Who sews?

HawkX66

HawkX66

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1997 Sea Ray Sundancer 290DA

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I know. Manly thread coming from a Marine on the Marine Corps birthday lol Happy birthday to any of my brothers who might be reading! Yut!
I picked up a Rex RX-607 a couple of weeks ago to play with. It's a Sailrite Ultrafeed knockoff, but very solid and nice quality. All the parts are interchangeable which is nice. It's easy when you don't have to have an R&D dept huh? Anyway.... I have some projects I'd like to work on like a helm cover, a couple repairs and to reupholster the cockpit seating. I re-sewed a couple zipper seams last night so I could still use my old visors and cockpit curtains.
There's definitely a learning curve, but it's actually a lot of fun. I like creating things and customizing. If it ain't broke, I can fix that lol

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I bought one of those China knockoffs before I bought my Sailrite. The knockoff worked for a while then the timing between the needle and the spool got out of sync and the thing became a 50 pound weight.

Sailrite is an awesome company with great videos on how to work magic and the supplies and reputation to back it up.

I’m not a Marine but have great respect for them. Happy birthday to all.
 
PlayDate said:
I bought one of those China knockoffs before I bought my Sailrite. The knockoff worked for a while then the timing between the needle and the spool got out of sync and the thing became a 50 pound weight.

Sailrite is an awesome company with great videos on how to work magic and the supplies and reputation to back it up.

I’m not a Marine but have great respect for them. Happy birthday to all.
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It's not a China knock off. Rex has been in business since the 50s in India. Believe me, if I weren't just playing with it, I probably would have bought a Sailrite. I'm not going out and spending $1,200+ on a Sailrite for a few little projects though. I'm not planning on becoming a pro.

https://sewingiscool.com/rex-sewing-machine-company-history/
 
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ttmott said:
Hoorah! Happy Birthday to the Core!
I have the Sailrite LZ machine and with what I know now I probably would have move up to their commercial rotary hook machine rather than their Ultrafeed oscillating hook machine. Too many skipped stitches (see my other postings) using certain threads. http://clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/sewing-with-tenara-thread-is-it-really-that-hard.105021/
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Thank ya sir! I'll check out your other "thread". Lol. Seriously though, there is so much to learn. Working with first quality tools from Sailrite would be real nice. They really do have some nice equipment. At some point I may upgrade, but for now this little guy seems to work well.
 
I have a dock neighbor who does this...he was sitting at the picnic table working on a window.....and I said I didnt know you sewed....He took serious offense to that while taking a sip of his White Claw :)... He said this isn't sewing this is "Stitching" ...it does sound more manly....just don't say it with a white claw in your hand :D
 
Blueone said:
I have a dock neighbor who does this...he was sitting at the picnic table working on a window.....and I said I didnt know you sewed....He took serious offense to that while taking a sip of his White Claw :)... He said this isn't sewing this is "Stitching" ...it does sound more manly....just don't say it with a white claw in your hand :D
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Bwahaha! I love it. Correction noted and I'm no longer sewing. I'm stitching! And the white claw won't be a problem lol
 
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I do a different kind of stitching. But I do have a total of six machines. Two embroidery and two sewing and two surgers of various duties. And as for the regular sewing type, I have no clue of how to use them. My small embroidery machine I need to tune and no real use for the surgers but have them just in case.

And I don't have enough hair to grow a man bun so no white claw here. Only whiskey and bourbon.
 
I haven't "Stitched" for years, but never did anything for a boat. Usually it was small items that I needed and it was faster than ordering it or was my own design. Simple stuff using nylon outer covering with a soft felt inside as insulation. I'd LOVE to update the original 32 year old bimini with slant back to a camper back, but it's still in good shape. I can't really justify the expense. Even just adding a new camper back to the existing wouldn't look right. New Sunbrella with old would probably look kind of wonky!
 
I've done one small project to prove to myself I can do it. I built a new cover for the windlass. Not bad but I could improve a lot.

For now small repairs I'll attempt, but leave the wholesale construction to the pros

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Happy Birthday Core! Oorah - Semper Fi!

I have often thought about doing just this, tired of having to wait months to get anything done. Then paying twice what it should cost on top of that. I like that term stitching think I'll stick with that as well. Thanks for posting this @HawkX66
 
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Been sewing for about 8 years. Started with a Sailrite LSZ-1 and upgraded last year to a Juki 1541S. I do all my own work on cars, boats (370DA), hockey equipment, etc; all my son's work (270DA), and work for friends. Getting pretty good at canvas work, and can do a decent job on upholstery.
 
SKybolt said:
Happy Birthday Core! Oorah - Semper Fi!

I have often thought about doing just this, tired of having to wait months to get anything done. Then paying twice what it should cost on top of that. I like that term stitching think I'll stick with that as well. Thanks for posting this @HawkX66
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Corps ;)
That's the reason I'm such a diy'er. Lack of patience for waiting on someone else's schedule that may or may not care about the details as much as you do.
 
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