OT (sort of) Shank remover thingie

On a good S.E.X. day, I picked up a package of themed buttons to use as
embellishments. I'm wondering if the shank remover thingie is worth getting.

Have any of you used one?

Does it require much dexterity or strength?

Do you have any suggestions to get buttons to lie flush on the fabric if the
shank isn't removed?

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I use my button shank remover quite a bit for various projects. It doesn't
take a huge amount of strength to snip most of the shanks, but the little
pieces that you cut off can go flying across the kitchen - LOL! There is no
way to get a button to lay flat if it has a shank - the shank is there to let a
button go through the thickness of fabric involved with a buttonhole, so the
button is meant to stand up a bit above the fabric.

I waited till I had a Joanne's 40% off coupon and bought it then. The regular
price seems to be about $7 or thereabouts.

-JoyceG in WA

Anne wants to know:
On a good S.E.X. day, I picked up a package of themed buttons to use as
embellishments. I'm wondering if the shank remover thingie is worth getting.

Have any of you used one?

Does it require much dexterity or strength?

Do you have any suggestions to get buttons to lie flush on the fabric if the
shank isn't removed?

From: ospam (JoyceG in WA)

...... There is no
way to get a button to lay flat if it has a shank .......

True for regular type woven or knit fabtics. Not so true -- MAYBE -- for
needlework fabrics :-). If you are putting the button over an area with no
stitching, AND if you are using an even weave fabric, you can usually scootch
the threads of the fabric around and make a hole large enough for the shank. I
did this with my flashing lights name "Marquee" so that I could get the little
lights through the fabric without cutting it.
Once you cut the shank off, how do you attach the button to the fabric?
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JoyceG in WA said
I waited till I had a Joanne's 40% off coupon and bought it then. The regular
price seems to be about $7 or thereabouts.

Thanks for the information. I've got a coupon ;-)

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Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply said
Once you cut the shank off, how do you attach the button to the fabric?

Glue or one of those adhesive dots that scrapbookers/card makers use.
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In article . com, anne
writes:

I'm wondering if the shank remover thingie is worth getting.

I don't have one. The few times that I've needed one, my needlenose pliers
from the hardware store have a wire cutter in them. Then just sandpaper it
smooth.


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Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:

Once you cut the shank off, how do you attach the button to the fabric?

That was what I was gonna ask, too. Glue them on?

Some shank buttons have very little depth. As Joyce mentioned, not only
are shanks designed for thick fabrics, they're also used when you want a
loop closure.

Dianne

Except that not all shank buttons are wire. Many are the same material
as the button, including glass. :-)

That's where a Dremel comes in handy.
Dianne

Karen C - California wrote:

In article . com, anne
writes:


I'm wondering if the shank remover thingie is worth getting.


I don't have one. The few times that I've needed one, my needlenose pliers
from the hardware store have a wire cutter in them. Then just sandpaper it
smooth.

From: anne

Glue or one of those adhesive dots that scrapbookers/card makers use.

OMG!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!! The Needlework Police are gonna ketch y'all and
beat you or sumpin'!!! GLUE on a piece of needlework -- OH the pain -- bite
your tongue!!! WHAT will the Needlework Elitist Snobs think of THIS sort of
desecration?!? Do you have ANY idea what might possibly happen to the glue
several hundred years down the road??? VBS -- I think I am having an attack of
the vapours -- someone -- QUICK -- I need the smelling salts!!!!
So -- now that we have that out of our systems -- what type of glue do you
use? I have always just made a point of finding buttons that didn't have a
shank so that I didn't have to sorry about it :-)))! CiaoMeow ^;;^
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PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
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Oh My Gosh!!!!!!!!

My Mother the BUTTON QUEEN will have all your heads for defacing
Buttons. Just kidding, but it truly would upset her.
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Bobbie V.

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