Can a sewing awl be used to sew up a tubular tire?
03-29-12, 02:02 PM
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Can a sewing awl be used to sew up a tubular tire?
Can a sewing awl be used to sew up a tubular tire?
Most articles talk about duplicating the original stitch, but when a photo of the stitch used it is a basic overhand that requires the needle to pass completely thru both walls.
An awl can't go completely thru when used as shown here: https://www.speedystitcher.com/ssinstructions.html
To do a baseball stitch requires 2 needles as shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja-BW...eature=related
Can an awl be used? What stitch do you use?
Most articles talk about duplicating the original stitch, but when a photo of the stitch used it is a basic overhand that requires the needle to pass completely thru both walls.
An awl can't go completely thru when used as shown here: https://www.speedystitcher.com/ssinstructions.html
To do a baseball stitch requires 2 needles as shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja-BW...eature=related
Can an awl be used? What stitch do you use?
03-29-12, 02:51 PM
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I use the Diablo Stitch.
03-29-12, 04:09 PM
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04-03-12, 10:51 AM
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Found it: Edge overlock
Alternate sides per the bottom drawing:
https://www.stitchitawl.com/index.php...id=7&Itemid=26
Alternate sides per the bottom drawing:
https://www.stitchitawl.com/index.php...id=7&Itemid=26
04-04-12, 02:50 AM
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I prefer using a big sewing needle and 45-degree needle-nose pliers. I find the criss-cross pattern like you've shown in #6 is key. I've done the faster loop-pattern in #2 as well. But you have to be careful to make the underlying stitch be at the opposite angle (30-degrees left on top, should be balanced with 30-degrees right on bottom). Otherwise when you pump up the tyre, the pressure and stretch will slide the casing edges laterally to each other until the angle of top & bottom stitches are balanced and symmetric. This causes a slight ripple and twist in the tyre.
