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Big Barn
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Haha. I’m on the other side of the discussion here.
I’ve sewn thousands of 50 and 100 pound burlap sacks of potatoes in the old days with Fishbein portable sewing machines.
Opening them wasn’t my concern.
I’ve sewn thousands of 50 and 100 pound burlap sacks of potatoes in the old days with Fishbein portable sewing machines.
Opening them wasn’t my concern.
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Haha. I’m on the other side of the discussion here.
I’ve sewn thousands of 50 and 100 pound burlap sacks of potatoes in the old days with Fishbein portable sewing machines.
Opening them wasn’t my concern.
So it’s YOUR fault! :laughing:
I remember the elevator always tied our grain sacks by cinching the top closed with a couple quick wraps of twine. I tried over and over as a youngster to tie sacks that way, but couldn't figure out how they could do it so quickly and have it hold so snug. You could remove the twine easily by unwrapping one end.
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Like me with these new Ziploc tops. My remedy: take scissors; cut off Ziploc; wrap over; affix clothes pin.
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Same here. I seem to find only the true Ziplocs operate easily and all the clones aren’t worth sh*t.
2LaneCruzer
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Haha. I’m on the other side of the discussion here.
I’ve sewn thousands of 50 and 100 pound burlap sacks of potatoes in the old days with Fishbein portable sewing machines.
Opening them wasn’t my concern.
I've sewn a few; but it was many years ago, and it was in a chemical plant in California. I think the chemical was Calcium Carbonate, or something similar, only mildly caustic. Seems like there was a rhythm involved; place sack on stand, clamp, hit foot pedal to fill, sew top shut. I got out of sync, and dumped a load that missed the sack, and got a face full, including my eyes, of chemical. I quickly found out why they had all of the eyewash fountains there!
