From: "Ann Legunn" <vtpuppet-AT-gmail.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:09:52 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] Marine Snaps


You want MARINE SNAPS not upholstery snaps! Go to a Marine supply store or
online. We used upholstery snaps and they didn't last one season. a

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On Behalf Of Fred Greenspan
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:07 PM
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Velcro/shadow screen

I've always gotten them at a really good hardware store. I think I've  
seen them at fabric stores and maybe Home Depot. The "Kits" I've  
bought included the tool - a metal post and dish for banging the  
halves together on each side of cloth, the male with screw attached  
(for mounting on wood) as well as male halves for banging on to  
fabric. The female halves get banged on to each side of fabric.

Procedure:
1. You punch a hole in your fabric with an awl, ice pick etc. and  
ream it until it is large enough for the neck of the female half to  
fit through and then mount the other half of the female halves from  
the other side of the fabric onto the neck.
2. Place the sandwiched fabric and two halves into the dish part of  
the tool. My dish tool has two different sides to match male or  
female halves.
3. Place the metal post over the top halve and pound with a hammer  
until they are firmly joined.
4. Screw the male part into wood frame or sandwich male halves on  
fabric and mount in same way as female halves using approriate side  
of dish tool.

Not sure if this is the exact product I have used, but looks very  
similiar just to give you an idea:

http://www.sailrite.com/Categories/Snap-Fasteners

Hope this helps!

Fred Greenspan - Traditional Puppeteer
Ossining, New York
http://www.traditionalpuppetry.com
Punch & Judy, Italian marionettes, flea circus

On Feb 4, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Pam Corcoran wrote:

>
> Hmmmm. Snaps. What kind? Can you get them at the fabric store? How  
> do you attach them to the wood?
> Pam
>
>> From: segalpuppets-AT-comcast.net
>> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
>> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:47:06 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Velcro/shadow screen
>>
>> I love snaps...
>> learned to use them from Nappy.....
>> Don't use velcro anymore...or at least very rarely....(for those  
>> places
>> snaps won't work)
>> Snaps always a first choice...also use magnets for some things.
>> Velcro is a last choice and consideration.
>> Mark
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fred Greenspan" <greenspan-AT-earthlink.net>
>> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Velcro/shadow screen
>>
>>
>> My personal opinion, I wish I hadn't used velcro to affix the fabric
>> under my playboard when I first made my Punch stage cover. It wore
>> out quickly (lost it's holding power) and one of these days I am
>> going to replace the velcro with heavy duty snaps, which I did along
>> the top of the stage. The snaps have worked great for many years.
>> Just my opinion YMMV.
>>
>> Fred Greenspan - Traditional Puppeteer
>> Ossining, New York
>> http://www.traditionalpuppetry.com
>> Punch & Judy, Italian marionettes, flea circus
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Pam Corcoran wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>> Anybody out there ever use velcro to attach fabric for a shadow
>>> screens? Pros, cons? Did you sew the velcro to the fabric? Could
>>> you do it without puckers?
>>> Pam
>>>
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