peppermint

Has any one have or had used a Bi-line quilting frame.
I have a chance to purchase a HQ 16 mid arm machine with the Bi-line frame. She also has the table frame but does
not have a table. Thanks for any help you can give. O She is asking 5000.00 for machine and both frames.

icon17

I have the B-line Studio frame its a wood floor model with square rods insead of round rollers. I've only had it for a few months (3) so I have noticed that the rods bow in the center, But in the directions there are ways to firm them up when you have it set in a very long way such as 10, or 12 ft and the Studio will do up to 12ft and a 18inch long arm sewing machine or your 9inch Juki, I use a 9 inch Viking Mega Quilter on mine. 8-) Just so you know a B-line frame cost was just under $1400. +shipping new from the Makers in Canada.

peppermint

Do you have much vibation with the frame. Is it easy to put together? I would be running and HQ 16 on it. My concern is the weight of the machine causing bending in poles.

BKrenning

The weight of the machine doesn't affect the bending of the poles. The weight of the quilt you've got rolled up on the take-up roller will make it bow but the square poles B-Line uses easily slip inside the round EMT conduit you can buy at any home improvement type store. I used my B-Line Studio model for many years at 10' & 12'. I used it with a 40 pound sewing machine on top of a 20+ pound PC Quilter and I had Max Throat which added another 5 pounds to each cross arm and the weights used by Max added another 6-12 pounds to the center support. I believe the HQ 16 weighs around 40 pounds so you'll be fine.

The only problem I ever had with my B-Line Studio frame was the unlevel, carpeted, concrete basement floor it was sitting on and then I only had issues after we went to 12'. It just refused to stay level and had to be re-adjusted after every quilt. The added stress of Max Throat made it "walk" a little. I had no problems before adding Max & I didn't have the bowing problem until I loaded an extra long twin that was heavy flannel front & back but that was easily fixed with the EMT conduit over the takeup roller.

soccertxi

my 1st frame was a B-line table top model. I used one of the brown 10 ft tables and had no vibration to speak of. I started off with a Juki and upgraded to an HQ16 and loved the combo. I have a Gammill now as I wanted to have the capability to do bigger quilts. I sold my set up to a friend and she uses it all the time. I added conduit to my poles too and velcro to make it easier to load my quilts.

linken

The maker of this in British Columbia Canada is no longer in business.