Hey Hoverines. It's been a long few days. I'm taking a quick break, but I think I'll be at work for at least another 5-6 hours.
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Hey Hoverines. It's been a long few days. I'm taking a quick break, but I think I'll be at work for at least another 5-6 hours.
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
on a friday? that sucks.
do you have a foot launch in the morning?
I'm using a jeans needle. Should I be using something else? The thread is extremely thick and strong as well. I may have found the limits of my machine.Originally Posted by Erni
"There are no finger prints under water."
A what? Who is launching their feet?
No launch activity on the docket.
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
why are you working so late on a friday?
Jeans needle is a size 16 irc. For Cordura with size 69 (?) thread you need to step up to an 18 atm. Some shops have larger size 18-19 needles, which will work but tension has to be super high. It's ok but not good, 2-3 layers max. Cordura and 69 thread belongs in a light industrial machine. (Been a while, probably got some of the sizes wrong)
I started the same as you, with an old machine, then max size needles and finally an idustrial pre WW2 Singer. The thing will run a size 21 needle or better. A 21 size needle looks more like a 16ga nail than a needle.
I'm the 3rd owner of the machine. First owner supposedly was a Jewish tailor that survived ww2 by tailoring German uniforms. That ir owner number 2 was blowing smoke up my arse.
Got work to do. I'm also working tomorrow for probably 8-10 hrs.
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
I have a brand new machine, I couldn't get the zig zag on the old machine so I never learned. Wife came home with a new Brother machine last year and I've been using that. I never thought I'd sew cordura, but now that I have a product to make, I may need to pick up one of HBAR's machines.
"There are no finger prints under water."
Save yourself the pain and get the right machine. Walking foot with reverse is ideal, but I make do with a fwd only no walking foot and clutch motor.
Clutch motors are a pain, get a servo motor if you can swing it.
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