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Thanks Darren, Im in Wichita KS, no, I dont have commercial accounts. I am more of a wanna be privateer... meaning that I work marine upholstery on the side, out of my basement. only in the fall/winter months.

Hello All, do you guys know how or where to find specific color vinyl? I have a customer that is very particular on the color. even though the boat has been left outside for many years, and the vinyl is faded.  He want the factory color. Ive explained that it still wont match the rest of the cushions not being worked, but he wants what he wants... the boat is a 2003 Chris Craft 203 deck boat. The color is a cream/off white color.

Thanks in advance...

Cordell

3M Super 77!!!

ive done both ways cut each strip and sewn it also glue the cinyl to 1/2" sewfoam ill mark lince even spaced on the back on the sewfoam then fold and sew each pleat not cutting  one thing good is if in time the seam fails the vinyl is not cut exposing the foam.  

mike

Thats pretty much how I do mine...

here is a pretty good video also...but I do my layouts on the foam side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI7FK9iA3nY&list=PLoSIdv1C9uyRQ_47nwiSG-Zq_qZmkZoKx&index=17

Good luck!!

Wow, great work!!

Thanks all for the feedback. much appreciated. I wasnt planning to go pull the clutch motor off, but more curious as to the benefits.

In addition to what the other folks have said, I staple almost the entire length of the curve..

This might help also....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJXewDgvwbc

Hey all, can you give me a servo motor 101 understanding??? I read that they are way better than clutch motors.. but I dont know exactly why? what is the benefit, how is it that the are so much better? what are the return on investment pro's?

My conclusions from reading are better control essentially, but why invest in this in lue of other methods...Im am new to the industrial machines, I have a Juki 562 that I love. I did do some mods to id inorder to slow it down ( No way can I stitch at the speeds it could run... ( smaller drive pulley, 1 5/8th " and a 7" pulley on the machine.  extended the arm on the clutch engagement arm to the left side of the pedal (approx 10 inches)





Now the machine is very controllable, easy to feather the speed... single stitch at a time...

How would a servo motor improve my machine now?

Interesting read... thanks for the information. As what I would call a hobbyist upholster (I do marine re-upholstery on the side),  I always struggle with pricing  and estimating. I will say that I generally make descent money on my jobs, but like earlier mentioned, Im always looking at the clock and if I mess up and have to redo something, Im recalculating in my mind my new hourly rate...

I try to bid what is fair in my mind, but always wonder if I left money on the table. Especially when the customer snatches the bid with out a blink of an eye!!

The other problem is I am a bit of a perfectionist...I will redo things if they are not perfect in my mind. I struggle with the difference between painting the Sistine Chapel and what is acceptable quality work.

Hmmm...interesting off topic...My kids are much younger than mentioned so far. 13, 10 and 7. They know nothing of walkmans, cassettes/8 tracks, no cable TV, Atari 2600, listening to the radio in anticipation of you favorite song, on the ready to push play/record button at the same time!! (I am a 70/80's kid)

Me, that stand out the most... Mt St Hellenes eruption, President Ronald Reagen being shot, Challenger explosion, Timothy McVay and the Oklahoma City bombing.. 9/11

Cordell

Like Virginia, back when I had my own show , I "mapped out" my material cuts and was usually pretty dang close. It was my time appreciation that sucked and eating too much of that tanked my shop. In retrospect i should have given wider parameters in my quotes. " If they have used a trade standard number of staples in there etc... it'll be about this long----but if they did me a nasty it could be as long as this, and I may need to replace this or use extra that so the top end would be $XXX".

BTW there is a very good chart for calculating additional yardage for fabric repeats. I believe I got it from Carr's corner before their arrogance drove me off. If any body wants I can find and post again.

Please do....!!

Welcome to the forum.

I do furniture upholstery and it's my impression that marine and motorcycle seats would be harder to learn.

I have a Juki LU 562 also and I love it. From the rather small amount of paint worn off your machine I'd guess that your machine has been well kept. I'm sure someone on here will eventually point out that the Juki LU 563 has a bigger bobbin than the Juki LU 562.

Best wishes on your growing business.

gene

Thanks Gene, the machine came out of an upholstery shop that went under. It had sat for more than a year and was absolutely filthy. I spent 2 days cleaning and re lubricating.  I dont know if it was heavily used or not, at this point I have only had it a few week and Im still trying to learn the machine.

Thanks for the welcome...are you guys seeing the pix? they were there yesterday, but now Im not seeing them now??? Using photobucket like I do on other forms. Maybe it because Im a newbie here...

Hello All, new member here.... want to give a bit of an introduction before I just started blasting questions!!!

first I wanted to say thanks in advance for any help you may provide.

My Name is Cordell, I have been dabbling in marine upholstery for about two years.  I started during the restoration of my 1968 Glastron GT160. Wanting to do everything my self, being cheep and the encouragement of Blue flamingo (member on here) I got a machine, started practicing, studying and watching videos.

Eventually people started asking ....hey,  can you do this or that. Eventually evolved into a side job of sorts. I have only done marine upholstery and a couple motorcycle seat. I have had no unsatisfied customers, but I realized that I have much to learn.... thats why Im here. Please forgive the newbie questions I will ask. I will try to research the forum before posting.





I started out with 1953 Morse 4300 fotomatic...



then I got this 1949 Singer 15-91



Recently I got this Juki 562



Cordell