[MR] Fw: Canvas

Thu Jun 17 13:04:20 PDT 2010

 Bambi (To be named ater) TBNL 

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From: Bambi TBNL <hippy_dippy_dancer at yahoo.com>
To: Joe S <jjshafferjr at gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, June 17, 2010 4:03:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] Canvas

If you can get your hands on a treadle of any kind 100year old or more...it will do anything, even shoe leather with the right kind of needle.if you cant ger you hadns on an industiral..I did by accident , a portable industrial from the 1930s  which I believe was a converted treadle as the morot is newer than the body..and as for the weight of the pieces pulling on the needle and screwing with tension, another pair of hands to help you feed it rhough and IF you have the room  , 2 long like banquet tables, one place in front of the machine to feed the baric in line and one behind to pick it up .
Also put your pieces together and roll them  with the edge to be sewn @ one end of the roll. have your helper un roll a bit then go round to your other side and roll up so it eill stay on the table, especially if you do not  have a tables long enough or the space to put them up next to your machine. 
this applies whether electric or treadle.
 Bambi (To be named ater) TBNL 

I am made for great things by GOD
and walk with Pride!!!!
Walladah bint al Mustakfi c 1100ad
see me dance 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMtOoXtMs0 

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From: Joe S <jjshafferjr at gmail.com>
To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Thu, June 17, 2010 3:01:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] Canvas

@Aimee

I'm using a Singer Touch and Sew 758 from like 1970.

Its mostly steel parts and is fairly heavy duty as far as non-industrial
sewing machines go. When I'm using a light or medium woven fabrics needle,
the machine glides right through 4 layers of canvas without a problem. I
need to slow down a little for the 8 layer parts and the 16 layer parts need
to be done by hand (3/4" inch height doesn't fit through the machine).

My biggest issue has been tension and holding 20+ yards of fabric in place
without placing pressure on the needle itself. The tension issues are
probably my machine more than anything else as the Touch and Sew line is
notorious for that problem, but it is visible on the undersides of all of my
stitches, so I had to be careful to make the pretty sides go on the outside.

-Gawin

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Aimee Kratts <troenwolf at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> What kind of sewing machine are you using to make the tent? Do you have an
> industrial machine?
>
> Aimee
>
> > Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:01:45 -0400
> > From: jjshafferjr at gmail.com
> > To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> > Subject: Re: [MR] Canvas
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm in the process of making a tent (or rather two) I got the canvas for
> the
> > one I'm going to be finishing first from this seller on ebay:
> > http://myworld.ebay.com/midwest_tent/ they also have a website
> > http://www.midwesttent.com/catalog/. I have been using their 61"
> > waterproofed canvas and its great. Go with pre-shrunk no matter what
> > (laundering and ironing 50yards of canvas sucks). Its nice fabric, but
> its
> > pretty heavy at 13oz (I think that's due to the waterproofing, but it
> > otherwise seems similar to other 10 oz canvas). Price wise it was a
> little
> > over $6/yd after shipping. They sell it in rolls up to 20yds. Their
> business
> > seemed geared towards reenactors and they sell several period tents on
> their
> > website.
> >
> > I started a more long-term tent making project back in December using a
> 50
> > yd roll of canvas I got from this ebay seller:
> > http://stores.ebay.com/brokerman20095. That canvas wasn't waterproof or
> > pre-shrunk and it took forever to pre-wash and iron out. Its nice canvas
> > though and the price was really nice ($125 + $25 shipping for the 50 yd
> roll
> > of 62" 10 oz canvas). He has a lot of sunbrella canvas which is probably
> > pre-shrunk and waterproofed too.
> >
> > Gawin Kappler
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Alric <alric at alricthemad.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > > I believe someone recently posted about purchasing canvas for tents.
> > > Could you contact me off list
> > > Also anyone who has links to wholesale canvas please forward them to
> me.
> > >
> > > YIS
> > > Alric The Mad
> > >
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