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I would expect the back plate to be through bolted. Handle usually stays attached in my experience. Then, of course, the throttle and shift cables will need to detached.

Mitsubishi design, there are many similar clones.
Think this should be the one

It appears that both pieces of foam are the same thickness, in that case i think it's just a faux bolster and serves no real purpose. I would absolutely eliminate it and do a single piece. Foam is expensive, you can glue the foam together if it's in decent shape, it is common practice.

Sounds like it's 180 degrees out. Try removing the pin and giving the hand wheel a half turn before re installing. Not familiar with that machine but seems logical if that's all that was wrong with it.

You can make larger diameter piping with rope or pex tubing, 1/4" would really fill the gap. Something like that, stapled down, with some hidem stapled on top of that should yield the look you want. Could also bend some aluminum flat stock or use rubber moldings for boats/rv's. There are sooo m...

Electric fillet knife is great for cutting foam. Mine is a Mr. Twister fish fillet knife from basspro but any reciprocating blade electric knife will do, you may even have one in your kitchen already. It helps to give the blades a squirt of silicone spray lubricant and they'll slide right through wi...

I'd use patterning plastic...clear shrink wrap, 6mil painter's plastic or the like. Mark your table the same way your diagram is marked then lay, glue, pin and/or tape the plastic on it to draw your pattern sections that way. You can then make a set out of vinyl first to see how well your patterns w...

Can make your own mounting studs with some all-thread cut to length and screwed into the table. Belt length always changes, if your old one is close you can probably guess but if you take the servo to the center of it's adjustment once its installed and use a flexible tape measure around the pulleys...

Same as a consew 205. Double feed machine, drop feed with walking foot but no needle feed. Probably do better on the lighter end of your sewing spectrum, i wouldn't mind having one for certain things like joining and top stitching 2 pieces of stamoid for instance. Hard to stitch the light weight stu...

We've looked into Prodim and it has a lot going for it. After a demonstration it was clear that it's not for me. I can make patterns in about half the time using clear shrink wrap and a sharpie. We do boat covers, upholstery and enclosures so absolutely everything is custom, so being able to use a p...

Not familiar with the brand but it's a Mitsubishi clone and a good design. Here is consew's manual for their version of that machine. P1255RB Manual (1).pdf I think the mitsubishi model is LU-410, you may get better info searching that. As always, recommend buying any new machine from a dealer that ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...