On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 09:19 -0400, Vernon Densler wrote: > Those are very pricey. I wish I could afford one but not at this > point. So what is the 2nd best thing?
We successfully (?) use a Reeds Sailmaker. It is basically a metal geared home sewing machine,similar to the one you described. I changed the belting arrangement to give more power and lower speed. It was touch and go with more than a bit of hand cranking and dropped stitches, but it worked. A lot depends on the weight of your sail fabric. Ours was 6 1/2 oz Yankee (high cut jib). If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't. I'd find a canvas worker with a decent machine to do it right. Philip > > > > > > Vern, to do the job right you need a walking foot machine. Like the > sailrite LSZ-1 -- S/V ORYOKI Philip & Marilyn Lange AE4OV KD4JRC Currently on the hill - Beaufort NC "There's no point in making a plan if you're not going to pretend to follow it!" _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
