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  What year is it?

Thanks June thats what i needed
Ive been wating for the pics. nice job
This thread fell off the 1st. page and i thought you for got.
Now i can get going on the dinette  cushions
I understand it now and thank you for the pics
#1 cut foam
#2 sew listing into the center seam.
#3  Put skin over foam that is still attached to board, staple mesh pull
Here's where it gets critical to pull the same depth all along the seam.  The top will be all up/down if the tension isn't consistent.
I think #3 will be the hard one to get right.

I have 2 questions not related to the listing stay pull.
Is that a Juki 563 i see.
And i see some Flexteak under the table where do you
buy yours from.
                      Thanks   Mike H

Thanks June & fragged
Yes it  dose have a plywood bottom but it wasnt glue to the board.
Looks like im waiting for the pics :)
       Mike H

It was glued before?  I hate that.  BTW, if you put enough glue it won't pull out.  I got burned a few years ago doing a Cobalt where the bolster "dip" had been glued without any pull/listing.  I ended up cutting the foam and putting in a pull.  There was too much glue residue on the foam for me to just add another layer and not have it show.  But, before I pulled off the skins, I would have sworn there was a pull in there.  It had NOT released.

June

Hi june how would i go about putting in a pull or listing?
Im entering new waters here please please :-\
                 Thanks Mike H

[Bobbin]

Hi guys well im done with the berth  cushions  thank god
I learned a lot doing them.
#1. I will not do a French seem on tight corners
Bobbin said it best "Good Luck With That!"
And from June
On V-births, I don't typically do french seams on the boxing - just on the plate/boxing seam if that's requested.  You're going to have a heck of a time getting into that acute corner to do top stitching unless you have a post-bed machine.Thanks June i get That now

Any way ive move on to the dinette  cushions The question i have is there away i can
make the vinyl nice and square  where the 1/2" foam meats 4" foam

I was thinking maybe glue but that would pull out over time
I'm thinking your going to say cut the foam and make it into two pices
 Thanks Mike H  

I can't say anything about the common sense fasteners
But i thing that Boat could use a few more Fenders out :D

 I just wanted to put part 1 and part 2 togather

          were going to get 18" tomarrow >:(

Did you check the safety clutch?  I went to send owners for the LU-563, but your email address in your profile is hidden.

You must be hiding something.   :P

Sorry i fix it
and wheres the safety clutch
                                                   MikeH

[Silly me i threaded the michine wrong all is good now Sorry]

  Silly me i  threaded the michine wrong all is good now Sorry    
                                  Thanks Mike H

mike it looks like to me your top plate and probly the bottom was to big . i cut mine  a bit biggger 3/8 to 1/2" and the boxing the same as the foam ofcourse the side against the hull will be a bit wider and curved

Hi Mike your right i made the top plate seam allowance 3/4 wider so the seam would lay on the top side of the boxing i got that tip from June.  there's no bottom plate just plywood and yes the side against the hull are 2" wider

[December 23]

December 23
Only 2 inches of snow today
And it warmed up to 0.
The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning.
What is she, nuts?!!
Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago?
She says she did but I think she's lying.

December 24
6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, l broke the shovel.
Thought I was having a heart attack.
If I ever catch the son of a bitch who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel.
I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been!
Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow.

December 25
Merry freaking Christmas!
20 more inches of the damn slop tonight -Snowed in.
The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil.
God, I hate the snow!
Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel.
The wife says I have a bad attitude.
I think she's an idiot.
If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.

December 26
Still snowed in.
Why the hell did I ever move here?
It was all HER idea.
She's really getting on my nerves.

December 27
Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.

December 28
Warmed up to above -20.
Still snowed in.
The BITCH is driving me crazy!!!

December 29
10 more inches.
Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in.
That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

December 30
Roof caved in.
I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his a$$.
The wife went home to her mother.
Nine more inches predicted.

December 31
I set fire to what's left of the house.
No more shoveling.

January 8
Feel so good.
I just love those little white pills they keep giving me.
Why am I tied to the bed?

[Diary of a snow shoveler, probable location - North East]

I had to put this in to 2 parts

Diary of a snow shoveler, probable location - North East

December 8 - 6:00 PM
It started to snow.
The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven.
It looked like a Grandma Moses Print.
So romantic we felt like newlyweds again.
I love snow!

December 9
We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape.
What a fantastic sight!
Can there be a lovelier place in the whole world?
Moving here was the best idea I've ever had!
Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again.
I did both our driveway and the sidewalks.
This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again.
What a perfect life!

December 12
The sun has melted all our lovely snow.
Such a disappointment!
My neighbor tells me not to worry- we'll definitely have a white Christmas.
No snow on Christmas would be awful!
Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again
I don't think that's possible.
Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.

December 14
Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night.
The temperature dropped to -20.
The cold makes everything sparkle so.
The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks.
This is the life!
The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again.
I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way.
I wish l wouldn't huff and puff so.

December 15
20 inches forecast.
Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer.
Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels.
Stocked the freezer.
The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out.
I think that's silly.
We aren't in Alaska, after all.

December 16
Ice storm this morning.
Fell on my a$$ on the ice in the driveway putting down salt.
Hurt like hell.
The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.

December 17
Still way below freezing.
Roads are too icy to go anywhere.
Electricity was off for 5 hours.
I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm.
Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her.
Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her.
God I hate it when she's right.
I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20
Electricity's back on, but had another 14 inches of the damn stuff last night.
More shoveling!
Took all day.
The damn snowplow came by twice.
Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey.
I think they're lying.
Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out.
Might have another shipment in March.
I think they're lying.
Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me.
I think he's lying.

December 22
Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white sh*t fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till August.
Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss.
By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel.
Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the a**hole is lying.

Therapy--- It looks like you started from 2 points with a closed loop that was too big. 

As a rule, I don't sew a closed loop of boxing, when I start boxing I leave about 5 inches loose, then when I come around on the start I cut to suit leaving a 1/2 seam allowance.  At that point.... I sew the loop closed...then fish attaching it to the box.  Sorry if I said the samething as other people.

BTW-you can fix what you have by adding a piece of boxing.  Blast the seam back about a foot then then seam in a longer piece of boxing to make it to the corner with seam allowance.

Im finding this out
The 5"loose sounds like a safe allowance
Take a Look im getting there   MikeH
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj300/dadhuff/Sewing%20New/SN850303.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj300/dadhuff/Sewing%20New/SN850304.jpg

[Wow my first complement Thanks Bobbin]

The seam you'all call a french seam I have always known as a boot seam.
Is what your doing backed up with a strip of vinyl for strength and water resistance.  

Yes its back up with a 2" pc of the same mat.

Your topstitching is as neat as a pin.  Not much room for error when working with vinyls or leather! the holes don't go away the way they do on wovens. 

Wow my first complement Thanks Bobbin