On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:12:06 -0400, you wrote: Bob bought a machine that is similar to the Sailrite but cheaper. He uses it to do sailcloth bags and upholstery.
However to repair sails, he takes them down to the Amish guy who does truck tarps - he has a machine that will sew you right to the sail if you get in the way - powered by an air compressor. Very fast. >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 _______________________________________________ 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
