Screwdriver?
#1
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Traverse City, MI
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Screwdriver?
The only real complaint about the BLCrescendo is the little round thing they call a screwdriver to remove the throatplate. It is slippery and unweildy for me to use. I contacted BL and they denied having any complaints and to contact my dealer. I told them that for 4500$, they should have come uo with something better. Ihad already contacted by dealer and she shrugged her shoulders and agreed with me. My husband who does carpentry is making me something better. I just got back from camping in the Upper peninsula again this summer and found a small screwdriver at a craft store that I love in Paradise, MI.
#2
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 159
My Brother machine has the same little round thingee and I threw it as far as I could--it is useless. My hands are large and there isn't enough room to even get a hand in the space let alone turn anything. I found a little screwdriver with an offset ratchet handle that works fine for me. Bought a little 1 inch stubby screwdriver from Annie's catalog and it is just about as useless cause I can't get a grip on it to do anything. And if I ever get another machine (not likely) I will be sure there is enough space to get a hand in there to do anything. Live and learn, I guess.
#3
While I don't have that machine I might be able to add a bit. I needed to clean out one of my machines byt standard screwdrivers did not fit. So, I put the machine in my car and went to the neares BIG Ace Hardware and they found the correct screwdrivers. Yes, plural as I needed two different sizes. They even carried the machine to and from my car. They were so nice it was wonderful.
#5
After struggling to remove the throat plate on my Brother, I asked my husband for assistance. Since then, I have had this on "permanent" loan from his collection. It works great - like it was "made" for the job. (It's called a straight bladed offset screwdriver). [ATTACH=CONFIG]490680[/ATTACH]
#6
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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Cactus Stitchin's screwdriver can probably be found at Harbor Freight.
You should probably send a picture of that one AND whatever your husband comes up with to the manufacturer and say the same things...."For $4500 you'd think...!"
[I am absolutely convinced that that kind of consumer complaint directly to the "main man" (from me 20+ yrs ago) is the main reason the Fiskars rotary you use today will likely NOT cut your thumb off when you close it! ]
Jan in VA
You should probably send a picture of that one AND whatever your husband comes up with to the manufacturer and say the same things...."For $4500 you'd think...!"
[I am absolutely convinced that that kind of consumer complaint directly to the "main man" (from me 20+ yrs ago) is the main reason the Fiskars rotary you use today will likely NOT cut your thumb off when you close it! ]
Jan in VA
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