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Oh Joe, I see a major birds nest forming under and on top of your work if you try to run double threads through one needle! It would take a guy to try something like that! Go for it and let us know how bad it was! I am nervous even thinking of doing something like that!
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It worked very well.
I set up both cone stands, one with white and one with red serger thread as the top thread, and the yellow Coats machine quilting thread in the bobbin:
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I grabbed a small scrap of denim and went around in circles. Worked really good.
Then tried it on pre-quilted scraps:
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If you look really close you can see the yellow bobbin thread towards the top and the red and white top thread at the bottom. The tension never gave me the slightest bit of trouble.
Then I grabbed a bigger piece of denim and doubled it:
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It sewed through that just as it would have with a single thread. No problems at all.
To get both threads through the needle I had to go from a size 14 to a size 16. I couldn't get both threads through the 14.
I also noticed that as the two threads entered the spring of my widget they twisted and formed a single thread. I'm wondering if it is the circles of the spring that created that effect. No matter how it happened it worked very will through the tensioners, guides and needle.
My next experiment will be three colors of variegated thread. That should be pretty.
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I just posted pics of my WW8 in the photo section of this thread. First time I tried something like this.
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Well, happy Mardi Gras! Thought I'd share some of my dessert with y'all this evening while browsing the board.
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Not as good as in New Orleans, but a treat nonetheless.
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Not as good as in New Orleans, but a treat nonetheless.
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Very nice Glen! I don't think I'd be able to tell she had some touch ups unless I'd seen the before.
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This is before and after cleaning the cabinet. I did not refinish it just used my solution one to clean then waxed. You can see drawer work I need to do this week.
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Glen, nice machine and cabinet. I think you did good on the gold lettering.
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Hi Glenn,
Great segway; I am supposed to be asking you how to go about cleaning wood. We recently came into possession of and 1870's machine (Davis LA VF) and table. I have already washed with Murphy's but am holding off on anything further until I get my marching orders from you ( per Charlee :-)
Many, many thanks in advance.
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Great segway; I am supposed to be asking you how to go about cleaning wood. We recently came into possession of and 1870's machine (Davis LA VF) and table. I have already washed with Murphy's but am holding off on anything further until I get my marching orders from you ( per Charlee :-)
Many, many thanks in advance.
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