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Question:
How big of a file or pages is your e-book.
Also does the plans come
with
instructions for making the carriage, handles and etc?
Answer:
The manual is 8 pdf files (7 Chapters and a Preface) totaling 2.6mb.
They come complete
with carriage plans and handles but not the machine speed controller
because that circuitry is different for all specific machines. I recommend
the Grace speed controller for your machine model they are only about
$60 or less and strap right onto my handles. Another option is to not
build my handles and get a set of handi-handles, they have the controller
built in but they are a little more expensive.
Question:
I purchased frame instructions and on materials list you have steel from
shoemaker welding supply
what kind of steel is it ? is it the angle iron ?
Answer:
Yes it is the angle iron. If it is difficult for you to find, an alternative track
material can be substituted such as aluminum angle or suspended ceiling tracks or I have seen some folks use ceramic tile
edge.
Question:
Can you use any sewing machine with this frame or does it have to be
certain ones? My machine has drop feed and 6'5" clearence is this enough?
Answer:
Yes drop feed dogs are good, Most domestic machines have closer to 7"harp
size. The thing to consider is that when the "Quilt Sandwich" is
all the way rolled up into the harp of the machine as
you are coming to the end of your quilting, the diameter of the roll is around 5". This
means that with your machine you
will only have room for a 1 1/2" pattern. The way around that situation is to stop half way through your
project and turn
the quilt 180 degrees and finish your quilt. You can use a machine like that but it is easier with a machine that has a nine
inch harp.
Question:
Having purchased your quilting frame
design I have
now constucted a similar one to yours but shorter as I do not have
sufficient room for one longer than
eight foot six inches, I also had
difficulty in obtaining suitable wheels but was fortunate to obtain
some from New
Joy, my question to you is this, I would like to install
something like the cruise control to automatically take care
of stitch
length and speed, I have looked at the units and I cannot see that it
should not work but I wonder if you
have used this item on your frame,
on the leaflet info on the internet it does refer to the hardware which
I assume
to be the brain as being for specific to models of frame,does
this preclude the use on your frame or is it able to be
adapted? We
are not experienced machine quilters so anything which can further
simplify and make the use easier,then
we would like to have installed
on the frame. You did say when I wrote to you before that you did not
mind if anyone
had a query or needed some help so please accept my
apologies if this is of any inconvenience to you.
Respectfully
yours,
Douglas H. Smith
P.S. We have a Brothers PQ 1500 Nouvelle machine which we are pleased
with.
Answer:
Question:
Hi Richard:
I need to ask another question about the frame I am building.
I need to know how much clearance there should be between the top of the bed of the machine and the bottom of the EMT conduit
roller. I have a mock up of what I have and will include some pictures. I left the boards long and will cut them
to size to fit the machine height. The machine may look silly but I am a retired sewing machine repairman and will make
it work. It is an old union special tailors machine. I have already pulled out the feed mechanism for less drag
on the motor. It has a 12" throat. I will retrofit a darning foot for it. The tape measure shows the distance
in question.
Your trolley and rail system works great.
Thanks
Wayne R. West
Answer:
That set up looks great! The clearance looks like it is about two inches
and that should be sufficent. The arms that hold the poles need to be adjustable up and down because as the quilt sandwich
gets advanced onto the take up pole in the throat of the machine the roll gets bigger. On a King/Queen size quilt toward the
end of the project you end up with a 5" roll give or take depending on the batting thickness. Half of that = 2 1/2" and you
need to maintain about 1/2" clearance between the bed of the machine and the quilt back so there is no drag. The plans are
designed for quilting with a nine inch harp machine with the quilt sandwich up and over the center pole and under and around
the take up pole. The adustment slot is only on one side of the arm to pivot it. I am sending you loading instructions to
help make sense of this. I load mine like the Hinterberg type frame, but you can do it ether way. What you need to accomplish
is to have the bottom of the quilt sandwich level with the bottom of the machine at all times through the process. With your
set up you may need to slot both adjusters to make it even more adjustable if need be.
Thanks Richard
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