DIY Electric Bobbin Winder - Singer 111 and 45K Type Bobbins

[Hockeymender]

Just to throw in my .02 cents worth:

 

[RockyAussie]

9 hours ago, alexitbe said:

Good work Constab!

 

I have huge spools of thread (5000 m) and I would like to transfer them to smaller spools for convenience and in some cases neccessity.  Would this system spin the thread on well enough in an orderly manner with no tension issues?.... In particular, I wish to do this for my Gritzner Sole machine and a few others..

 

Cheers

Alex

Hey Alex, What I did for a Frobana sole stitcher I had, was to tap in a post for a simple pair of singer tension discs into the top of the machine. I then ran the big spool down onto the floor behind the machine to one side a bit. This worked very well and gave me better control of the tension particularly on nylon type threads. Beats the hell out of rewinding the threads at least. Brian

1 hour ago, Hockeymender said:

Just to throw in my .02 cents worth:

 

That is a very nice looking 2c worth I have got to say.

[GPaudler]

Clever switch set-up!

 

[dikman]

22 hours ago, GPaudler said:

Now I must urgently make something I didn't know I needed.

Gary

 

I wonder how many of us have done that?

[JKHelms]

On 4/29/2017 at 10:14 AM, Constabulary said:

and 45K winder:

Looks pretty good.

[kgg]

All very nice inexpensive useful designs. Great repurposing.

kgg

[SARK9]

On 11/25/2017 at 1:53 PM, Constabulary said:

I also have to make one for 133K / 132K bobbins sooner or later.

You can modify the shaft in such a way that it will be semi-universal..(I have no 45K or 441 type bobbins to test/verify).

..The bobbins I wind on this one are:  (L to R) Singer 144w/Juki LG-158  Seiko SK-6 (132K stye), U style, M style, G style, A style, and  Singer 29k (large) style. 

-DC

[Damas]

Brilliant !

@SARK9 could you please explain the modified shaft, as it is not clear for me how to built it and how it works