Canvas thread - Page 3

Posted by NightMist on February 21, 2008, 2:40 pm

'scuse me.....

Did all y'all miss the forty-eight bajillion posts Steve has made over
the last several months, and the accompanying threads, about picking
the right machine for this project?

It would be reasonable to assume that he has collated the advice,
considered it for awhile, and made his selection with the project in
mind.

As to the thread....

I find that for heavy projects cotton carpet thread works well, but it
sometimes is a bit of a problem in my heavy work machine. Bobbin
mostly. So I usually look for a linen thread at the leather or marine
shops. The thread from the marine shops is preferred by me, because
the thread for leather work is often only available heavily waxed(1).
There are a good many threads available for sailmaking and repair that
might be more suitable for your purposes than the plain linen I am
generally on the lookout for. The linen is as strong or stronger than
the cotton, at a lesser thickness, which is what I am generally after.
Aother option would be an outdoorsman's shop, something made for tents
perhaps?

NightMist
(1) the waxed is better for sewing leather, but the local shops sell
for handwork mostly, and you could almost make candles from the excess
that scrapes off when waxed thread for hand sewing leather goes
through a machine. Beter to get unwaxed, modify it myself, and save on
machine maintainance.

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:04:18 -0800, Samantha Hill - take out TRASH to

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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Posted by Samantha Hill - take out TRASH on February 21, 2008, 6:54 pm

NightMist wrote:
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I don't remember names that well, so yeah, I didn't connect them.

If I am at fault for not remembering everything that is discussed on the
newsgroup before answering a post, mea culpa.

Posted by BEI Design on February 21, 2008, 9:26 pm

NightMist wrote:
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Yes.

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I set my newsreader to delete messages after 15 days. All
OP had to do was post again *in the same thread* he started
before, then there would have been continuity (or at least
context) to his information. He expects the entire world to
*remember* or *research* his previous contributions?

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It would be reasonable for OP to continue the discussion *in
his original thread*....

B

Posted by NightMist on February 22, 2008, 12:12 am

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:54:19 -0800, Samantha Hill - take out TRASH to

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Nah, I don't expect everybody to remember everything.
It is just traffic has been awfully slow here for a while, so Steve's
previous posts and the replies sort of stood out. Or so I thought.

Though I am not into awnings I read through a lot of it to see if
there was anything I could use. Thought there might be because I do
sew leather fairly frequently, and articles on heavy sewing jobs often
contain useful nuggets. So maybe I was paying more atention than
average.

NightMist
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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Posted by SteveB on February 22, 2008, 12:03 pm

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I'm glad to see someone is still conscious here. For the last three months,
there has been very little posting.

Steve

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