My 1968 Glastron GT160 rebuild......

[pckeen]

Wow! That's some great progress. It looks like a boat once more. An emoticon won't cut it so....

 

[Corjen1]

HAHA, Thank pckeen!!!

Well mission for today accomplished....splash well 1708"d in, dash is fared and ready for primer and managed to get some quality sewing time in also!!! (Chiefs game was on and playing in the background)





Making my Admiral one if Wogs beach chairs....(get me points and sewing practice!!










I didnt like the way the corners came out on the bottom plate, so I cut it apart and change my sequence...here is what the look like now...not perfect but much better!!



Have a great rest of your weekend!!

 

[Arawak]

Nice work. You've had a very productive day!

I'm feeling a little more inspired to redo the 80s blue upholstery on my console now.

 

[Corjen1]

Nice work. You've had a very productive day!

I'm feeling a little more inspired to redo the 80s blue upholstery on my console now.

Arawak, it really hasnt been too difficult so far....last thing I sewed was a sweatshirt 25 years ago in home ec, and yes the sleeves were not the same length!!

 

[nurseman]

Looking good man! Getting closer to the finish!

 

[ahmincha]

Looking great cor keep up the great work!!!

 

[sphelps]

Nice bit of sewing .... That pretty blue Morse sure looks familiar .... :twitch: :tongue1:

 

[Corjen1]

Nice bit of sewing .... That pretty blue Morse sure looks familiar .... :twitch: :tongue1:

I was inspired by a good source.....

 

[zool]

that looks real good, the white piping makes it...

 

[Woodonglass]

After practicing on some scraps and searching the net I found this video that shows a similar style of sewing when you have a inner and outer flat top plate with piping separating the two plates.

I tried it and discovered with practice that the KEY is to fold the outer plate in half and cut an upholsterers mark in the inner selvage at the midpoint and do the same on the inner plate on the outer selvage. Sew the Piping to the Inner plate and then sew the outer plate to the inner Plate starting at the center point and working to the end points. The guy in the video talks about this and shows it too!! I remember a couple years ago when Judge helped me with my Sons VW Bus Seats and he did that on the seats and I forgot about it. When I saw this video I remembered it and tried it and it really worked great. It Makes going around the curves MUCH easier and keeps you from getting the wrinkles. At least it did for me.

 

[sphelps]

I wish the audio was better on the video . It would have made it better to understand .
My old Tull sewing vid was up next so I had to watch it also .. Mainly just for the tunes ....

 

[Corjen1]

Thanks all for the comments! Got a bit more "Practice Upholstering" done...amazing how time consuming it really is!! Especially if you dont know what you are doing!! Thanks for the help Wog!!

 

[Corjen1]

I wish the audio was better on the video . It would have made it better to understand .
My old Tull sewing vid was up next so I had to watch it also .. Mainly just for the tunes ....

HAHA, I came across that one awhile back!!! Agree, good tunez!!

 

[Woodonglass]

Corjen and Sphelps, two guys that couldn't spell sooween mucheen not to long ago and Sphelps did some of the best sooween and home grown fabrication I've seen on the forum

and Corjen is learning fast!!! Hard to imagine that I had sumthun to do with it all. I have to stop enkuragin these folks to do stupid stuff like this. They could be doin MANLY things like Knittin or Crocheting!!!

I have to say, we seem to have some Mighty talented folks here on the iBoats forum!!! Mighty Talented!!!

 

[pckeen]

Great work!

 

[sphelps]

I have to stop enkuragin these folks to do stupid stuff like this. They could be doin MANLY things like Knittin or Crocheting!!!

Please don't encourage me to do that ! The man card would be in major trouble and the Admiral already has enough pot holders ! :facepalm:

 

[Rickmerrill]

Darn nice. And I thought mr phelps spent most of his time floating around testing pool noodles.

 

[sphelps]

:focus: Have ya made the final color decision for the upholstery ?

 

[Corjen1]

Sphelps I think so.....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15111028104...49&var=450201668220&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

and this for inserts.....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191324999055?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[sphelps]

Wow I didn't realize that you can get pre-pleated vinyl ....
Looking forward to see it come together ....