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Re: Not exactly
In Response To: Re: Not exactly (Mike Bielski)
: I stretched my Skinboat "Primo" nylon percussion
: instrument tight and it didn't open stitch holes, but like most
: others, I have terrible tension changes with humidity. I was not
: all that impressed with its sewing characteristics until I saw
: in situ photos of others' sewing and holes the size of a pencil
: opening up.
I've never had holes that large open in any of the fabrics I've used. That strikes me as more likely to be a fabric issue than a sewing issue, though I guess if you're really aggressive with the thread tension, you could probably do that to most fabrics.
Messages In This Thread
- Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
John lasky -- 7/28/2010, 3:10 pm- SOF skin material
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/29/2010, 6:26 am- Re: SOF skin material
Ken Blanton -- 7/29/2010, 5:09 pm
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Bill Hamm -- 7/29/2010, 2:01 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Peter B -- 7/28/2010, 9:07 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Eric -- 7/28/2010, 7:57 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Mike Bielski -- 7/28/2010, 5:38 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Clayton Plunkett -- 7/28/2010, 4:11 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Kudzu -- 7/28/2010, 3:55 pm- You CAN sew polyester (Dacron)
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 7:48 am- You misunderstood
Kudzu -- 7/29/2010, 8:40 am- Not exactly
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 12:01 pm- Re: Not exactly
Kudzu -- 7/29/2010, 1:08 pm- Re: Not exactly
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/30/2010, 8:18 am- Re: Not exactly *PIC*
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 1:58 pm- And...
Kudzu -- 7/29/2010, 1:10 pm - Re: Not exactly *PIC*
- Re: Not exactly
Mike Bielski -- 7/29/2010, 12:41 pm- Re: Not exactly
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 1:00 pm
- Re: Not exactly
- Re: Not exactly
- Not exactly
- You misunderstood
- Re: SOF skin material
- SOF skin material
