Fred, Where does one find spare leather? or that much worth watching on TV? I would think a plastic boot would be the best template.
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Fred Hazzard <fredhazz...@spiritone.com>wrote: > I made a wheel cover last year. My total cost was less than $50. I > bought left over leather, cut strips to size and then took it to a shoe > maker to glue together the strips and run his sewing machine along the > edges to make holes. Boatleather has a great video showing how to sew it > on. With a 54 inch wheel recall that I calculated I put in about 750 > stitches. Many, many hours watching TV and sewing.**** > > ** ** > > I now want to make leather spreader patches with the left over leather. > Does anyone have an idea how to make template?**** > > ** ** > > Fred Hazzard**** > > S/V Fury**** > > C&C 44**** > > Portland, Or**** > > ** ** > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Joel > Aronson > *Sent:* Monday, February 04, 2013 10:43 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Winter Projects**** > > ** ** > > Tom,**** > > ** ** > > It all looks great! **** > > I can never justify the price of a leather cover, especially since I > usually wear gloves.**** > > ** ** > > Joel**** > > 35/3**** > > Annapolis**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Tom Buscaglia <t...@sv-alera.com> wrote:* > *** > > Listers > > Here an update on our current winter projects. Nothing like what Harry is > doing with Mirage, but baby steps... ;) > > Partial Sole Refinish. > > After the extended discussions of everything from Varnish to cows, I > though I would share the result of our partial sole refinish project. Most > of the sole on Alera looked great, except for one section at the bottom of > the steps down into the main cabin. Lynn pulled that section and did most > of the work, including the selection of the Deft Polyurethane Semi Gloss > finish. Lynn has always handled the bright work on Jubilee (our former 72 > MK1). And is now started to work her magic on Alera. We did 4 coats and it > looks like it will match up with the existing finish perfectly. > > Images here - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37365243@N00/8441593815/in/photostream > > and here - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37365243@N00/8441592867/in/photostream > > For my part I am in the process of putting a sweet Boatleather cover, with > padding, on the 48" Edson wheel. In cold weather the bare metal would just > leach the heat from my fingers, so this will be a welcome upgrade. I > rigged a bicycle stand to hold the wheel so I can do it in the house. It > is a tedious job, and I'm about 1/2 done so far. I plan on finishing it up > during the big game today. > > Here's how it looks so far - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37365243@N00/8442678780/in/photostream > > Cheers! > > Tom B**** > > Tom Buscaglia > SV Alera > C&C 37+/40 > Vashon Island WA**** > > (206) 463-9200 > www.sv-alera.com > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 **** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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