It's a portable Brother machine.  I'm not sure it's going to be real happy with the projects I have planned Bill, but we'll see.  I've run four layers of Sunbrella through it and it slows down some, but I believe it will work.  I'm just now discovering there are specialized machines that are reasonably priced to do this work, but frankly, I can't see doing this for a living any time soon so it'll have to do.
 
I'm going to sew various covers--compass, winch, motor, and probably a shade and various storage bags (segmented for tools, sheets, and like that).  I've discovered a source for inexpensive Sunbrella, the only drawback being the material is roll ends from projects, so you have to takes what you can gets for colors.  It'll be a grand experiment as I have a reputation for having more thumbs than fingers.  t
 

Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle
Sandpoint, Idaho
M15-345, Chukar


-----Original Message-----
From: Wcpritchett@aol.com [mailto:Wcpritchett@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:09 PM
To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: Re: M_Boats: Thread for canvas/Sunbrella projects

Tom,
I recently bought a new portable Mercury walking foot sewing machine on ebay for $200 delivered.  It's a clone of the straight stitch Sailrite machine and works great on Sunbrella.  What type machine are you using and what projects?
Bill


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