That would be great! I'll DM you mailing info.

Don't know how we missed that. Congrats, that's outstanding!

Very cool! Is that a swatch book for leather? If so, do you market your own line of hides?

Thanks @Diana Unger! 2017 was a landmark year for the auto upholstery industry. Check out our annual "Year in Review" for all the awesomeness that unfolded.

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and successful New Year!

Haha this is great! I don't have any kids yet, but when I do they're definitely getting the 12V car with the full custom interior. I wanna see someone fabricate a convertible top!

Wow @Duane Ballard, that is beautiful! Would love to see you in action hand tooling.

Congrats Jim! It's no easy task to sell a busy shop, especially one in our industry. What's next for you?

Haven't tried these guys, but I've read good things: http://www.ssnake-oyl.com/

I think you're right.

Haha that's great! Only a trimmer would understand...

Is this what you have in mind? http://forum.thehogring.com/discussion/31/my-shop#Item_22

Are legs baseball bats?

Just checked. It appears there's a global version of QuickBooks that lets you choose from many languages and currencies.

Yup, we have quite a few of these too!

Haha that's pretty creepy! So you're going to recover them?

Trust us, you don't want to miss @Mal Maher and his team of sewing machine experts at SEMA!

For details on what you can expect at NC's booth, check out these two articles...

• NC Sewing Machines are Taking Over SEMA
• NC Presents Courtney Hansen at SEMA

Woah!! Congrats Chris. That is crazy close!!!

In my experience, both Katzkin and Alea are great quality. But like @Diana Unger said, it all depends on proper installation.

In regards to design, I find that Alea provides more options (inserts, patterns, stitches, even glowing LEDs) to make a manufactured seat cover appear customized.

Ok, now that's impressive!

Of course, we make a lot of punches out of old screw drivers...



We also make tucking knives out of old cutlery...



Here's a scraper made out of an old hand saw...



We use this long, two-sided scraper to take off fiberglass top shells...







Notice the washers are pennies :-!

Thanks for the tip. I knew Leather Seats sold them, but didn't realize they had a bunch of different options listed on their website: https://www.leatherseats.com/shop/professional-upholstery-supplies.html

Just a heads up, if you're considering a NC Sewing Machine, they have some awesome SEMA deals available until Nov 3 -- including huge discounts, free shipping and an unprecedented 5-year limited warranty. You don't even need to attend the SEMA Show to take advantage of them: https://goo.gl/RXhWeM

To get a leg up on the competition, offer vinyls with anti-microbial properties. Medical pros will love that!

Gorgeous! What type of stencil did you create to draw the pattern evenly? I see some shops use cardboard while others have taken to laser-cut plastic sheets that they can use over and over again.

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Definitely trucking companies (and drivers who own their own trucks), movie theaters, gyms, restaurants (especially diners), busses, school auditoriums, doctor's offices, etc.

When we first started out, we printed hundreds of flyers and went to every and any place that may require upholstery repair, handed them out and introduced ourselves. We also placed business cards on cars, trucks, etc that looked like they needed repair.

It took a lot of time, but definitely helped get the word out.