Locking threads

[Oldpath05]

I use 70s6 welding wire, a little dab will do ya.............

 

[dragoneggs]

I like where this thread has went.

You're welcome!

Now someone explain to me the trick to getting a sack open, such as one has been stitched at the top like a bag of lump charcoal or briquettes. I 'seam' to remember it was as simple as pulling a 'rip' cord. I can't figure out how it's done now. :confused3: :mur:

Yeah, maybe this belongs in the 'you know your'e getting older thread' :laughing:

 

[Jstpssng]

You're welcome!

Now someone explain to me the trick to getting a sack open, such as one has been stitched at the top like a bag of lump charcoal or briquettes. I 'seam' to remember it was as simple as pulling a 'rip' cord. I can't figure out how it's done now. :confused3: :mur:

Yeah, maybe this belongs in the 'you know your'e getting older thread' :laughing:

Some people get POed for thread drift, he's thanking us. :thumbsup:

Bags re fun, I open a lot of grain bags this time of year. You have to pick at the end of the string, on the side of the bag with the paper on it. Pull it out carefully at first, and it should come easily.

If it doesn't cooperate you take a knife and slit the edge of the bag.

 

[Jim Nelson]

You're welcome!

Now someone explain to me the trick to getting a sack open, such as one has been stitched at the top like a bag of lump charcoal or briquettes. I 'seam' to remember it was as simple as pulling a 'rip' cord. I can't figure out how it's done now. :confused3: :mur:

Yeah, maybe this belongs in the 'you know your'e getting older thread' :laughing:

I use my pocket knife to un ravel the knots on one end of the bag and if that doesn't work I go to the other end and like magic it just comes apart. As a kid I watched my Dad open a gazillion grain sacks this way but he very seldom had to change ends.

 

[dragoneggs]

Some people get POed for thread drift, he's thanking us. :thumbsup:
You have to pick at the end of the string, on the side of the bag with the paper on it. Pull it out carefully at first, and it should come easily.

When it doesn't, you take a knife and slit the edge of the bag.

Plan A hasn't been working lately and I guess my impatience causes me to almost immediately go to Plan B in frustration and pull out my Leatherman tool.

 

[MossRoad]

You're welcome!

Now someone explain to me the trick to getting a sack open, such as one has been stitched at the top like a bag of lump charcoal or briquettes. I 'seam' to remember it was as simple as pulling a 'rip' cord. I can't figure out how it's done now. :confused3: :mur:

Yeah, maybe this belongs in the 'you know your'e getting older thread' :laughing:

Put the single stitch side towards you, then pull the right corner. You're welcome. :laughing:

 

[ovrszd]

Put the single stitch side towards you, then pull the right corner. You're welcome. :laughing:

In 45 days I'll turn 69. I learned something simple today.

 

[LouNY]

In my younger days of cow feed being in sewed burlap bags the stitch was a bit different you had to undo the first stitch and pull both threads to remove it,
wow to anyone who even considered reaching for a pocket knife to slice a burlap bag your aXX would have been grass about that time.

 

[Citydude]

In my younger days of cow feed being in sewed burlap bags the stitch was a bit different you had to undo the first stitch and pull both threads to remove it,
wow to anyone who even considered reaching for a pocket knife to slice a burlap bag your aXX would have been grass about that time.

Yep. My grandfather kept burlap bags. Did he return them? I never knew the reason only that you don’t cut them open.

 

[MossRoad]

A lady at the fabric store showed me how to cut burlap. They find the length they want and pull out one of the strands all the way across the piece of fabric. That leaves a nice, even, wide line for you to follow with the scissors. Then you cut it down that line and it leaves a nice, even straight edge that won't fray as easily.