soman2

Hello all,

500A lid open or closed, it still sews. See my solution below! Where there is a will then there is a way.

Soman2

The other Rodney

tate_elliott

Very clever solution!

Tate

Stitchnripper

Very clever indeed!!

chris_quilts

Pretty spiffy!! What is the source of the spool pin?

soman2

The material is 3/16" birch dowel available at the box stores, Hobby Lobby and many local hardware stores. Cut it to length and slightly round the tips. It is a pressure fit and can be made out of 3/16" deldrin or nylon rod. Do not use metal rod because it could ruin the finish in the hole. Elsewhere in the post "Buck rogers Rocketeer" a picture of a homemade unit is posted. Hope this helps.

Rodney

chris_quilts

Rodney, thanks for the information.

tate_elliott

Rodney, I thought you'd placed a narrow drinking straw over the spool pin.

Tate

soman2

No I don't. My sister and I buy those 1200 yd. spools and they are real wiggly on all factory spool pins, metal or nylon. What I do is take a slightly undersize wood dowel and chuck in my wood lathe and after determining the factory pin size, I bore a slightly larger hole in the dowel. Basically it's a undersize/oversize operation allowing a little wiggle room for the spool to pin adapter. This keeps the spools from giggling all over the place.

Rodney

Manalto

Silly spool pins.

sewbeadit

Funny! I think he meant jiggling?