Union Shoe/pearson Bobbin Winder

[Saddlebag]

There has to be a better way than how I've been doing it. Can anyone tell/show me the correct way? thanks

[dirtclod]

Put your bobbin a dowel or bolt and use a cordless drill to wind it.

[Saddlebag]

No can do. Mine is long with a small pin in each end to fit in a separate cast iron winder. I wind up pulling yards of thread from the spool then by wearing a leather glove I can create tension on the thread and help it wind the length of the bobbin. That may not be the correct name. It then slips into a shuttle.I've been trying to figure out how to load a pic or two.

[CustomDoug]

Yea but I think Mr. Dirtclod has the right idea for you, it's just that you'll want to modify the dowel. It'll need to have a long groove down the middle of it, so that the small pins will no stop the bobbin from being mounted. I can think of a couple different ways of doing this off the top of my head. Split a dowel down the center, use a belt sander of something to narrow the inside parts of each side (just the length of the bobbin), then glue them back together at the shaft area with wood glue. Or maybe use a bandsaw to create the groove down the center of the dowel. How about those bamboo chopsticks that you usually try to break apart before using? But don't separate them, perhaps they'd work. As someone told me on this forum the other day, "use your ingenuity."