MarineTailor

Thanks for the tip, samples from shipcanvas are on their way.

Thank you Stetson912, I'll have to check with those folks tomorrow.

I operate a small marine canvas shop and have occasion to use some leather to protect fabrics, especially acrylics from chafe. Many a boat has a leather wrap on the wheel at the binacle too. Seems I pick the wrong cut of hide or don;t properly prepare for the rigors of ocean sailing and uv exposure. Most every job I have done ends up with a dried out course finished bit of leather after only a couple of years. What am I doing wrong? Suggestions of a particular hide for this sort of project. Thanks in advance for your input.

Like "CDS" my 1541s is new to me about a month or so. I just also broke a #20 needle while binding about three layers of Sunbrella fabric with vinyl binding, in between those layers was also one layer of medium weight nylon webbing, there was also a layer of two faced tape between all layers. What I noticed after raising the head is that the bobbin locking arm is facing away from me instead of towards me which is the normal position when installing and removing the bobbin. And now cannot remove the bobbin from the bobbing mechanism.? Any thoughts?

On all of my tables I have installed a flat head screw with a rubber washer about six inches out and to the right of the needle path. Then, before engaging power I grab both threads (upper and lower) I wrap them around and under the washer, this holds the thread from slipping back down into the mechanisms below the feed dog. I found that unlike the JUKI 1541S the Consew 255 with vertical axis has a bobbin that will spin like hell and cause all kinds of thread problems, bird nests and the like so I never sew without installing a starfish spring under the bobbin, this keeps the bobbin tight in the case and it will not spin.