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Re: A couple boat seat questions

 by Adam12 ¦  Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:14 pm ¦  Forum: Marine ¦  Topic: A couple boat seat questions ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 275

Foam is expensive, you'd do better to have the bolster sewn it'll cost less than replacing foam. You can eliminate the flat seams and piping but unless you precisely cut down the bolster foam and glue the foam together you'll be spending more money and the time spent cutting and glue cost just isn't...

Re: Help designing boat seat

 by Adam12 ¦  Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:01 am ¦  Forum: Marine ¦  Topic: Help designing boat seat ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 865

Gluing foam together is common practice and you seem to have a good plan.

Sounds like you're on the right track, 580 for all that isn't too bad, you could probably gather them for a bit cheaper but no need to pull your hair out before you start stitching with it. Cutouts are not completely universal but probably 80% of machines will use the same cutout as your juki. You'r...

Re: Using a double twin needle with phaff 138-6

 by Adam12 ¦  Tue Dec 24, 2024 5:18 pm ¦  Forum: Sewing Machines & Tools - Reviews / Problems / Fixes / Etc... ¦  Topic: Using a double twin needle with phaff 138-6 ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 973

That very well may be, i certainly don't claim to be the guru regarding all things machine related. Especially pfaff, they aren't real common in my neck of the woods. Here are some manuals, i did read that a certain sub class of the 138 had an adjustment to go from 4.5mm to 6mm zig zag width. Didn't...

Re: Using a double twin needle with phaff 138-6

 by Adam12 ¦  Fri Dec 20, 2024 7:40 pm ¦  Forum: Sewing Machines & Tools - Reviews / Problems / Fixes / Etc... ¦  Topic: Using a double twin needle with phaff 138-6 ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 973

Not sure if i am understanding correctly but have some insight and questions. Correct me if i'm wrong but i believe the 138 is a lock stitch zig zag machine. The 4.5 or 6mm should be describing the width of the zig zag. Standard double needle machines have a single needle bar with a double needle se...

Re: North coast marine pipe bender

 by Adam12 ¦  Thu Nov 21, 2024 8:08 pm ¦  Forum: Marine ¦  Topic: North coast marine pipe bender ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 898

I much prefer the bender on the wall, we still do the crowning horizontally though. The crowning die hooks into an old craftsman workmate that can be folded up and put away.
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Re: Foam for hatch covers.

 by Adam12 ¦  Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:04 am ¦  Forum: Marine ¦  Topic: Foam for hatch covers. ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 712

Disclaimer: i'm a power boat guy, blow boaters around here are just a different breed :joy: . We do similar covers on cabin cruisers regularly, i'm not understanding the significance of the foam. They appear just like the cabin door covers we make on power boats, usually for privacy or to keep the r...

Re: Sewing machine that can handle 138 thread

 by Adam12 ¦  Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:22 pm ¦  Forum: Sewing Machines & Tools - Reviews / Problems / Fixes / Etc... ¦  Topic: Sewing machine that can handle 138 thread ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 5342

Specs list max needle size as 22, typically you'd sew 138 with a 23 but you can get away with a 22 depending on thread choice. It may not like it and may require some tinkering but i think you could get it to do so. Biggest issue i see is that you will get very little thread on the bobbin and be cha...

Re: Help with Juki Lu-1508

 by Adam12 ¦  Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:17 pm ¦  Forum: Furniture ¦  Topic: Help with Juki Lu-1508 ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 1204

Knots showing on top suggests either too much top tension or too little bobbin tension. Too large of a needle could exaggerate it too

Re: Chevy Bolt driver's seat cover replacement questions

 by Adam12 ¦  Thu Oct 17, 2024 5:29 pm ¦  Forum: Automotive ¦  Topic: Chevy Bolt driver's seat cover replacement questions ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1022

Don't know that car specifically but yes i'd say you'll have to pull it and the back will need to come off as well as any plastic trim. Never seen a seat that could be done in place but i do more boats than cars. The auto trimmers here may have better insight, i have been wrong before.

