Marc and I just had new rounding jacks made, and compared to the usual 750.00 prices that one notable maker gets, these are a steal at 250.00. Plus, this guy is a true artist. He used walnut for ours and even put our logo on the jack!! Outstanding. Here she is.
For more pics of his other jacks and the info you would need go to.
The guys name is Mark. He also makes the old foot tollikers just like the vintage ones. Thought I would pass this on to our new budding hatters. Fedora
Fedora- As a wood-worker (and former member of the WBU, Wood Buthers Union!) that is a fabulous piece of work. Kudos to Mark- what a conversation piece that would make. I wonder if he does other hat related items? (The site you included is a kind of woodworkers co-op so he'll probably post more things with time. )
Mark is one of the nicest guys I've ever talked to. I can say nothing but good things about him and highly recommend getting in touch with him, be it for a rounding jack or a tolliker.
It is a beautiful piece of art. Truly in the old-world craftsman style of functional and aesthetically pleasing.
However, I have a question regarding the use of such a tool. Since the Indy-style fedora geets a dimensional cut, and this seems to be basically a very fancy way of spacing the cut at a given FIXED radius (actually, distance from crown), how do you use this to do a dimensional cut brim?
I just mark a bunch of locations all around with a tailor's chalking wheel and cut the brim with a heavy pair of dressmakers shears and then sand the edge.
