Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

"They need to know.." good point..

Have you made any Endless loops thimbles..etc? Haven't finished reading thread here yet, but i haven't noticed any.

Oh wait. I think i might have seen one.. a real quick one someone slapped together.
 
moss said:
I haven’t, would like to. Oceans (whip) hand-sewed s nice off a few years back.
-AJ
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"Ocean's (whip) hand-sewed s nice off a few years back..."

I think auto text failed ya on this one..

I'm assuming he made a Thimble Prusik like i was asking about?

You remember what part of the forum it was in?
 
@Ronhayden I'm going to put some videos here that are different methods for different 'things'. Some may or may not be correct. But they are here. The correct way for 'us' is the triple pass like the sewing machine does.


Here is how it's done. The man does it a similar way to me as well. I made my own leather finger protectors too!


Westspur


These machines are in the $20k-$25k range but they are what every big company is using.

 



Something I like to do on certain ropes. Fun thought though. From a person that believes quality and taking care of their gear, you can really tell a lot about a person from one rope guy to another by looking at the work they do on their own ropes;) or that they pay to have done on theirs. I've seen some interesting things done to rope and the cost was in the hundreds on sewing and splicing.

 
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SomethingWitty said:
I would charge hundreds just to do that unraveled cover and stitching. That looks like maddening work.
I have a mild phobia of frayed rope ends.
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Like I mentioned. I Do the sewn process when adding extra protection. But there are plenty of ways to do it, like the second video there where they burry it in the rope.
 
@Ronhayden - you can get the Sewing Awl at your local Fabric store in the leather section - Michaels (can't find it online but saw it in stores Monday- Leather section), JoAnne Fabrics, West Marine, and others...

Amazon, Sailrite, Premium ropes, and too many other online places have them. If they look like the above linked wooden one, regardless of the name on the packages or price, they are all the same manufacturer.

As for the Whipping Twine, anywhere online but west marine has it in store.


http://www.speedystitcher.com/#the-basics
 
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There is a little hole in the wall sewing supply store in our town. The folks at Tandy leather turned me on to them. Apparently they are the supplier for all of the commercial sewing stuff around here. No lines, super helpful people, they let me try needles in my stitcher until one fit just right and sold me a bigol spool of heavy nylon thread.

There is a store for everything. I bet a place the size of Cleveland has one.
 
@SomethingWitty; This store you speak of is an old school brick and mortar only kind of business, correct? If not, could you provide a web site address, possibly? If they bothered to take that step, they'd probably have more business than they really want. Thanks.

Tim
 
I'll have to look them up. I bought a $30 spool of pink thread and 10 ball point needles over a year ago and probably won't have to go back for years.

It was Rushin upholstery supply.
https://www.rushinupholsterysupply.com
I'll pay attention when I come across my needles next (they are in one of a few places) and see if it says what size they are. The online needle options look slimmer than I remember.
 
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Well.. Jimmy-cracked-corn last night & came up with this..

It's definitely something that will take more than a few tries to get right.. that & the correct tools will probably help..
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I did this with a hack job of a needle.. I ground down the SS needle a little too fast & really blunted it.. I'm sure the fact that this 8mm Epicord cover has absolute no stretch didn't make it any easier..

As far as needle sizes go, that is one confusing racket.. I spent about three hours last night trying to find a better/slimmer ball point solution (yes, thanks, I've seen the posted links in this thread). When i look at needle/thread charts, the sizes make sense, but when i go searching for them, the sizes don't correlate.. especially if your looking on Amazon. It's almost as if every company has chosen a different standard or part number system to go by. That & after all that time, i still don't know what each number represents. What i really want to be able to differentiate is, the hole size & how stiff the needle is going to be.. I just ended up buying something off Amazon hoping I'd be able to get it this weekend.. i believe it was s 180/24 135x17... whatever that's supposed to mean..lol. It seemed close to a few other ones that were posted. No clue how big the hole will be & hoping it will fit the c-lon tex 400 i bought.
 
@Jimmycrackcorn - You need to take a trip to a Joanne Fabrics, Or Michaels, or any other sewing shop. If you are anywhere near a WestMarine, you can go in and get the proper whipping twine and you can sew eyes with it etc.

#4 needle is the other "official" one for the sewing awl.
 
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