Thread: Red Snappers
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Old 02-10-2018, 11:57 PM
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Ellen 1
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Originally Posted by MaryKatherine
I don't know what the prices are like in the USA but here in Canada they were outrageous. I went to the hardware store and bought LED lighting track,(flexible plastic type), and plastic hollow tubing to fit. Works just fine for me at less than $20.
Amazing that I seem to be the only one that did not like the Red Snappers. I have bilateral carpal tunnel and have had 2 surgeries on each hand, which causes weakness in my hands. I was unable to apply enough pressure on the red snappers to get them to lock on the backing fabric. (I also did not like the “flapping ends” of my leads when I had a small quilt loaded.)

I sold the red snappers to another longarmer. I also made “a more flexible type snapper” like you did. That did not work for me either. Like farmquilter, I prefer to pin.

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