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My sewing frame snapped mid-signature on a 150 page restoration job yesterday
I was working on this 1880s hymnal for a client in Portland, right in the middle of sewing the third signature when the crossbar just cracked clean through. The whole thing collapsed and the pages went everywhere, took me an hour just to get them back in order. Has anyone else had a frame break on them like this or am I just using cheap equipment?
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bettyk5317d ago
Used to think any frame would do the job as long as it was wood, but after my old bench model gave out on a 160 page ledger last spring I changed my tune REAL quick. That crossbar snapped right where the wedge holds it and sent my needle flying across the room. Now I only use frames with metal reinforcement brackets at the stress points, saved up for a proper one with brass hardware. Cheap equipment is a gamble and I learned that lesson the hard way, especially when you're dealing with fragile paper that's over a hundred years old. Your Portland client is lucky you're the one doing that hymnal, most folks would have had a meltdown with all those pages going everywhere.
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