It's not an easy task for man or machine. This method turned out to be the fastest and best looking on the top. Good Luck, -EZ

Now that the shop is closed, I can't show you how. I'm trying to think of the best way to type that method out for you in 50 words or less. The key was keeping the centerline tight and true. I may make a short video for you to better explain the how. -EZ

A bow cover as shown about 4 hours. The cockpit cover takes a full 8 hours using my methods. Add shop's time spent on quote day, time Betsy spent ordering material and the choreographing of boats in and out of the shop. My job was to create the best products and keep her updated on completion. A lot of her time was wasted chasing customers. Include this time in your quotes. I have a video called quotes and renders in the Low & Slow playlist. Good Luck. -EZ

PI buys pallets of secondhand pumps. Each will go thru an Eval and get tagged. Some are lightly used some are shit. Ralph has a set of standards each component must pass, test run time it must achieve. There's no money in warranty work. Call PI explain your needs, how many CFM you need to move and the ideal millitorr you wish to achieve. Have pics of your current pump setup to send, it may have trade-in value even if all it does is make noise. He has cut and paste pumps to save you money if you know it's going to be used hard and put away wet and dirty. He has clients that just run them until they quit. As you see from the videos, oil contamination is the common killer of wet vacuum pumps. Always keep the IN/OUT covered tight between uses and change with the proper case oil when it shows any color. Warm and clear as water pulls lowest numbers. Good luck.

I put pics of the hem tool next to a ruler in the community page. Good Luck. -EZ

So sorry. The shop has closed. I left you these videos to help you along. Covers are really easy to make. Good Luck. -EZ

There are a few videos of me using the bender and crowner. Good Luck, -EZ

I hope there's enough here for you to learn my methods. The advantages I enjoyed at this location are the huge table (10'X28'), and the powerful Consew machines. Also notice, my infeed table is inline with the needle path. Sewing interiors, you sit right in front of the needle. With large projects you must sew side-saddle to keep things flat and off the floor, just before they go under the stitch. Line up, pull taunt, sew that 30", reset and repeat. Best of luck learning canvas work, -EZ

Ping-Pong tables are sometimes free or cheap on marketplace and make great tempy tables for canvas work. Huge working surface, folds up and rolls away.

These 300 videos are all that is left of my Canvas career.

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I've never used that thread. Probably very similar settings.

@@ezone913 Stamoid fabric

This is actually two bimini tops zipped together with a transition piece.

With Sunbrella Marine fabric, the 3 Bs. Bind it, Burn it, or Bury it. -The Sailrite Swing-Away binder is the best I've used. -The adjustable hot knifes put a stout burn on the fabric edge that will resist fray for years. -A double hem will bury that live edge where it can not fray far. Some will use pinking shears to cut the zigzag pattern along the entire edge, but that's highly impractical for covers this size. A standard 21' runabout should only take 8 hours to fabricate, quote them as 12 hours to cover admin costs and any mishaps during production. When everything aligned, we we're processing 1 boat a day. Good Luck, -EZ

I have retired from sewing. These videos are all that's left. I have a couple more archives to repost and a few to edit together from the last days. I'm glad you are learning from them. Good Luck.

Thanks. That's really awesome to hear. Good luck with your projects. ❤ -EZ

The measurement should be the same. I suppose you could shorten it to a 1" double hem, but you'll have much less room for errors when it's time to set snaps.

When someone tries to haggle your best price, tell them mediocre is sold at a shop down the street. This is the same BO that will try to find flaws for discounts after the sale. They have ZERO, C notes to share for a job well done. (my findings anyway) Start posting content to your channel. You can set them to private, maybe share later. Free storage. Thanks and good luck, -EZ I use - DaVinci Resolve - to edit my videos. It's free software and lots of features to help you cut clips together and tell the story.

Yes. 3/4 turns tighter inside and outside. Sailrite swing-away binder, the best I've used.

When making the pattern I draw the line on the stress side (the side the pole pushes against when deployed). I sew the pocket on inside that line to try and place he stitches directly above the pole. Our stitches are strong in the linear plain. When we stress them laterally at 90* angles stitches in fabrics become more a perforation and tear away like a paper from a notepad. I used to use a piece of scrap pole with our standard crown in it and lay it in place to draw the zipper line. After a while... you just know where it goes. 😉 -EZ

Sorry, Richard. All these are archive videos. I'm not making any new ones, the shop has closed. The other platform I was posting my DIY content on, went off-line. That's why they are way out of calendar order. If you need to skip a lesson, that's OK. I worked in a shop of 3 to 5 other craftsman. I was not in charge of shutting off the music when I wanted to film. All of this content was filmed for everyone by the grace and permission of the owner, who insisted it didn't disrupt workflow or moral. -EZ

Exactly. I trim away everything past half inch. Then burn it stout.

Yes, just short of the line. I tuck them so the presser foot won't snag on the way past.

