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Brian Whatcott Brian Whatcott is offline
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:25:28 -0700 (PDT),
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Right now, I am trying to sew a custom shade for my Tolman Skiff. I
have not used the machine since two years ago when I sewed my MiniCup
sails. It is a very heavy duty "Dressmaker" brand with massive steel
cogs. It is an impressive piece of compact machinery but I'd like to
know its age. It kinda looks modern but the original owners
certificate indicates 1931. My wife hates this machine that I got for
nearly nothing at a garage sale 25yrs ago. It is simply too heavy to
be easy to use. It needs to be permanently mounted although it has a
carrying case.



Zig-zag stitch - that's the ticket! Highly desirable for sails
and wing covers..
I did a sun roof from 12 ounce canvas for my open top horse trailer,
as well as a wrap round transparent front cover for it, from heavy
duty wally world pvc sheet. Using the SAME SETTINGS, I also took off
the collar of a new poplin dress shirt to stiitch it on rotated 180
degrees to make a dressage shirt. Now that's a sewing machine I can
warm to.

Brian W