Marc's msytery machine

[Gene_Olson]

Originally Posted by hodijag aka Marc

lederstanze

Babelfish translates lederstanze from German as Leather Dance.
It had no comment on it when I suggested it might be Dutch.

So What is it?

G.

[Irrational Metalworks]

Tortilla press?? Waffle machine? Hard to even make an educated guess here!

[Pedalcar]

Hi Gang,

i think it is a leather press to cut out thick leather for horse saddles or

shoes, they have a die that has the shape of what they have to cut ,

these dies are actually a kinda frame that is sharp ,the machine runs one cycle

and pushes the die true the leather,the "anvill" is from a soft material because otherwise you damage the cutting die.

Ben

The link below shows how the dies look like

http://www.shoeschool.com/shoeschool...aster_die.html

[bobadame]

I think they call that a steel rule die.

[kerrystagmer]

the machines are typically called a 'Clicker' and are quite useful!

[marioD]

Lederstanze translates to english as Leatherpress as a cutting device.

Mario

[Timmy_k]

This is an old leather punch machine. Stanzeisen is the Co. Name. Lederstanze in German means "leather punch". I guess it was used for die cutting leather for saddles, boots, and even hats. I don't think you can classify this as a "clicker" machine, because a "clicker" machine is usually electro-magnetic.(when power is supplied, CLICK ie. tattoo machine)

tim

[kerrystagmer]

ive seen 20 or 30 different 'clickers' over the years , all were mechanical or hydralic

[tdoty]

Clicker press, die cutter, actually there is a technical name for them that I'm too lazy to go into the other room and look up .


Tim D.

[Don Hebert]

I for sure cant tell you what it is, but it looks like it would make a good frame for a English Wheel.