Electric Bobbin Winders

[UKRay]

Hi Ray,

This is a little low tech. Hang another spool on the machine and thread it to the bobbin winder, you can even wind while you sew. OR you can get one of the winders they hang on machines that don't have winders (they attach to the table and run off of the belt), they cost around $10.

Art

Not sure what you mean by hanging another spool off the machine, Art? The belt driven winder won't work because my belt is covered by guards and i don't want to remove them (I like my fingers LOL)

I found this:

http://home-and-gard...059435511gukuyB

Looks interesting and beyond my mechanical skills.

Crystal

This looks very similar to Ken's design, Crystal, and would work pretty well - but I still like the look of the ones I found! Somebody must have used one!

[UKRay]

Ray this is the one I have and it works great

This one is at Amazon .com for 21 dollars

That would be my question too, Tim. I use both big bobbins and smaller ones in my machines - I was looking for a winder that did both. I can dream!

Ray

[Suze]

How many machines do you have that can wind a bobbin?

If more than one -- set one machine up to sew what you are doing, and just use one of the other ones to wind bobbins as needed.

Oh and a bent nose tweezers helps imensenly to thead a needle.

I found this out with my serger. I don't know if it is that you can see better because your hand is out of the way or if it because you can hold it steady.

and yes I am near blind without my glasses (try 5/1400)

[whinewine]

Oh and a bent nose tweezers helps imensenly to thead a needle.

and yes I am near blind without my glasses (try 5/1400)

there is a neat gizmo that one can get at a sewing shop- it's like a diamond shaped wire that has metal on the other end where you hold it- you run the wire through the eye of the needle (once through, it'll expand to its diamond shape), run the thread through the wire diamond & pull the threader back out. ta-dah! the thread is through the eye...

I don't know why no one brought this up before...

russ

Edited April 1, 2010 by whinewine

[Suze]

there is a neat gizmo that one can get at a sewing shop- it's like a diamond shaped wire that has metal on the other end where you hold it- you run the wire through the eye of the needle (once through, it'll expand to its diamond shape), run the thread through the wire diamond & pull the threader back out. ta-dah! the thread is through the eye...

I don't know why no one brought this up before...

russ

giggle

yes those "gadgets" are called NEEDLE THREADERS by the way.....

and I have yet to find any that work for thick threads. (the little wire ones anyway) they break easy

now they do make another kind that is stamped out of metal and has a "C" hook on one end that works -- sort of -- for yarn in big hole needles.

[UKRay]

I've tried both sorts, Russ, and neither work! I can't see to thread the needle threader through the needle either! LOL

I have two machines, Suze, one takes small spools and the other takes large ones - unfortunately they don't seem to be interchangeable.

Honestly, guys, I need a stand alone bobbin winder! No, really I do... LOL

Ray

[DougVL]

I've tried both sorts, Russ, and neither work! I can't see to thread the needle threader through the needle either! LOL

I have two machines, Suze, one takes small spools and the other takes large ones - unfortunately they don't seem to be interchangeable.

Honestly, guys, I need a stand alone bobbin winder! No, really I do... LOL

Ray

For the smaller bobbins, get an old, ordinary home sewing machine and just use it to wind bobbins. It might even be possible to find one that can take the larger bobbins too. Or one could be modified to do that by removing the automatic shutoff-when-full device, which limits the bobbin size.

Best is the $10 industrial winder mounted on a board with an old home machine motor and speed control. Then you can adjust the full shutoff for either size.

Doug

[Twincedars1]

For the smaller bobbins, get an old, ordinary home sewing machine and just use it to wind bobbins. It might even be possible to find one that can take the larger bobbins too. Or one could be modified to do that by removing the automatic shutoff-when-full device, which limits the bobbin size.

Best is the $10 industrial winder mounted on a board with an old home machine motor and speed control. Then you can adjust the full shutoff for either size.

Doug

Hello, just go to longarmsupplies.net and look at the Gammill bobbin winder. I have this machine and won't use anything else! Fast and easy and at 89.95 its worth it, trust me! The main platform is made of solid material like corian counter top material with a hard surface on top and bottom. By the way, this uses the same winder setup that the industrial machines use but with a home sewing machine motor to power it. Good luck, Brad.