Cool and Interesting

8 years ago I bought a heavy duty Sailrite sewing machine for boat covers, sails and sun shades.  One of the first things I used it for in 2018 was to fix the sunshade of our house with this Big Blue Beast . I fixed a lot of big heavy boat covers that were difficult to move around.

A lot of fixing work is patching things up. Such as here: Toto’s red boat cover. This requires sewing in circles, which is difficult to do by dragging the cover around. I put the Blue Beast on a set of wheels to make it easier.

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of meeting Alex, a professional cobbler who is now retired and selling the equipment in his atelier.

It’s an industrial machine, used for many decades to sew bespoke shoes. I would love to use it but it’s too big for my abilities and needs.

So I took a look at smaller models and saw this review of the best shoe sewing machines.

What is it that cobbler machines can do that others can’t? They can sew in any direction! This is sooooo cool! Just awesome.

I’d love to get something like that. I’ll have to think about it for a bit, which one to get and where. Stay tuned!