Parts for Pearson #6

[barra]

This is my home made bobbin winder. The pins of the bobbin sit inside the small notches and the plate at the back is screwed in to hold the bobbin in place. Once held in place the pins of the bobbin protrude just enough so that I can attach my dremel or rechargeable drill. Once the chuck is tightened, I hit the power button and wind the bobbin. I have an old singer 132K6 bobbin winder on the side of the machine table and use the tension disks of this. Sometimes I will just use the hold the thread between the fingers as I wind tensioning method.

Hope this made sense

[badger]

Thanks very much for that.

Very interesting.

I have the roller guide and needle steady that came with this machine. I'm looking forward to trying out the roller guide.

I have a few ideas for a home made winder.

Cheers,

Karl

[greg gomersall]

Karl they had a needle steady for each size of needle. they had an inside as well as an outside rollar guide plus the round rein attachment as DJ mentioned. Greg

[badger]

Greg,

By inside and outside roller guides, do you mean one for the left side of the work and one for the right? The one I have bolts on to the right side of the machine as you look at it while sewing.

Cheers,

Karl

[greg gomersall]

Karl they make one that bolts to the left side as well. I have one of each. Greg

[badger]

Thanks Greg,

I'll look out for one.

Cheers,

Karl

[tonyc1]

They also had "Pricking Up Feet" in diff. sizes.

Tony.

[barra]

That pic is crap isn,t it. My camera is playing up and I resorted to the webcam. I will try and post a better pic of it actually in operation. I have even had successful results by just sticking one of the bobbin pins (for want of a better term) in my drill chuck and I then place the pin on the other end in a hole drilled in a block of wood to stabilise the bobbin. I then just turn on the drill. Primitive but it works.

Barra.

[badger]

Barra,

I have a plan to buy a cheap battery drill and mount it on a block on the bench. If I set the speed reasonably slow, it shouldn't need too much stabilisation, simply chuck the end of the bobbin shaft tight and wire into a sewing machine footswitch. Maybe attach a hinge to the baseplate. drill a hole to hold the other end of the bobbin and swing it up into place.

This would leave both hands free to feed the thread on.

Cheers and thanks for the input,

Karl

[lute]

One thing I have found out about owning a Pearson; if you need help, it seems every other Pearson owner is there for you.

John Leighton told me years ago that he took the flywheel off of one of his Pearsons and brought it to a foundry to have some castings made. He told the foundry people it was irreplaceable.

They broke it.