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Bulldogger, Man rest up and heal up. Don't try to push your back into service too soon. I know the growing pains you are going through with this little business and I understand exactly what you are struggling with. If I charge what I should for materials, time and labor the cost of the...

Nice work. Looks like you have a winner there!

You can also use thin Plexiglas for your patterns. A little hard to cut but once it is you have a pattern that will last a very long time!

Jeffy777 had better post picks of the install and the finished top. @Bulldogger Were you able to refine your templates and your sewing?

Just do a google search for sewing machine servo motor. You can find them at a lot of different places for different prices including eBay and Amazon. Most will work as a replacement to your clutch type system and will work with the foot peddle. The big difference is that you can turn the...

If you can get a Servo motor for the machine. This way it's not stitching a 100 mph on you. You can dial it down so that it is good and slow or speed it up to as fast as you want it.

That looks great! Good work man. One way you can tighten the pattern without recutting the patterns is to increase your seam allowance just a little bit. Say 1/8 of an inch on each seam. So if you sew a 1/2 inch seam sew them at 5/8th etc. Just that little bit more will tighten it up...

Excellent job you are doing. Not bad sewing for a mechanic...lol. In theory you should have identical left and right sides. As I looked at your pictures of the pattern layout it looks like this is the case. A quick tip to help you in the future should you decide to make more is to fold your...