Wood hoop

[gcannon]

I don't use them at all, but I sure smile every time I run across this topic again...I have used them in the past, but, nothing that big is ever really considered here. Last time I used them, it was floor mats (custom) for a truck in a car show.

[KERRMINATOR]

The wooden sash frame is definitely a beast. I mainly use it for doing motorcycle rockers. We use heavy weight twill, dense fusible stabilizer and two layers of cutaway, which is definitely over kill, and I'll likely do away with the cutaway from now on. At any rate, it always causes me to work up a sweat. I never tried it on the floor before, though I'll remember it for next time.

What I do for hooping it is getting the inside hoop's corner in where the screw is on the outer hoop and make sure it's pressing up against that to keep it open (sometimes the screw will get caught and close all the way so I can't squeeze the hoop in). Then I get the opposite corner in, lean my elbow down to get the corner below that, then slide my right hand up to push in the last corner... I try to slip my fingers under the edge to press the inner hoop in as much as I can but sometimes they slip out and I need to start over. I usually keep it reasonably loose to get it in, then use a screw driver to tighten it up...I hate it when the hoop pops off

[signman]

If you have some adhesive backing, cut it into long strips 3/4" wide or so...and take your 'back' hoop and wrap it like a tennis racquet all the way around. The adhesive will hold itself in place, overlap 1/8" or so. Then you can do the same on the top hoop, or just run one strip all the way around the 'inside' of the hoop. Now when you have material in the hoop, this backing gives the hoop some 'grip' and will help prevent a LOT of sliding around, puckering, or hoop popping. And it's easy to replace but will last a long time. And it doesn't leave hoop burn like raw wood will.

[Knehmer]

Signman, my problem seems to be the opposite of what you are talking about [img]smile.gif[/img] I can't get the item hooped because it won't "Slip" into the hoop itself unlike the way plastic allows the item to slide in.

[Gabi Kat]

And this is why I'm going magnetic. Being the "fraile young thing" I am, I just don't have the upper body strength. Yahoo for the Mighty Hoop.