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hi guys,
im looking for advice for binding boat carpets, using attachments against using attachments. or would i be better investing in a binding machine ?  also where to get uv resistant carpet binding tapes.

thanks guys n gals ..
richard

hi guys, i just got sent this information from Mark Hood of Hood Canvas and he has asked me to pass this on.
the mod makes using ptfe threads easier.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1049048595107401.1073742010.202648006414135&type=3&__mref=message_bubble

hi guys its been a while

can i ask a question to the upholstery guys n gals please.

I have completed a boat interior in a fabric , the foam was new and i covered it in dacron. The customer is complaining the covers are rucking on top causing ripples in the covers, i'm thinking that the stabilising coating on the inside of the fabric is sticking on the dacron and wondered if fitting Stockinette over the foam will help ?

Richard

Hiya all

Here in the Uk I am thinking of going for broke next season and hiring canvas workers to take the pressure off me :-)

I am thinking of getting a US canvas guy or gal to work the summer season over here but i'm wondering how canvas workers are paid over there ? do they get a good weekly wage or a basic wage and bonus on completion of a job ?

Also if there is an experienced canvas person who wants to work in the UK for the season March to October get in touch .

RIchard

 Ok guys here's a freebie ..

I had a job recovering some car seats and the base foam was shot, that mean't I had to make new bases.
My choice was to go buy a band saw or use what i had in the shop ..

I have one of Kens foam saws which is good for boat seat foam but it isn't quite up to it for car seat bases because they really need to be more accurate.

this is what i had to work with.



this is what I made with my english redneck engineering skills.. all it is, is a plywood base about 1/4" thicker than the base of the foam saw so that the saw base is held tightly and more importantly square to the blade. I then waxed the wood to make the foam slide easier .. Ta Dah! a redneck bandsaw for about $2


and this is how it all ended up, my first auto seats from snuggtopz.com ..



Rich

hi guys n gals.

its been 2 years since I upholstered a bucket helm seat and i think i'm patterning myself into a corner ?
Knowing how great you guys are could someone point me in the right direction please ?

Here's what i have done, I have 2 seats the same to do so only stripped one so far. the seats have a seam inside and outside the arm and i understand why.
I patterned the arms but made the patterns baggy and taped up the baggy parts to cope with the curves and want to rely on the vinyl stretch to pull into shape.





another thing i did was moved the seam higher on the arm , was that a mistake ?






the baggy pattern works ok does anyone else make baggy patterns like this ? but i really wanted to make the arms without seams in the middle is this possible or am i buying into a world of pain ?


one place that is causing me problems making the arm in 4 parts is the front where the arm meets the base. even taking up the pattern baggyness it's still hard to pattern that shape.. ?




Would I just be better off cutting the old cover apart and using that as a pattern ??


regards
Rich

hiya Peeps

I have to cover these next week and haven't done a bucket seat for about 2 years !!  it is seamed on the inside and outside of the arm but i want to do it without a seam. Any advice would be appreciated.
What i plan on doing is making a baggy pattern on the inside of the arm, lay on the pattern material and staple up the baggy bit where the seam would usually fall then transfer this to the vinyl.
I know it works doing it that way because thats how i was taught but does anyone else do it that way ?

Rich

hi Guys

I have lost my US supplier of Dabond 4oz bobbins, does anyone have a contact I can call
who will also post to the UK ?

Rich

hiya

  I know its not just me this happens to but how do you guys keep yourself going
when your enthusiasm levels are at zero and work takes forever to do because you
would rather be surfing the net or drinking coffee or finding some other task to
take you off the sewing ?

Rich

here's one for you upholstery guys,

I want to sew a union Jack into a barrel chair cover using vinyl.
like those fancy go fast boat sun deck covers some people sew
up to look like a stars and stripes etc.

How on earth would i go about doing it, is there a way to plan the sewing order ?

Rich

hiya

Nobody here in the Uk stocks xtream seal and my supplier who wanted me to get the details hasn't stocked it yet, do any of you guys have any that i could buy from you ? probably around 10 yards
 I can do a paypal payment to your email address.

thanks
Richard

hiya

in your opinion is Topgun able to breathe ? I was assuming not but I had a customer
tell me he read on the net it is able to ???

Rich

hiya

I know it most likely the way I am doing it but I can't get the clutch reset on my
Juki !!

it is an LU 2210N - 6 , does anyone know the the correct procedure
as I have tried turning the handwheel in reverse and also with the back stitch leaver depressed and still no joy ..

Rich

a good link for Juki owners
http://dixiesewingmachine.tzo.com/JUKI%20SERVICE.htm

hiya all

I have a top to quote for that I haven't made before, nothing unusual there :-)

the boat is a Sealine 390 statesman and the cover fits between a track along
the fly bridge and a horizontal frame.

these are very similar boats



I dont know if this is an English thing or not but the current top is drum tight
because the bow pocket is laced together with bungee and sew on hooks.



unfortunately the customer wants zipped bow pockets and i'm not sure i can get the top tight
enough with zippers ? are there any tricks to getting these tops tight ?

Rich

hi Guys

I will be opening a river side workshop come chandlers mid April
but it is quite small 30 x 20.

What I am thinking is i need to make a demonstration piece of furniture
that looks a bit like a boat seat but I'm not so good at design from scratch.
Usually my designs are organic, I start sewing and see where I end up heheh

I did think about making a knee rise curved bench seat under or attached to the
serving counter but I think thats not practical as customers wouldn't
be able to get near the counter.
Then I thought maybe a round seat in the middle of the shop with a flat display
table on top ?

Anyone got any good ideas ? I could also make a nice piece that could stay outside
when the shop is open for people to sit on ?

What I dont want is for it to look like a car bench seat dumped onto a frame.

rich

does anyone know who makes Xtream seal ?

was talking to my UK supplier today and they said they can't
find out who actually makes it. because they want 5ooo yards
their US contacts won't tell them who makes it as they want the
business.

I asked if i found out for them could i get a really good deal on it
and they said yes :-)

Rich

stolen from a facebook contact of mine

How to cook a turkey .....First ,buy the turkey, and a bottle of vodka..pour yourself a glass of vodka,and put the turkey in the oven.Take another two drinks of vodka and set the degree to 375 ovens,have 3 more vodkas and turn the oven on, take 4 of vodka drinky and turk the bastey,stick a turkey in thermometer and glass yourself a pour of vodka,bake the vodka for 4 hours,take the oven of the turkey and floor the turkey off the pick,pour yourself a glass of turkey.now just tet the sable and turk the carvey.:) crappy pissmass xx

not sure if this will link properly
but i found this online and thought you might like it


http://www.catfish1.com/forums/attachments/f240/164524d1320841504-new-wrap-team-mojo-sea-ark-pro-cat-240-319672_2611637736748_1429148969_4785962_239099788_n.jpg

hey Raf  :-)

You got me really confused today , I got a strange parcel in the post
with some material samples and a DVD :-) but no id from the sender. 

great music on the DVD hehe

Did you want me to run them though my machine ?

Rich

hiya

thanks go out to Peppy who sent me a red cross parcel
containing some #8 zips I find hard to get this side of the pond.

And thanks also for the little extra :-) I like getting those :-)

Did you get your parcel from me  ? fair exchange is no robbery as they say.

Rich