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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #75 on: November 14, 2019, 02:41:11 PM »

I am using this one to hold smaller frames from only one end. The one fault in the design is that when I turn it over to tie off the nut loosens   :Doh:

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Yes, I can see that as a problem. Especially if the hubby does not know which way to turn the nut to tighten it  :facepalm: :facepalm:

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #76 on: November 14, 2019, 02:42:35 PM »
Following complaints from the young ladies at the Sewing Bee that their husbands couldn't make them a stand for their sewing frames I have came up with another design.

I am using this one to hold smaller frames from only one end. The one fault in the design is that when I turn it over to tie off the nut loosens   :Doh:

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #77 on: November 14, 2019, 04:42:12 PM »
That's a nice simple design, Jo.  :ThumbsUp:

But with the nut-loosening issue; how is that different than your other design?  Isn't the part that's supporting the work frame attached the same way? Or is it just that the original one was supported on both sides, rather than only on one side?

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #78 on: November 14, 2019, 04:56:52 PM »
But with the nut-loosening issue; how is that different than your other design?  Isn't the part that's supporting the work frame attached the same way? Or is it just that the original one was supported on both sides, rather than only on one side?

On the original design you pivot on the bottom bolt by the clamp to turn the work over and it does not matter if that thread is loose as the arm that goes up rests against the edge of the table at the bottom. This new one has a solid vertical rod so it has to pivot on the top bolt  :facepalm:

I'm pleased with it I just have to remember to tighten it up when ever I turn the work over. It has an advantage in that you don't have to sit square to the table when using it.  :)

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #79 on: November 16, 2019, 05:35:44 AM »
Ah... I see, makes sense.  Thanks for the explanation, Jo.
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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #80 on: November 18, 2019, 06:05:37 PM »
Would it be any better to have a toggle clamp for the handle?  Just thinking out loud.  Still love the idea.  :wine1:

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« Reply #81 on: November 18, 2019, 06:21:40 PM »
 :thinking: That might work

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #82 on: July 26, 2021, 05:53:28 PM »
A couple more bits I have been doing (rather than making swarf  :-X)







These are what I do when I start getting tired in the workshop  :-[

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #83 on: July 26, 2021, 07:05:54 PM »
Like Miss Tiggywinkle

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« Reply #84 on: July 26, 2021, 07:52:37 PM »
Loverly  :)  :)  :wine1:
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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #85 on: July 26, 2021, 08:24:03 PM »
They are wonderful Jo - reminds me of childhood and some of the thing my grandmothers made - though some of the ones you have shown here from time to time are upping the ante on difficulty a bit I think  :praise2:

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #86 on: July 26, 2021, 08:35:09 PM »
Beautiful work Jo! The winter scene is great!
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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #87 on: July 26, 2021, 09:40:41 PM »
Jo,

I rather like the message of the Oriental one.

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #88 on: July 26, 2021, 10:27:20 PM »
Jo,

Very nice work.  I like the small animal.  Hedgehog?

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Re: Not a model engine
« Reply #89 on: July 27, 2021, 08:07:44 AM »
Thanks Guys for your kind words on my cross stitch work. Yes the animal is a Hedgehog I couldn't find a suitable design for the trinket box then found this and decided the Hedgehog could hold the flower stem and the flower head could go on the other one.

I cannot remember if I showed you the ones I did earlier in the year  :headscratch: This one goes with the Robin:



Mike is correct with his translation of my Buddha. This other Eastern one is titled "Harmony and Tranquillity"



But the characters on it are are Fu and An, happiness and peace. The lower character is a pictogram, suggesting a woman (the character nu 奴) kneeling inside a house (the line at the top is the roof radical), so peace is a subservient women in the home,  ::)

The first character fu, consists of the components on the right side yi one 一, kou, mouth 口, and tian field 田. On the left the character represents a person looking at his field with his hand to his forehead to shield the sun from his eyes (another pictogram) . He is happy fu (福)because all the produce from his FIELD is for his ONE MOUTH, altogether a picture that says happiness is having enough food :)


One of the advantages of Cross stitch is when you go wrong you can unpick it  :toilet_claw:

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