Sewing frame screw stripped right before a 200 page rebind

Last Tuesday I was in my basement workshop in Dayton, getting ready to sew a 200 page textblock, and one of the wing nuts on my sewing frame just gave up. The threads were completely gone, so the crossbar kept slipping and I couldn't hold tension at all. I ended up clamping the posts to my table edge with two 3 inch C-clamps, which worked okay but made the setup feel wobbly. Has anyone else had this fail mid-project, and did you just replace the hardware or switch to a different frame entirely?

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margaret9920d ago

C-clamps work but that wobbly setup would drive me crazy, just get new wingnuts.

king.stella18d ago

Consider swapping those wingnuts for nylock nuts instead, @margaret99. They hold tight without needing constant adjustments and they don't shake loose over time. Takes a wrench to remove, but that beats re-tightening every week.