Bias Tape Maker
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I created this bias tape maker to cut down my bias tape making time. I'm using it to make bias tape to use for edges…
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I created this bias tape maker to cut down my bias tape making time. I'm using it to make bias tape to use for edges and or ties for COVID-face masks.
I am quite excited at how well it worked. I have some metal bias tape makers but no matter how slow I go it the fabric get's all twisted up and comes out very wavy so I was doing it by hand burning my fingers and it takes so long folding it all by hand.
This is much faster and much more precise for me. I hope it works as well for others as it does for me.
I was watching a YouTube video on making the masks and they were saying that they were selling out of the bias tape makers and that it would be a few days before they got more in.
The model in the STL file is upside down because I thought it would print best that way. The wider base is the bottom and the narrower section is the top when using it.
Print Settings
Printer:
BIBO
Rafts:
No
No
Resolution:
150 um
100%
Filament: Inland PLA Doesn't matter
Notes:
I used .12 Layer Height and 50 mps.
In the STL File the Model is actually upside down. It seemed like it should print better that way. The wide base is the bottom and the narrower one is the top when you use it. That way you can see the tape folds to make sure they are even.Post-Printing
Trim as necessary and use a small needle file set if you need to clean up the inside a little to make it smooth so that the fabric doesn't catch.
How I Designed This
TinkerCAD.
Custom Section
How to use the Bias Tape Maker:
1) Cut a Fabric strip on the bias (if you don't want stretch/pucker) approximately 1 and 1/16th to 1 and 1/8th inches wide.
2) Sew across one end of the fabric leaving threads about 5 inches long hanging and feed these from the large opening end of the bias tape maker through and out the small end or use a tooth pick or skewer to carefully start the fabric through. Make sure the fabric is curling the right direction.
3) Lay the bias tape maker with the fabric started through it on your ironing board (the wide side is the bottom and the narrow side is the top) and use two straight pins inserted at about a 30 degree angle to horizontal through the slot/hole in the cylinders with the point of the pin toward the small end of the bias tape maker that the folded bias tape will come out of.
4) Lay out the fabric strip in line, straight and ready to enter the bias tape maker as uou pull the fabric.
5) Pull out a small amount of material (approx. 6 inches) and place the iron about 1 inch from the bias tape maker and pull the fabric slowly through the bias tape maker and under the iron making sure to watch that it's coming out with the sides folded in evenly.
6) Continue to pull the fabric through, ironing it as you go. Pause briefly to adjust the fabric strip as necessary.
7) Once all of the fabric has the sides folded in fold the fabric in the middle and iron again to complete the double sided bias tape.
Using the 3D printed bias tape maker.
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