Messages

I worked out how its done..I am such a clever chap . I really should have been a nucleeer scintist

Close to 100F is forecast for Boxing day here. Its been about 90F today ..lovely but sunburn is a hazard .

I just got a servo motor for the 111W155 . It came with a ' Syncronizer'   The instruction sheet is pathetic.

So where does the Syncronizer unit mount ?

Has anybody imported this stuff from China ? 24oz cotton duck canvas is just not obtainable here . Seems to be many sellers around but they are in China .

A trial fit

Hi Doyle

Yes that makes sense .

I have been making some wood patterns from particle board. Each panel of the land Rover top is a easy shape but it's a slow job measuring each panel individually .With a wooden pattern,  I can now just run a stanley knife around the  pattern , quick and easy

Me again

I was using this forum regularly , about ten years back. Some of the old names have dissapeared ! But I do remember Darren .

Getting back to the binding issue, I found this: Pretty expensive but it looks good !

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CONSEW-225-226-6-PC-RIGHT-ANGLE-BINDER-SET-1-BINDING-1-2-FINISH-/300922918002?hash=item4610675472:g:5bQAAOxyrM5TIPPL



Are my picture attachments working ? My Land Rover top is just about finished , it came out looking nice ! I had borrowed a top and I measured it .

Ok thanks for the tips .

I use cotton binding because it looks more authentic , the old car is a 1950 model. Yes it won't last as long as acrylic binding but I will be gone before it rots away !  .

The rear panel of the Land Rover has brass gauze windows , its a fine brass mesh .

Hi to all

Not much of a Spring here..very wet .

Ive been making a truck top for my Land Rover ... it fits over the cab only

The sewing of the 1" cotton edge binding has caused me problems.  I cannot get the seam straight , the sewing wanders and I get an uneven binding edge -

Are the swing away binding guides worth a try ?  I did have a non swing one but it is so fiddly and I could not get it to work all of the time

My machine is a consew 226r

We bought our 111w154 over 30 years ago. Love that machine. We paid right around $500. A true work horse. Only regret is, like yours, it has no reverse. But we cope. Is the G a double walking foot?

Yes the G155 has the two pressers and a 1/2" lift , the earlier models like the 152  had a 3/8" lift I think . 

Darren

Well you got a good deal yourself with your 111W155 .  I think the "G" means the machine I scored was made in Germany , it's the same as a W but made at a different factory. I also scored a lot of upholstery tacks and pins and a grommet press . Some of the stuff , I don't know what it is to be honest .

You must be well and truly aquainted with the 155 after 20 + years of using it !  It must be a great machine for you to keep it for so long . You can give me some help no doubt ..I am still a novice Mike

Hi from Australia

been a long while since I posted here

I recently picked up a free Singer 111G155 . A friend of mine , his dad ran a upholstery business for years but he retired 25 years ago , the machine has been sitting in the garage for 25 years covered in cobwebs and dust .

will try to attach pic  Mike

I had problems with grommets . Mainly those cheap chinese ones the hardware stores here sell.

I had a think about it,  the big problem is they are very thin and they distort very easy . I decided to beef them up by placing the washer part over the other part making it more robust , a sandwich of washers makes it stronger. .

I have a workshop press like Allens . I used a steel ball , like out of a ball bearing , to squash  down the grommet and it works great . 

I made a little grommet die in the lathe , to position the grommet as it squashes...lathes are very cool and every shop needs one . A Southbend 9 is ideal . or a Hercus here in OZ .

Mike

My consew 226 did that a bit . But I learnt to keep tension on the threads as you start to sew - by gently pulling them.

I always do the first stitch manually , then continue on with power.

Mike

This Tencate stuff, I was interested when I seen it for my boardcovers as I still have not found anything to please the greenies. It sounds just like the canvas our tent was made out of in the 60's, I'm glad we have moved on from those times of towels rolled up at the bottom of the walls soaking up the water dripping down the wall where one of us kids touch it cause we just could not help ourselves. If it is for pure authenticity for your Landy Mike sounds like this is your stuff, but wouldn't modern cotton canvas that has been treated be more functional, I doubt it would look any different.

Yes , your right . I guess I am being overly fussy . But If I can find a local supplier of pure cotton , it would be nice to try it out and see how it goes .

Paskals sell a nice sandy coloured cotton/poly stuff that would be OK. $34 a metre plus GST . Their ripstop green is $39 a metre plus GST . Rather pricey PASKALS are, but thats their retail price , I don't have a business number to open an account. I will try the RADANS Dingley place first before PASKALS and see what they have.

1960's tents.. those heavy square things with wooden  poles everywhere and manilla rope holding it all up..... leaked like a seive in rain didn't they ???

BTW I had on loan a original 1950's Land Rover top , I measured it and took many pics .. the canvas they used is very heavy..must be 20 oz or heavier  . almost like cardboard , unobtainable today I would think

MIKE