Follow-up to previous post: I hope my email client did the sign-off! from Tempe, AZ, USA, on a clear and crisp evening, after a fine Sunday ride to an art fair with my wife...
On Dec 2, 2007 7:58 PM, Bill Gibson <bill.bgibson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Google Selle-anatomica...they offer a recovering service for about
> $50, but maybe they'd do an assembly.
>
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> On Dec 2, 2007 7:00 PM, David Snyder <dddd@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > For clarification, I have the like-new cover off of a broken saddle, with
> > nose piece already riveted in.
> > This leaves me tempted to just go at it with some low-profile screws and
> > nuts,
> > but I would prefer originality.
> > Has anyone tried extending the threading on the nose bolt, so as to allow
> > some additional relaxation while the rear rivets are secured? That seems
> > like an
> > easy solution, using a threading die, but then the threads probably aren't
> > common so the nearby hardware store likely woudn't have the die.
> >
> > Thanks for all of the suggestions! I think I have a source for the genuine
> > rivets
> > somewhere in my email archives.
> >
> > David Snyder
> > Auburn, CA usa
> >
> >
> > John Betmanis wrote:
> > > I presume you have taken the factory tour at
> > > http://www.brookssaddles.com/
> > >
> > > You will see there is a press that forms the leather into its shape.
> > > Whoever does this would need some such tooling. Another way would be to
> > > soak the hide in water and tie it around a male form to dry. I suppose a
> > > Swallow would be easier to make without such tooling. A shoemaker could
> > > probably do it if provided with enough pictures.
> >
> >
> > >Art Link wrote:
> > >>Cyclart has a saddle department. Art Link,San Antonio,TX,USA
> >
> >
> > > At 04:48 PM 02/12/2007 -0800, David Snyder wrote:
> > >>>I'm looking for a U.S. installer of saddle hides.
> > >>>I have a worn-out Brooks Pro saddle and have the new leather that it
> > >>>needs to have riveted on, but I understand the job is quite a challenge
> > >>>without proper fixturing at the ready.
> > >>> Does anybody do this stateside?
> >
> >
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> Bill Gibson
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