Quality of Work Going into our Products

We at SLO Sail and Canvas believe that our skills as craftsman are evident in every product that we make. We take great care in making each product and the facilities that we have enable us to do high quality work efficiently.

 

Go to:     Facility    Machines    Plotter    Techniques

 

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Facility

We have over 4500 square feet of space with six in-floor sewing machines! This allows for many projects to be set up efficiently.

 

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Machines

Our loft is equipped with sixteen industrial sewing machines to ensure we are using the right machine for the job. We just installed our XL Cordes zig-zag machine for doing large sails.

The Cordes dwarfs a normal industrial sewing machine!

 

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Plotter

 

We use our in house Carlson Plotter-Cutter to cut out an ever increasing amount of our boat covers. This video is of the plotter-cutter cutting out an Optimist sailboat top cover. We design the boat cover in a CAD-like program called Patternsmith, which gives the Cutter the coordinates to cut out. This is how we at SLO Sail and Canvas cut out our boat covers so they are perfect every time.

 

After we have a perfect pattern for a boat we digitize it into Patternsmith, our plotting design software. This image of a Sunfish cover digital pattern will be used to control our Carlson plotter-cutter and give us a perfectly cut boat cover.

 

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Techniques

 

Our people are highly trained in sewing, and use techniques that produce very durable products. We use multiple rows of stitching to prevent any premature failure of our product.

• Look at the seven (very straight) rows of stitching on this trampoline, other manufacturers use three rows



• Our grommets are punched in by hand to ensure they are firmly in the fabric and evenly spaced (hand grommeting is much more consistent than machine grommeting)



• We have done this long enough that we know the right questions to ask so you get the correct trampoline



• We use patterns for every trampoline we make so the size does not deviate

 

 

All of our products are heavily reinforced in areas that receive a lot of wear. Notice the heavy-duty truck vinyl patches sewn in the corners High quality bungee is used and the ends are burned to prevent fraying The bungee rests inside of a skirt with two rows of stitching for extra strength All of our covers are top stitched to give it that finished look We split the transom for big hardware on hull covers Reflective tape is added to covers that will be frequently towed (Top Gun covers)