Sailrite has developed a new 2-inch binder for canvas and sail workers. Dressing and finishing off edges of enclosures, awnings, dodgers, biminis and sails is made much easier with this high quality 2" binder. This 2 inch Binder automatically guide and fold 2-inch fabric tape or “facing” (made from vinyl, Sunbrella, Dacron, cotton, etc) over a raw edge of another fabric panel during sewing. This binder can also be used to attach flat 2-inch webbing. The resulting sewn edging will be strong and thick enough to securely hold marine fasteners and grommets.
Sailmakers will appreciate the usefulness of this 2 inch binder. Install 2-inch Dacron sail tape on sail edges with ease – reduce time consuming edge hemming. The gate of the binder is wide enough that a leech line can even be fed into the edge tape during sewing.
Another great application for the 2-inch binder is making custom piping. Install a left roping zipper foot on your sewing machine and feed 5/32” piping cord into the center of the binder (at the fold) as it feeds and sews. Do this using only the 2-inch wide tape and the piping cord. The tape is not being attached to another piece of fabric when being used to create piping (welt). When the required length of piping has been sewn, cut the tail down so that it is only about 3/8” wide. If the tail or flange is left too wide, bending the piping at cushion corners will be too difficult.
This "Swing Away" 2 inch Binder Attachment does not need to be removed after use to continue sewing — just swing it away. Sailrite has installed a special stop screw to this swing away 2 " binder which prevents the binder from jumping over its frame and being pulled into the needle when sewing heavy items. This 2 inch Binder is very well thought out and extremely versatile in its uses.
This binder works great with any 2-inch tape or facing: Sunbrella facing, Stamoid facing, webbing, Dacron sail tape, and custom cut fabric tapes.
Screws for attaching to the sewing machine are included. This 2" binder attachment is for home and commercial use. Most sewing machines have the appropriate size holes in the machine head for installation.
