jrhboxers

WOW - that is a great site. I have marked it so that I can go back and really look at everything. That is definetely a good starting point. I guess I will be buying a couple of those for my machines.

And they are so reasonably prices - $1 - $4. I might need to get me one for my new Brother. It is so much faster than my old Singer, might be a good idea.

Candace

Thanks for the link. But I'm having a hard time picturing how these work and would protect fingers.

Bobbin along

I know that Viking sells a finger guard for their machines. It is clear plastic, sort of U-shaped, that fastens down in front of the needle. The kiddies can see what they are doing, but this would prevent them from getting their fingers actually into the "danger zone."
Good luck!

Candace

That's exactly what I'm looking for and what my repairman described. Though I can't seem to find a universal type one that would work. I'll keep looking...

MommaDorian

I just taught my 7 yo DD to use my machine. I didn't know these even existed. When we started, I told her two things to watch for...the needle and the needle tightening screw. Of course, the 2nd time she puts the needle in motion, the screw gets her knuckle. She cried, but went right back to it. I might just have to look into this.

Thanks

CJ4JC

Candace, I was wondering if you got the finger guard and if it worked on your machine. Just yesterday our 8 year daughter stitched the needle thru her finger in her sewing class and we had to take her to the hospital to have the needle removed. I have been searching on the internet for a guard but have had no luck. Our daughter is fine, on the way to the hospital and after the initial shock of having a needle thru her finger and after some of the pain went away she started joking around saying she looked like Frankenstein and said that she wished it had happened on halloween. She wants to go back to her sewing class but we would love to find the finger guard to prevent another trip to the hospital.

Candace

Sorry, but no I never got one. I just couldn't find one on the net that looked like it would work on the machine I was teaching her on.

I sat with her the whole time and watched her like a hawk and warned her repeatedly about what could happen. If you do find a good one, could you post it and let me know?

Sorry to hear about the accident. I've had it happen to me a few times, though just through the nail and not anything as severe....

jlm5419

When I wanted to teach my grands to sew, I found a photo of a wire finger protector online. I asked my son about fabricating something similar. He found some wire and created a quick inexpensive duplicate. It attaches next to the presser foot and works great. So far, no kids have sewn their fingers.

miriam

I found a finger guard on sew-classic's site - she is out of stock though. bummer.

jlm5419

My son fabricated one with wire, copying a photo of one we saw online. He just bent the wire with needle nose pliers into the correct shape. It attaches along with the presser foot and goes around in front of the needle. I taught 3 of my grands to sew using that protector.