This one in mass in my old neck of the woods
http://www.hoodcanvas.com/marineCanvasTraining.html?gclid=CLrpk_PnnaoCFRIH2godbRr06A
y thats Mark Hood , i have one of his binders if anyone wants to buy it.
Dave in Buffalo NY is booked in to visit that school in September, i wanted to go
as well but just can't afford it right now.
it was a good idea when i bought it but english zippers are wider than us zippers
so i can't use it .
I made a Hood type enclosure this past week and it does look alright
but takes forever to make. Well take me forever heheh
Rich
Who is Dave on buffalo ny ?
he lives in Buffalo :-)
Dave is on my forum a lot but does come in here sometimes.
He's a pal I met when i came over there for training and we've been
friends ever since.
When he's been to Marks school i'll ask him if he can report back.
Rich
Thanks rich I recall you mentioned Jim once before but I didn't recall seeing s Dave here other then Dave in canada.
What do they charge for a course? Think there's any money in training people? Or is it just like the "it's just that easy" thread. A bunch of cheapo boaters wanting a deal?
Pep,
There seems to be a lot of money in training. I've never lived near a canvas "school", and so bought a lot of books on the subject. If you make a dvd, however, you could sell it for big bucks. I used to seek them out, but the only ones really available are from the Marine Canvas Training Institute, and the set is like $700 or $800!! I decided that it's way cheaper to learn as you go, mistakes and all. So far with the help of the great people on this board, I've been able to get by just fine.
Thanks everyone!
Ya after many gears having boat at my doorstep to work on when ideciddd to make a move to Florida I k ew I'd have to learn to go pattern a boat on site. So I older the whole set jojo
turns out many of rhe thing inhad come to on my own. The the pattenrinf tapes made sence and was easy to pick up.
For my most recent boat cover, I used Peppy's half pattern paper method, and it worked beautifully! Of course I totally forgot to take a picture. >:(
I'm going to use this method whenever I can get away with it.
Mike, I hope you are able to re-sell the dvds and recoup some of that money!
When I have to do a mooring cover mostly center console here ( no snaps)
I only pattern one half of the boat. There is alot of play so if somthing Is off a little bit left to right no biggy Ill even half pattern a snap on cockpit cover. Never tried a top and enclosure yet. Too scarry and costly if it wrong but it works great on my mooring covers
if it has a troing motor on the front then I'll pattern bolth l sides of the bow and one on The rear
here is an example even the tower was half patterned
(https://forum.upholster.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi782.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy102%2FMike8560%2Fcovers%2Fphoto-15.jpg&hash=8dfa5a135e85c1348c7975aba059226f)
Mike,
Take a minute and tackle spell check. Seriously.
Mike's messages are what they are, being because he mainly uses an iphone and he has gnarly marine upholster's hands
what is is
me i like his messages
better than the times crossword!
seriously though have you checked out the prices of the courses offered in mass?
and mike hey dudes hes giving freely of his time and knowledge to all comers
too cool
gotta love it
tanto uberior (L.), so much the richer
totidem verbis (L.), in just so many words
um... facta non verba (L.), deeds not words
:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'(
;D :P ;D
Quote from: needles eye on July 28, 2011, 06:21:42 am
mike's messages are what they are, being because he uses an iphone and has gnarly marine upholster's hands
what is is
me i like his messages
better than the times crossword!
Me to ;D leave him alone 206RB or I will set Richard on you :P
Suzi
Hey! I like Mike's posts. And, reading them, keeps my mind working ;D
Thanks Mike!!!!
Lol, Regal.. Me, too! Look, not everyone knows how to type quickly/accurately and misspellings are oftentimes nothing more than fingers gone amiss. Never occured to me that Mike may be contributing via an iPhone, lol. (I can barely handle the stupid Trac Fone I have, lol... texting? forget it!)
Sometimes I've had to scratch my head reading one of Mike's posts but I'm always glad I made the time to decipher because he clearly knows what he's doing and he always adds something interesting to discussions on marine canvas procedures.
Learning to speak "Mike" is well worth it!
Sorry about spelling my pc is down and my iPhone has little keys if one letter is wrong it has intuitive spelling and puts in a word on it's own and I donnt alway see it
anyway after my stroke reading my post is easier. Be glad it not on a phone
haha Mike, i been reading ur stuff so long, your posts look normal to me,,, :P
I should have my own language hey Howard
Odd think at my new house I happen to have a vietnamesee guy across the canal and just buy chanse a vietnameese guy bought thebhouse next yo me It can get prety odd sounding
Being that I'm getting started with a new shop soon.. I looked into the school since it's located in the neighboring state.. I'm in CT..
Right now with 99.5% of my start-up capital invested in rent, equipment, inventory and other business expenses.. the cost just isn't in my budget.. quite expensive..
So far I've been getting a lot of good advice right here on this forum.. Not that I won't take a course in the future..
I'd be interested in any instructional DVDs or the like.. to better educate myself on boat covers.. in-box me if you might wanna make a deal... thanks..
hiya
you can rent some of the Florida school dvd's from Smartflix I believe.
http://smartflix.com/
just put canvas into the search box
Rich
I had bought the VHS tapes. Who's got that anymore ?
the dvd's sound posher than VHS Mike but i think it's the same
films just put onto dvd, the quality isn't that great.
Rich
I have a VHS / DVD recorder. You put the old VHS tapes in it, hit a button and it burns the tape onto a new DVD disc.
You can buy them at Walmart for around $ 100 bucks.
Chris