You can buy leather at about any good fabric store that offers upholstery material. You can get scrap pieces at upholstery shops, belt makers, some shoe repair shops.
There is not much worth watching on TV, which is precisely thy sewing a cover on your wheel while sitting in front of the TV is such a good winter project. I did mine a few years ago, and I'd guess 750 or so stitches took three or four evenings. As far as the cost, watch on Ebay and you will see elk hide kits at pretty reasonable prices - far less than you'd pay for anew kit from Edson. I think I bought my kit from someone who never got around to sewing it on his wheel, and it only cost $25 or $30. I think I still have a foot or two of left over 3" wide elk hide on the boat. I thought about putting a cover on the shift lever, but bought a spare on Ebay and put a thick coat of epoxy and varnish on the wood instead (another good winter project). Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 4:30 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter Projects 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 <tel:%28206%29%20463-9200> www.sv-alera.com <http://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 <tel:301%20541%208551> _______________________________________________ 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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