Bobbins, bobbins, bobbins
08-19-2012, 05:57 AM
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My Viking takes a green bobbin which I think was a good thing to keep from mixing up bobbins.
My other machines I have even used prefilled bobbins on and no problems. Both are Brother cheaper machines.
My other machines I have even used prefilled bobbins on and no problems. Both are Brother cheaper machines.
08-19-2012, 08:37 AM
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I have also used a super fine sharpie to mark the weight of thread in the bobbin....like 50 as compared to my regular.....and my mark stays on.....I guess I am lucky as all my Bernina bobbins are metal and all my Brother bobbins are plastic......heaven help me otherwise.....
08-24-2012, 09:05 AM
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My Singer bobbins are slightly bubbled compared to the Elna which are flat. The Elna will deal with the Singer bobbins but the Singer will only work with Singer bobbins and only the bubbled type that it came with. My old Euro Pro mechanical and my Voyager quilting machine take the same metal bobbins & use the same pin on the bobbin winder. The plastic ones use a different pin and the bubble-type Singer bobbins are more apt to wind incorrectly because the bubble butt makes them wobble.
08-24-2012, 09:38 AM
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Where would the mystery and challange be then.......
08-24-2012, 09:41 AM
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I have used an ultra thin permanent Sharpie marker right on the flat side of some bobbins to identify what machine they go to. I agree, this is a problem with the plastic bobbins, which are sometimes so close in size, yet not interchangable. Wouldn't it be nice if manufacturers just all used a standardized size, like most were years ago? Either that, or have the machine name right on the bobbin? We just have all the answers, but nobody asks us...
08-24-2012, 09:45 AM
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Well mine does tell me when it is running real low, but it doesn't re-fill it self, which I wish it would do. I do have to stop and pull out the empty and put in a full one....but yes it does beep !!!!
08-24-2012, 10:14 AM
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Over the course of 60 years I have had a few different sewing machines. Only my singer had the metal bobbin, the rest have been plastic-and I have kept them all. Is there a way to tell the difference in bobbins,of course, besides the width? My Brothers seems to want only Brothers bobbins. So far I have been successful in keeping them apart from the rest but besides marking them, is there a way to tell which ones they are?
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