Grampa always said, 'you gotta be smarter than what your dealing with'. ;)
He said alot more than that, but this is the only one I can repeat here.:eek:
Its a power tool, treat with the same respect as your other shop tools.
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Thanx for putting together these videos.
They have been extremely helpful.
Bump for sticky. This how-to series is a good resource for the incoming DIY crowd.
Rev,
Thanks for your hard work on helping a sewing newbie like me get started. I finally finished all of them and really think they do help. I was having some difficulty visualizing the seams and hems as you described them because I am such a visual learner. I did find some illustrations on seams that helped me a lot. Especially the one for a felled seam.
Now back to trying to sew straight! I think I'm improving...
Some of you may know I have moved recently. The apartment is a disaster and I lost my work space. However my wife and I have located a corner where I can set the thread injector up. I may be able to get back to producing some more vids in the near future. The corner has been identified... but it is still occupied with unpacked boxes. :)
Whew ... Rev ... good luck on that ... moving sucks on the best of days. Unpacking is worse in my experience! Look forward to more of your videos.
What would be the best seam for a tarp to join the 2 halves together?
Thanks that worked. Took me 8 hours and my 11 x12 tarp is now a 10x12 tarp but I got the two peices seamed together. :thumbup:
Still need to hem the sides and add the tie downs.
Edit: video 9 talks about flat felled seams, I hadn't gotten that far yet. I really like the videos and it's obvious that a lot of time went into making them. The only thing I would say is that some things like the flat felled seam would be really helpful if you zoomed in or held the fabric up to the camera when talking about the folds. Please don't take that as a complaint, I really like the videos.