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Cody Lunning

Hi guys and gals. I got out of the business for awhile and sold all my stuff off. But 5 yrs later I’m back into it and growing more than expected. Along with growing, I’m getting more threads. I’m very hands on and not afraid to make my own thread holder. I’m just wondering what others have out there that works well and if it’s good but you wish it had this feature what would it be. Also, do you tag your left over material when you store it so you know what it is later?

Mike Goldring

I have a shelf that I drilled holes and glued some dowel rods in, that's where I keep most of my threads.
And definitely tag material so you will know what it is down the road.

Chris Vining

same

Cody Lunning

The dowel method is probably what I’ll do. But was wonder if angled like chris has would be better vs flat.

Fred Mattson

Cody,
One suggestion - I find it would be a good idea to cover the displayed thread with some clear vinyl to keep the dust from settling on the spools and soiling the thread.

Steve Ingram

I have made and used the boards however like Fred said, if they are not covered they tend to get dusty so I started storing them in a cabinet.

Cody Lunning

↪Steve Ingram

I wondered about a cabinet, with the thought it looks better with the doors closed. Then I grilled that same night and got into my spice and seasoning cabinet....couldn’t find a thing as it was all just tossed in there. I feel even if I were to try eventually it would follow my seasonings. Maybe I’ll try and come up with the best of both worlds.

Naseem Muaddi

I have a dowel rack much like the others. Also, I've been labeling all of my material for the last five years and it's made a huge difference for me. Finding material and reordering is so much easier now.

Darren Rawlings

↪Naseem Muaddi

Yeah we've been keeping a stock list of fabrics and vinyls and that has made us much more productive and help use stock rather than order new.

Darren Rawlings

↪Fred Mattson

Very true and also to stop it drying out too much believe it or not.

Cody Lunning

I’ve labeled my vinyl with the vanilla tags that have the metal wires on one end. Just stab it through a corner and twist the wires. That way the tag sticks out the end of the wrack. Use to just tape them on with masking tape but left a residue or the tape came off. But sometimes I wish I didn’t have a hole in the material as I needed the roll to the end. I guess I should have clarified as to more what are your labeling techniques.

Peter Pittel

Going with the cabinet idea. Drill the pegs into the doors so when you open them the spools are out where you can see them. Be sure to allow for sing ( short spools).

Lee Welk

We use peg board, its fairly cheap and the hooks can be adjusted.

Mike Goldring

My late father in law made me a shelf with dowel rods about 20 years ago, I'm still using it. Thread on top, I store chalk, razor blades etc on the lower shelf.
I have a sewing area room that is separate from other parts of the shop so dust isn't really any issue for me. And mine is just flat, though the angled unit would work well too it seems.

Darren Rawlings

On speaking with my sewing machine engineer he suggested we store the threads either covered somehow or behind doors to stop them drying out ...anyone have any experience of them drying out?

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