K and b stitcher

[autolock]

I was reading an old post re different types of outsole stitchers ,and regarding different types being the standard and the k and b and the wh and b , I remember k and b in shaw selling 2 different size stitchers in there brochure which was in about 1987 when I visited the factory both being the Goodyear type. Can anyone tell me what the difference was ,this is only out of interest thanks

[elfman]

I would hazerd a guess in saying that one was for a shop and the other being for industrial use in a factory

[petercoulson]

I don't believe they ever produced different sizes, what they used to do was sell them setup - one for ladies and one for mens for use in repair factories using them all day long. Maybe this is what you were thinking of?

[autolock]

hi peter, when they 1st started to build them in the newer boxed in cabinet not on the pedestals i went to the show room in shaw and there were 2 outsole stitchers side by side and one being about £1500 cheaper than the other ,one of them also being slightly smaller in size they were both goodyear types not anything continental. could the smaller one perhaps of been the k and b head and the larger being the standard head i remember these clearly as i couldent afford any of them at the time and had to settle for the brochure to W--K over

[keithm]

K&B heads and Goodyear heads are pretty much the same size. It may have been a 'foreign' machine but refurbed by K&B, wouldn't be the first time we've come across this. Or, the cover on the head allied to a smaller base gave the impression that the machine was 'smaller'