Re: Quick questions

 by Adam12 ¦  Sun Oct 13, 2024 1:12 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion ¦  Topic: Quick questions ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 955

Late to the party here, but a lift of some sort may be the only option. If you can't get the curtains to the machine, you'll have to lift the machine up or hand sew. One of those portable sailrite machines would be handy here

Re: Help finding purple and yellow marine vinyl

 by Adam12 ¦  Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:21 pm ¦  Forum: Marine ¦  Topic: Help finding purple and yellow marine vinyl ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 2168

If you're doing the whole boat, just need to get close. If it's a piece here and there, it'll be a tall order to match it. You can try to match the inside seam color as you stated but anything you don't replace will be faded and look different. Seabrook and allsport have a purple but then you get in...

Re: Singer 132K6 Bias Binder

 by Adam12 ¦  Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:01 am ¦  Forum: Beginner Questions ¦  Topic: Singer 132K6 Bias Binder ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 1368

I have loads of binders , everything from cheap ebay binders, sailrite, Tennessee Attachments and Atlanta attachments (i was told recently that Atlanta is out of business). Tennessee and Atlanta are in a different league. The sailrite binders are great for straight runs and outside curves but you wi...

Re: Newbie here ~ just logged in ~ a million questions!!!!!!

 by Adam12 ¦  Sun Sep 29, 2024 2:26 pm ¦  Forum: Furniture ¦  Topic: Newbie here ~ just logged in ~ a million questions!!!!!! ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 1313

Hello there and welcome to the forum. Quite an ambitious project you have there. I'd use staples if they're hidden and decorative tacks if they're visible. Burlap vs canvas is probably just a difference in preference between upholsterers as you stated that it had been re done before. Wood fillers wi...

Re: Pfaff 1222 troubleshooting help

 by Adam12 ¦  Sun Sep 29, 2024 2:07 pm ¦  Forum: Sewing Machines & Tools - Reviews / Problems / Fixes / Etc... ¦  Topic: Pfaff 1222 troubleshooting help ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 662

Audio was pretty poor on my end on all videos but clearly the loop passing around the bobbin is causing the noise and poor stitching as you said it goes away without top thread. Was there a jam or anything that preceded this issue?

Re: Thread path on tensioner

 by Adam12 ¦  Sun Sep 29, 2024 2:02 pm ¦  Forum: Automotive ¦  Topic: Thread path on tensioner ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 2081

I consider those cartridge style tensioners as a consumable. The springs aren't so stout and break from time to time. Good idea to have an extra on hand

Re: Bunching on top of sofa bench

 by Adam12 ¦  Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:57 pm ¦  Forum: Beginner Questions ¦  Topic: Bunching on top of sofa bench ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 619

So this isn't necessarily a picture of the one he did but another in the restaurant that looks similar? Or one that he did longer than 3 months ago? It does appear that it could have been pulled tighter but there probably other factors involved. Could be that it is a popular booth in the restaurant ...

Re: My first PAID job

 by Adam12 ¦  Tue Sep 17, 2024 12:45 pm ¦  Forum: Show Off Your Projects ¦  Topic: My first PAID job ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 1748

I expect you'll get many calls now that your work is out there in the wild. Well done.

Re: Work Tables

 by Adam12 ¦  Tue Sep 17, 2024 12:37 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion ¦  Topic: Work Tables ¦  Replies: 129 ¦  Views: 94833

Welcome fred, well done! If i may...that'll be one hell of a piece of glass and i tend to drop things :joy: . Consider urethane for the table tops. 4 coats, sanding in between. Makes a nice hard, smooth surface with very low drag. The hot knife will however leave scars on the table. It killed me to ...

Re: Thread path on tensioner

 by Adam12 ¦  Sat Sep 14, 2024 12:35 pm ¦  Forum: Automotive ¦  Topic: Thread path on tensioner ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 2081

Pinched in the flat portion riding against the center post

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