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YES!!!! putting zippers on coil. Not fun. Cutting days aren't my favorite that is for sure.
Build yourself a zipper fork. (Or pay $40 for a bent piece of metal) It's life changing if you're doing a lot of zippers. Heck, even if you only do them occasionally. I used to spend 5min to get one pull on sometimes. And now it's effortless with a fork.
Sewing stretch fabrics. I still manage to get things bunched up and uneven half of the time. Has gotten better though, I used to avoid it completely.Quote from: ultimind on June 05, 2018, 06:51:03 PMBuild yourself a zipper fork. (Or pay $40 for a bent piece of metal) It's life changing if you're doing a lot of zippers. Heck, even if you only do them occasionally. I used to spend 5min to get one pull on sometimes. And now it's effortless with a fork.Tried Googling "zipper fork". Had nothing resembling a zipper jig come up in the images. Care to elaborate?
Had a brain fart. There are some youtube videos of people using a common kitchen fork to attach zippers. Works okay but it's tough to hold the fork and attach the pull. But yes, Zipper Jig was what I meant!
Quote from: ultimind on June 05, 2018, 10:41:29 PMHad a brain fart. There are some youtube videos of people using a common kitchen fork to attach zippers. Works okay but it's tough to hold the fork and attach the pull. But yes, Zipper Jig was what I meant! Gotcha! Have seen the jigs (same video that Ben posted, actually) but I never struggled with them enough to pay $50 for a bent piece of metal. Couple decades of fly fishing has made me really good at using my teeth as a third hand. I'll have to try the fork, see if that really speeds things up, and maybe I'll regret not buying a jig earlier.
Replacing zippers for me. I'm actually getting pretty good at it, but I still hate doing them, mostly on puffy jackets where there is a lot of potential movement. I'm sure there are a bunch of things I suck at but don't do often enough to even know it!
I was too cheap to purchase a $50.00 zipper jig so I bought a $3.00 tack remover and filed open the fork a little bit to hold the slider that I use. I then tore the handle off of the round shank, drilled a hole on the edge of my table on a slight angle. Now I can easily install and remove the tool as needed.https://www.joann.com/tack-remover/8629552.htmlhttps://imgur.com/gallery/PUu5XNKhttps://imgur.com/gallery/z44c83L