to apply Grease- Gum, how to remove it- Patent leather- Varnish only will restore the lustre- How to clean.
Chapter XXIV.
Care of Harness in the Factory and Stable.
Durability dependent upon Treatment- Consumers not acquainted with the Peculiarities of Stock- The great Destroyer- Care of Harness in Stock- White Mold- Importance of removing it immediately – cleaning Mountings- Pegs for hanging Harness- Daub, how made- How to keep Russet Strapping- The Manufacturer’s duty to his customers- directions for the Care of Harness in the Stable- Mountings not to be scoured- How to Clean.
Chapter XXV.
Leather Blacking.
Stains, Varnishes, and Polishes.
Chapter XXVI.
Recipes.
Miscellaneous Recipes for the Workshop and Harness Room.
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