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Looks really good, it's fun to see you build this

Your very talented!

I'm enjoying watching this, too, Roger. Also, I'm learning. What kind of sewing machine are you using?

Originally Posted by J. Robinson

I'm enjoying watching this, too, Roger. Also, I'm learning. What kind of sewing machine are you using?

Thanks Jim. I picked up a Yamata FYv5318 Industrial machine with table a few years ago. The guy had bought it at a GoodGuys show where Ron Mangus was demonstrating. He had never got it working, and advertised it on CraigsList or something. I think I paid $300 for it and discovered that he'd lost the tensioning screw from the bobbin. The local shop in the city asked "Why would you buy that junk?", but then he took my bobbin away and came back with the needed screw in place.... It was still difficult to use, as it's intended for production work on fabrics where they want to fly, while I wanted to crawl. I bought a new motor with a variable speed dial, but if I cranked it too low it popped the GFI. Reading more I found that guys put on a speed reducer pulley setup. Rather than that I bought a 10" pulley to replace the driven wheel at the machine, drilled it out to the needed shaft size and with a new belt I achieved the same thing.
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It had been several years since I'd used it, and I went to the local fabric store and bought a big spool of maroon thread to match my material. BIG mistake!! It was serger thread, much too light for this machine but it took me a day or two to figure that out.... After adjusting everything I could adjust I was still getting a massive tangle of thread on the bottom side of my test pieces so I decided to load up some heavier black thread. Ba-Da-Bing, Ba-Da-Boom it cranked out perfect stitches so I decided black top stitches on maroon would be just fine!

Ingenious. It's logical thinking; but still ingenious.

Originally Posted by johnboy

ingenious. It's logical thinking; but still ingenious.

:lol::lol::lol:

Your determination to make it work is impressive. I bought a sewing machine a few years ago but every time I've tried to use it I just can sew straight, not so easy to do.

OK! So you have an industrial machine with a "walking foot". That's what I wondered. Many years ago my wife (an accomplished seamstress and theater costumer) stitched the interior for my C-cab delivery. By the time she was done, her 2-year-old Singer was shot. That interior cost me a new sewing machine, but it was still cheaper than paying an upholsterer. That was in 1979.

Now, 42+ years later she has 3 high-tech sewing machines, a serger, and an embroidery machine, but she won't touch my upholstery with any of those machines...

Originally Posted by J. Robinson

OK! So you have an industrial machine with a "walking foot". That's what I wondered. Many years ago my wife (an accomplished seamstress and theater costumer) stitched the interior for my C-cab delivery. By the time she was done, her 2-year-old Singer was shot. That interior cost me a new sewing machine, but it was still cheaper than paying an upholsterer. That was in 1979.

Now, 42+ years later she has 3 high-tech sewing machines, a serger, and an embroidery machine, but she won't touch my upholstery with any of those machines...

Yep, sewing the thick material is tough on a regular machine, and the "foot" can chew up the surface if you're not really careful. One thing about slowing the machine down with reduction pulleys is it boosts the torque, and they can push through several layers even at a crawl. Gotta admire those guys who lay down a straight line next to a seam, where any deviation is obvious.

One door panel mounted, and the other one is done other than mounting the wood trim and popping the two pieces in place.
Like everything you do yourself any flaws are glaring mistakes, but it'll do for now.
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Looks very nice to me,I like what you did with the wood behind the seat. Maybe I'll stop by and you can re upholster Rita's seat on our way to Florida in May

Those pockets, the colour of the upholstery, and the wooden inserts on their own, take the appearance of the car to a higher class.

It's bloody gorgeous.

Top marks that man.

I like it.

Thanks for the kind words.

I'll agree with the others. The wood accents add a nice touch of class. The door panels are very classy...

1 question tho'... what are the "bumps" across the top? Did the underlay get crushed - or??? Did it pop back out now?

Originally Posted by 34_40

I'll agree with the others. The wood accents add a nice touch of class. The door panels are very classy...

1 question tho'... what are the "bumps" across the top? Did the underlay get crushed - or??? Did it pop back out now?

I'm not sure on the "bumps", and I'm hoping that some sunshine smooths them. If not I may be redoing that panel. Don suggested that a steamer would bring them out, but that's something I don't own......yet.