Does Anyone Use An Ironrite Mangle Anymore?
#26
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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I'm 68 years old and remember my mother had a roller iron that was in a green cabinet....she did all our flat work with it. Many times for pressing yardage I wish I had it. It would make things so much simpler at times.
#27
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Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Green Bay, WI
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I wouldn't press pleats, folds, interfacing through a mangle, but all work with the sewing press. Sashing!!
#28
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SW Iowa
Posts: 1,139
In 2009 we had a quilting class that lasted for a little over 2 years. We had every level of experience in it. One of the ladies had a mangle and she brought it when there were several who wanted to make T-shirt quilts. It was wonderful for putting the stabilizer on the back of the design before cutting it out for the quilt.
#29
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas currently
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I've always wanted one. Found a few several years ago, but they were too expensive for me. I wanted it so I could iron yardage without draping over the ironing board and dragging it on the floor.. They're also great for pressing things really flat.
#30
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Mendocino Coast, CA
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I have a beautiful, vintage mangle that was given to me by my mom. It's not an Ironrite though, but another major appliance brand of the day...I can't remember which. My mom was so thrilled when she found it at a junk store. She brought it home and used it for ironing tablecloths and sheets. Later, she passed it on to me.
The mangle is very, very heavy. It takes 2 people to move it. It also uses an extreme amount of electricity to heat it up. The first time I used it, it was like watching that scene in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," where the electrical meter spins out of control. I don't ever use it now because of that, even though it would come in handy for quilting. We're off the grid and on solar and this thing sucks all of the electricity out of our batteries in no time. Alas, it now sits in the back of our storage shed.
The mangle is very, very heavy. It takes 2 people to move it. It also uses an extreme amount of electricity to heat it up. The first time I used it, it was like watching that scene in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," where the electrical meter spins out of control. I don't ever use it now because of that, even though it would come in handy for quilting. We're off the grid and on solar and this thing sucks all of the electricity out of our batteries in no time. Alas, it now sits in the back of our storage shed.
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