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woodpekr

Joined: 25 Nov 2003
Posts: 333
Location: USA Oregon Portland

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:05 am Post subject:

kiteguy wrote:

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Another part of the problem is that the tightly wound thread on the bobbin causes the thread to form tiny loops which want to return to larger loops , that jump off, ready to wrap around the spindle. While on a large spool, those loops are not so small. Also the thread from the large spools from Kite Studio come of the top/end of the spool

My Singer machine has the spool mounted horizontally so the thread comes off over a larger diameter disk. That helps keep things from tangling, too.
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So, the answer to your problem is to get a new machine! Brick wall

Steve D wrote:

Rich, thats happened to me too on occasion. What seems to help the most is adding just a little weight on tip of the bobbin - I use two filled bobbins (with the tag end of the tread taped down). Its only happened on rare occasions since. Also, I have 2 felt disks under my bobbin don't know that 2 makes any difference but I has a spare and didn't have a good place to store it so I just decided to use it instead...

Instead of buying a new machine I wimped out and bought two rubber fender washers. 1 1/2" diameter with a 3/16" hole. One under the bobbin (on top of the felt pad), the other on top of the bobbin. It's hard to say just by observing, but it seems that the rubber washers are helping with inertia and I'm hoping that the flange created by the large diameter of washers keeps the thread loops from jumping off.

I sewed for about an hour last night with this set up with no problem. I'll need to test this with a full bobbin too before I'd say that it's fixed.

Thanks for the feedback
--Rich
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Dennist3

Joined: 20 Feb 2004
Posts: 566
Location: USA, Virginia, HAMPTON ROADS

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:30 pm Post subject:

Stan wrote:

My father and grandfather were sailors and I always had a bluejacket's manual handy for knotwork and first aid, etc.
Stan

I still have my BJM for 14 years ago...in fact first thing I did when I got married to Marjorie was to give it to her and told her to read it...(she had ZERO navy knoledge)

am I cruel or what? ( lil Harold in me...hehehe)

Dennis

Stan

Joined: 18 Nov 2003
Posts: 743
Location: San Diego

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject:

My dad's Navy medical books, including illustrated embalming, were a source of fascination for this kid. I was a Navy brat and swore I'd avoid the Navy when I grew up. My wife is out driving a boat right now, and our conversations are peppered with port, starboard, fore, aft, deck and bulkhead, just as in my childhood. Oh well... Civilian Stan

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