MYERS AWL User manual

MYERS
FAMOUS LOCK· 'AWL
ooSTITCH SEWING
HOW TO Il4AKE A
LEATHER HOLDER
SAW BARREL STAVE IN TWO, INSERT A BOLT ANO THUMB
SCREW NEAR CENTER OF EACH HALF OF STAVE, THEN HINGE
LOWER END TO SUI TABLE PI ECE OF WOOD, AL THOUGH NOT AB.
SOLUTEL Y NECESSARY THI S HOLDER SOMETIMES SPEEDS THE WORK,
HOW TO THREAD
AWL
UNSCREW TOP OF A.L HANDLE TO FIND NEEDLES AND SMALL
.RENCH, UNSCREW BAR HOLDING THREAD SPOOL WITH SCREW
DRI VER END OF .RENCH. REMOVE SPOOL AND ~UN END OF
THREAD THROUGH AWL OPENING. REPLACE THREAD SPOOL. PUT
NEEDLE IN SHANK .ITH GROOVE ON SAME SIDE THAT THREAD
COMES OFF REEL. TI GHTEN SHANK HOLDI NG NEEDLE '*1 TH SMALL
____ --2.-:---I"""i:.fjRm-ENCH. THREAD NEEDLE •• BEING SURE THAT THREAn FOLLO.S
~ GRO~N NE
HOW TO STITCH
THE FIRST STITCH
PUT THREAD THROUGH NEEDLE ABOUT t INCH. HOLD FORE.
FINGER FIRMLY ON REEL SO IT .ILL NOT TURN. AND INSERT
NEEDLE THROUGH MATERIAL (1). No. NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE
A SHORT THREAD END ON OPPOSI TE SI DE OF MATER I AL. PULL
THI S THREAD OUT ABOUT 18 INCHES OR T.' CE THE 01 STAN(.E
OF SEAM YOU .... NT TO SEW.
Now ..• ITH LOOSE END OF THREAD (2) IN ONE HAND.
GRASP AWL FIRMLY .ITH THE OTHER, (HOLD REEL .ITH FORE.
FINGER SO IT .ILL NOT TURN.) WITHORA. AWL TILL IT H"'S
ABOUT It INCHES OF THREAD BETWEEN MATERIAL AND POINT OF
NEEDLE. IN THIS POSITION. COMMENCE THE SECOND STITCH.
THE SECOND STITCH RELEASE THE REEL AND INSERT NEEDLE THROUGI'l AT PRO.
PER DISTANCE FOR WIDTH OF STITCH DESIRED. No. SLOWLY
Wi THDRAW NEEDLE. PART WAY OUT. HOLDI NG F INGER ON REEL.
TH IS .ILL FORM A LOOP ON OPPOSI TE SI DE OF GROOVE IN
~ - _N-U..O. - ~~~ ~~ -- ;:: E ~~
INSERT THIS LOOSE E~D THROUGH lOOP, HOLDING THE
REEL F I R"'L Y SO Ii WILL NOT TURN. New .. PL:L~ NEEilL E
ANO THREAD .ITH EQUAL FORCE IN OPPOSITE D'RECTIONS TO
FORM THE S TIT C,H (4). SEW WiT 1'1 NEE DL E IN THE SAM E PO SI •
TION AT ALL TIMES.
Now YOU HAVE THE FI~ST AND SECOND STITCHES. IN
STARTING A NEW' STITCH PROCEED AS BEFORE .
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CAUTION:
• BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO SEW
IN OLD OR DRY LEATHER.
SOAK I T WELL' WITH .ATER.
•\'IH ENS E. I N G H0 LOA WL SO
TH~T GROOVE IN NEEDLE
WILL AL.AYS BE .... AY FROM
YOU OR SLIGHTLY DOWN.
WARD.
•SEW WI TH NEEDL E I N SAME
POSITION AT ALL TIMES.
• AVOID CUTTING OFF TH.E"'D
BY RELEASING REEL WHEN
INSERTING IN MATERIAL.
.ALWAYS HOLD REELWHEN
wi THDRAWI NG FROM ,.. ... T[.,
I AL.

EXTRA THREAD AND NEEDLES AVAILABLE FOR YOUR AWL
,
Keep extra thread and needles on hand at all times. With your
awl you can mend and repair old and new harness, saddle:i,
shoes, gun and suit cases, golf bags, awnings, carpets, gram
bags, pulley be lts, auto tops, in fact, almost anything th¥i.t
needs to be sewed. Stockmen find the awl handy for sewing
up wire cuts on live stock.
'All parts of the awl are interchangeable. You can secure any
of th~ parts that get loose or broken. You do not have to
-throw th-e totrt"""liway. =----
The No.5 fine :'-leedle
and the No. 2 extra
fine Needle are not in-
cluded in the outfit
but can be furnished
extra at the price when
desired.
Actual Size
1/2
Extra reels wound with 12
yards waxed thread.
Black. Brown or White.
The brown and white thread is finer then the black
Finest quality waxed thread
--c5-ya-rd skein fills reel twice,
Black, Brown or White.