Bostitch P3, Plyer Stapler.

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Very few boat owners care about the seams being symmetrical. One did and made a short stink. I told him he ordered a long-lasting boat cover for birds to shit on. Job One, was to stitch the shit out of it, not fabricate a fine Armoni suit for the boat. I can do that, but the price more than doubles for a beauty cover. Should we go up front and crunch those numbers? Upon second look....

Much thanks my friend. The birds shitting on it rings a bell from another post you put up!!​@@ezone913

@@cliffvallier5096 When you walk the dock, it's the one thing all my covers have in common.

On Lake Mead, the captain needs to provide shade for guests, or no one wants to go out on your boat a second time. You are correct, he didn't care how it looked.

@ezone913 Yes, the sun can be awful out on the water!

Archive videos yet to post.

I recently discovered your channel. It has helped me soo much… i have learned alot.

@@groundcontrol5312 I'm not the best youtuber, but I try to give away something in each video.

Like Christmas every time a new one comes up

Thank You. That is very kind. -I can show you how, you must teach yourself. 😉 EZ

In the desert sun, the vinyl backing separates and flakes away in just a few years. Properly sealed Sunbrella sheds water quite well, is super strong and doesn't scratch. There's no need for a 100% rainproof fabric in the desert. LOL This is what the boat came with, it's what he wanted.

I hope to provide something you can take with you. 🙂

Sadly, I am out of the canvas business all together. I did leave stacks of $100 bills on the docks if anyone cares to move to the desert and pick up where I left off. Go to Lake Mead Marina and ask for Bruce. Good luck on your path, -EZ

I am thinking of getting into the canvas sewing ... why did you jump out ?

@@frankk8018 Working on boats in the middle of the desert is a bit of a young man's game. Dock temps hit 120 in summer. Neuropathy and a bit of arthritis and your hands don't do as their told and hurt at night. And Wife needed to be closer to grandchildren and said, We're Moving!.

You, are the reason I post these skills. I'm not chasing likes or subscribers; I couldn't care less about that. I'm not making a dime from my videos, they are posted so that people like you might learn a few of my tips and tricks, and cut your own path to success. Good Luck, -EZ

I agree with your post agflit1 Already picked up a ton of time saving (not to mention top notch) measures from this guy

Corithian Marine Carpets dot com. A customer said he called them to ask where to find a dealer and they recommended us. We never asked to be one. We were buying so much of it the factory knew our name. LOL It comes 12' wide by the liner foot. It's spendy stuff, but marine grade costs what it costs. As you can see it beats the crap out of machine and hands. Good Luck, -EZ

Down the same hole. 😉

Freeze frame at 1:21 and note the notch cut into the bottom of the bobbin cover plate, near side left. Now note the hole in the casting near side track, just where the plate enters the groves. In that hole should be a spring and a blunt pointed plunger, to act as a detent for the door. Force the bobbin plate off but be ready to catch to plunger, she will want to take flight. If you change plates a lot like I did, run without spring/plunger and keep the tang on your basic door at proper tension to keep it in place. All binders need a thumb screw plate to lock them in tight to the machine or it will suck them in and run them over. LOL Sailrite swing-away are the best binders I've ever used.

@@ezone913 Thanks. so I think the plunger on mine does not have a spring it is just sticking up and i wondered what it is. I do have the sailrite binders. I will need to drill and tap the plate for the screws. I need to put in the set screw to hol the plate in the case, also I need to get some more plates like you have for the other binders i have. Where can I order them from? I wonder if there is a way to make the push pedal for the presser foot easier to use? so I have that to figure out and the bobbin spins freely when it gets kind of low, do you have that problem? It is going to take a while to get used to this machine and how noisy it is. But you do show that it is a heck of a machine and need to get used to using it. I will follow and check out all your videos. Thanks for taking the time to do them! I make covers for fishing tackle my company is Luresafe.com

@@michaelmauk417 We got all our parts from our repair guy. He is a Consew dealer. -Only run Consew bobbins! (ask me how I know) I stored all my bobbins on magnets. Hoping that it will create some drag in the basket. I like to think it works. I made a separate bobbin winding station to more closely control how they wind up. Good Luck. -EZ

@@ezone913 thanks so much for your input.

I picked that up from a vet that was stitching up one of my dogs after he'd been in a scrap with the neighbor's dog. The vet would wrap the threads around the tip of the hemostats and then grab the tails and pull them through the wrap. I asked him to do it slowly so I could learn it. I'll try to set up a simulation to film for you.

Thanks. Also, thanks for the long neck vise-grips hack too by the way. Used that one several times already. The rotary cutter that used to spend most of its time on the pegboard is just as busy as the scissors

@@cliffvallier5096 Check my playlist Cool Tools - Consew 339RBL-25 I show the tailings tie trick at the end of the video.

Finally got it!! Thanks a bunch