fix for notch in thread spoot....
#1
I know the other day there was a thread going around here that was talking about thread getting stuck in the notch. I was just searching ALL over the house for my spool cap when suddenly I walked into the laundry room and looked on the little ledge right by the furnace unit (its a collect all for little stuff ya never know what your gonna find there) and there were two rolls of.......PLUMBERS TAPE! I thought to myself...if I can't find that stupid spool cap I will just wrap a couple rounds of plumbers tape around it! I did find the cap however I tried the plumbers tape and it worked way better than any other real tape would have EVER worked. Just make sure you pull it taught when wrapping. Check the local dollar tree type store they normally have it cheap!
Now if I could just find that quilting foot I would be in BUSINESS!
Now if I could just find that quilting foot I would be in BUSINESS!
#3
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,189
If you have a horizontal spool pin make sure the thread comes off the back and over the top. This put that little notch to the right instead of the left. If it is a vertical pin have the thread come off the right side of the spool, this puts the notch on the bottom. Every spool of thread with a notch is always on the same end. It works every time no matter the manufacturer.
#4
Originally Posted by CoyoteQuilts
If you have a horizontal spool pin make sure the thread comes off the back and over the top. This put that little notch to the right instead of the left. If it is a vertical pin have the thread come off the right side of the spool, this puts the notch on the bottom. Every spool of thread with a notch is always on the same end. It works every time no matter the manufacturer.
#5
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,256
Originally Posted by nativetexan
hmmmm, thanks. so far i've taken my scissors and run the blade edge over the spool cap area and smoothed it that way. I hate those notches.
#7
Originally Posted by katier825
I've used a nail file to smooth them down also.
#8
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina - But otherwise, NOTW
Posts: 7,940
Isn't it amazing what we find that will work as well as all the little gadgets we have bought? I have all kinds of tools out of the kitchen and DH's garage in my sewing room. And I found a bunch of stuff at Harbor Freight tools that work great and cost about 1/4 of what the equal would cost at the LQS.
It pays to improvise!!! :-)
It pays to improvise!!! :-)
#9
Originally Posted by carhop
Originally Posted by nativetexan
hmmmm, thanks. so far i've taken my scissors and run the blade edge over the spool cap area and smoothed it that way. I hate those notches.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
themadpatter
Main
3
01-15-2018 07:03 AM
Elizabeth A.
Pictures
22
08-05-2008 05:11 PM