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Post by Scrappea on Sept 29, 2018 16:00:05 GMT
boy, I hate this thing. I finally used it and I spent 20 minutes putting this together and ended up hurting my fingers. Am I doing something wrong or is this tool just not that great?
its supposed to be a Christmas tree paper clip for my 2017 December Daily. Yes, I am behind!
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Post by Linda on Sept 29, 2018 16:07:17 GMT
well...it's super cute but 20 minutes plus pain? not so good
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Post by FurryP on Sept 29, 2018 16:55:52 GMT
I don't know what the Happy Jig kit consists of, but maybe you are supposed to use pliers instead of your fingers. It just doesn't seem like that little tree should take 20 min. Might even get tighter/sharper turns??? + no hurt fingers.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Sept 29, 2018 16:56:02 GMT
I wasn’t sure what that was so I pulled it up on Amazon . I checked the reviews and it looks like the majority of customers have the same issues you do. Sorry it’s not working out well.
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Post by grammadee on Sept 29, 2018 17:54:41 GMT
Ouch! Scrapping shouldn't hurt! I have a tool like this from years ago that I used a bit but never enough to be effortless at it. I used it mainly for "writing" words in wire. Made a loopy flower or two.
Do you have finer wire? Could you use needle nose pliars to bend the wire around the pegs?
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Post by leeny on Sept 29, 2018 17:59:16 GMT
We were given this at Scrapbook Expo in the Cool Tools class. I hate it. Gave it to a jr. high school art teacher!
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Post by twillerbee on Sept 29, 2018 18:04:08 GMT
I was about to buy this. Thank you for creating this thread. It saved me money.
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Post by anniefb on Sept 29, 2018 18:13:22 GMT
Never heard of it but I'll definitely give it a miss now after hearing of your issues!
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Post by don on Sept 29, 2018 19:53:58 GMT
I saw this demoed a couple years ago. It took a little time to set up, and pushing the pins into place could get a little painful. There should be a pin setter. The actual winding of the wire should not really be a problem if you use soft pliable wire.
I understand 20 minutes to make 1 tree, but I would guess the 2nd tree wouldn't take but 2 or 3 painless minutes.
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Post by Scrappea on Sept 29, 2018 21:32:48 GMT
The pain was from the plastic pins to form it. They are so hard to pop in and almost harder to pop out! I don’t think it looks that good anyway.
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Post by leeny on Sept 29, 2018 21:41:37 GMT
The pain was from the plastic pins to form it. They are so hard to pop in and almost harder to pop out! I don’t think it looks that good anyway. At the expo they had us turn it over and push the pins out from behind using the little pliers. If someone has arthritis or trouble gripping small items, this is not for them. |
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Post by stinkerbelle on Sept 29, 2018 21:43:21 GMT
i have to say i think your little tree is very cute but yeah, pain from pushing the pins, etc. seems like it's not really worth the hassle. hope you find a solution so you can continue to use it!
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Post by grammadee on Sept 29, 2018 22:14:12 GMT
The pain was from the plastic pins to form it. They are so hard to pop in and almost harder to pop out! I don’t think it looks that good anyway. Do you still have one of those MM eyelet setting hammers? That might work. Does the hole go right through the platform? Maybe you can hammer them out when you are done? I can see going to all this trouble if you were going to make 50 of those cute little trees for Christmas cards, but doesn't seem to make sense to have that much trouble for one little embellishment. BTW at M's the other day I did a double take when I saw a Martha Stewart eyelet setting tool set! Pretty (of course) hammer, and the little setting pieces. |
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