[BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread Lee A. Stone
I wish I had one of those hand held sewing machines you used to hear about on television. my 13 year old winter cover for the pool has a couple good sized holes in it and i am thinking of taking a vinyl table cloth and cutting it in half to form up two big patch's . 5then i hear that

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread Tom Fowle
The ones I've seen years ago did just a chain stitch, wouldn't hold against much. the vinal table cloth probably won't stand U.V. for long either. What's the cover made of? Tom

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread wstephan
-2469 - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:50 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine > The ones I've seen years ago did just a chain stitch, wouldn't > hold against > much. > > the vinal table cloth probably wo

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread Lee A. Stone
the cover, the winter cover is made of some sort of plastic / vinyl. it has last ed thru 13 or 13 Northeast winters ice and all but if I can buy one more winter with a halfso and so patch job. then I would be pleased . now I am thinking maybe a glue of sorts to tack it down the cove

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread Lee A. Stone
803-2469 > > > - Original Message - > From: Tom Fowle > Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:50 pm > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine > > The ones I've seen years ago did just a chain stitch, wouldn't > > hold against >

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread Tom Fowle
Lee, I'd look at thistothat.com for vinal glues and use a few big hand stiches to hold it while the glue dries. tom

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread Lee A. Stone
very interesting and helpful site on gluing different items. thanks much Lee On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:51:37AM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote: > Lee, > I'd look at thistothat.com > for vinal glues and use a few big hand stiches to hold it > while the glue dries. > > tom > -- Worrying is lik

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-24 Thread Bob Kennedy
If you have a vinyl table cloth, I wouldn't punch holes in it to sew it to the cover. Get some water bed repair glue and use that. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] hand

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-25 Thread Spiro
there is that super glue that is waterproof. Gene, says he can go under water and put the patches on. I've used it above water and find it runs like water, yuck! But it is the right stuff. On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Lee A. Stone wrote: > > the cover, the winter cover is made of some sort of plasti

Re: [BlindHandyMan] hand held sewing machine

2009-09-26 Thread Lee A. Stone
I have a real temp job done due to weather changes down to 34 degrees f. so it is back to the outer edges of you guessed it " duck tape" and then a leather needle with fishing liline as soon as the snow hits it it will not make a difference. the main reason for the patch is to keep t