[TheForge] now for something completely different

[Dan Brewer]

I have a friend that built one of these for his wife.  He started with an
old sewing machine that he got from a sewing machine repair shop.  He
streached the machine 30 inchesand removed the dogs .  The Fram is made out
of 1.5 inch square tube .  The sewing machine slides on a 3/4 inch polished
rod.  He took the Phaff design as a model and went from there.



On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:45 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:

> hello;
>
> For several months I have been observing people who quilt spend in my
> opinion far too much money and time on something that should not be
> overly expensive nor complicated; a quilting frame.
>
> quilting frame is basically a laminating frame. there is a top, a
> middle and a bottom. normally, there are four rollers. the take-up
> roller, the top supply roller, the middle supply roller and the bottom
> supply roller. These layers are secured together with thread sewn with a
> long-arm sewing machine. the take-up roller is generally located to the
> right of the needle above the free-arm. originally, the quilting was
> perfomed by hand with needle and thread. somewhere along the line the
> meaning of simple and simplicity have been lost in building quilting
> frames.
>
> i have seen two models of quilting frames which have servo motors
> driving the rollers, acme screws driven by servo motors which drive the
> long arm sewing machine back and forth, fore and aft. all under the
> control of a computer running a CNC program.
>
> there are many intelligent people on theforge from many different
> careers and occupations. in the spirit of the Junk-Yard-Hammer, could we
> brainstorm to come up with a simple design for a quilting frame that is
> inexpensive to build, simple to operate and fullfills the original
> purpose of the quilting frame, sew three layers together.
>
> to start off my first thoughts were to use a gantry type frame. instead
> of rollers the layers are laid out flat and held in place either by
> metal clips or clips on bungee cords. the draw back is the long arm
> sewing machine.
>
> the cost of long arm sewing machines is another area that needs to be
> addressed at a different time.
>
> anyway, there it is. comments, flames, hints, suggestions, etc welcome.
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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