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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9780070240803
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 0070240809
Label: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: May 01, 1992
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Studio: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
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These days the canvas we work is likely to be a synthetic fiber, superior to its natural-fiber predecessor in most every way. Today, the average canvasworker's fingers are not like marlinspikes, nor, if you have a good ordinary sewing machine, do they need to be. Canvaswork is unchanged in one sense, though: It can result in an almost endless variety of attractive and functional gear for a boat. The old tars would have envied what we can turn out today. The Complete Canvasworker's Guide is a thorough, step-by-step introduction to making all common items of canvas boat gear. This is more than an idea book. All the instructions are here, in a straightforward, no-frills format developed by Jim Grant, to answer the needs of canvasworking students and mail-order customers. This new edition, expanded by fifty percent, is thoroughly updated and revised, with many new illustrations.
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I purchased the book with my first project in mind. I planned to make a boat tarp for my husband's small fishing boat. This chapter of the book was excellent for this. Even if you don't have a sailing vessel much of the information in the book can be used or adapted to cover / bag anything you like in canvas. Very usefull.
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This is a great book for people taking on their own projects. Techniques shown here will carry through to many other projects.Worth the price.
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My son just bought his first sailboat - a wooden "fixer" but she floats. I have been asked to help with the sewing projects required for her restoration. Very helpful book - was hoping for more info on seat cushions as they are so different from regular household cushions in shape. Overall very good!
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This book is concise and straight to the point. If you are looking for information on how to sew curtains and placemats you will not find it here. If you want to do serious boat canvas work you should have this book in your library.
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This book is simply a collection of the instructions for the Sailrite kits. You can get it all free at www.sailrite.com
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