Ninnie, that's a great link. Thank you.
I wish you lived closer to me, too, Nammie. There isn't anybody around me that quilts. The quilting buddy I used to have isn't coming up to her cabin this year because of health reasons..... I'm quilting by myself.
The hardest part of quilting on a frame is that you have to figure out how to quilt away from you and to the right. When you use a hoop you can just turn the hoop around. But, when you quilt on a frame you have to quilt in different directions. I have a thimble for my thumb for quilting away and to the right. I'm right handed and can quilt toward me and to the left normally.
I'm not sure how your quilt frame needs to be put together but if you posted a picture I might have an idea. If not, I'll tell you that, too. I had another frame without cogs but the one I posted is my favorite.