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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ladies and gentlemen:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please see the Sailrite web page for instructions
for the use of a plain, garden variety sewing machine (PFAFF or otherwise)for
the sewing of sails. A walking foot is nice, but not necessarily required;
you can add spring tension to the presser foot simply by adding another
spring. The biggest problem, in my experience, is simply handling the
sailcloth in the limited space available. There is a GOOD REASON that most
sailmakers use a long arm machine at floor level, so that the sailcloth can be
fed through the sewing machine with the floor, essentially, being used as a big
table. One (relatively) useful trick is to use 3M double sided sticky tape to
attach the seam(s) to be repaired to each other before running them through any
machine. The best answer, in my opinion, has been to learn to sew by hand
(hand sewing for repairs, properly done, is stronger than any machine sewing)
and, ultimately, BUY a new sail (when the old one begins to require regular
repair) from a competent sailmaker, like one advertsed in the handbook
(hint, hint).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=alberg30@netzero.net href="mailto:alberg30@netzero.net">bill
hicks</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=public-list@alberg30.org
href="mailto:public-list@alberg30.org">public-list@alberg30.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 24, 2001 8:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Alberg30] Re. Pfaff 130 Sewing
Machine</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The max arm length is 8 1/4 inches</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Height of arm is 4 1/2 inches</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Zig Zag stitch is 1/4 inch</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stitch length is 3/16 inch</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the foot pressure is increased it will sew
sail cloth but not very well as the fabric is slick and the machine does
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>not have a walking foot. </FONT></DIV>
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Bill</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>