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
____
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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
.
"."
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.
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