RockyAussie Posted August 15, 2018 Report Posted August 15, 2018 Not sure if this would be best in the 3D printer section or here but I thought I would share this bobbin rack case that I made up today. I have attached a stl file so it can be printed out if you like. I used a 20% fill with .8mm shell thickness settings on the printer. It uses 108 grams of filament at that and in Oz that's about $4.00 worth. It holds 49 bobbins and the L is 172mm x 125 W. The hole size for a bobbin is 12x23mm. BOBBIN CARRIER.stl 2mm thick base The hatch area is the gap area needed between bobbins to get your fingers onto each side of the bobbin to remove and replace easily. Works good .....I think I'll make one for the big Cowboy ones next. Am working on a snap together zip installation guide at the moment which all going well I will finish this week end. Cheers Brian Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
Members gigi Posted August 15, 2018 Members Report Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Very well done with the spacing to allow removing the bobbins! Maybe can add a magnetic plate underneath the box to hold them in place when you accidentally flip over the case? One more design idea (Constabulary's idea) with a magnetic tool holder on the bottom: Edited August 15, 2018 by gigi Quote Houston, we have a problem
Members dikman Posted August 15, 2018 Members Report Posted August 15, 2018 Nice! Thanks for posting this Brian. While it probably should go in the 3D section I think things like this should be in here too as I'm sure that many who might be interested won't think to look there. Please feel free to post any designs to do with sewing machines, more to add to my (growing) collection of possibly useful files. Only problem with that one gigi is that I have some bobbins that are aluminium! (But it would be simple to make). Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
alpha2 Posted August 15, 2018 Report Posted August 15, 2018 I was excited about the magnetic strip idea until I also realized that all of my bobbins are aluminum! Why hasn't someone invented an aluminum magnet yet? Jeff Quote So much leather...so little time.
Members DrmCa Posted August 15, 2018 Members Report Posted August 15, 2018 ABS or PLA and how do you prevent warpage? Quote Machines: Mitsubishi DB-130 single needle, Kansai Special RX-9803/UTC coverstitch, Union Special 56300F chainstitch, Pfaff 335-17 cylinder arm walking foot, Bonis Type A fur machine, Huji 43-6 patcher, Singer 99 hand cranked, Juki DDL-553 single needle (for sale)
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted August 15, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) I haven't yet done it, but I will For the 'clones', I like the idea of a simple piece of wood. If my drill press hadn't pooped I'd be done Few things to get organized around here, and then I'll put one up. I suppose the 'trendy' thing to do is to post all over social poo trying to bilk leather workers into buying yet another item, or plans for an item. But maybe I'll just post a pic and a tip, and you can do what you like. Note you will need: something to drill with (hand drill might be easiest) small twist drills, 1/8" and 11/64" 1" spade bit (you could do with a 15/16" if thats what you happen to have) ruler and pencil block of wood, size dependent on number of bobbins retained couple of #8 screws x 1" (or 1 1/4") Edited August 15, 2018 by JLSleather Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted August 15, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted August 15, 2018 3 hours ago, alpha2 said: I was excited about the magnetic strip idea until I also realized that all of my bobbins are aluminum! Why hasn't someone invented an aluminum magnet yet? Jeff I wondered if anybody was going to point that out. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Ed in Tx Posted August 15, 2018 Members Report Posted August 15, 2018 Brian, Great idea and very well done. Since your doing it with a 3-D printer you could add a hinge and cover for it. I know if it was me I would end up knocking it over and have thread trails across the floor. Quote
RockyAussie Posted August 15, 2018 Author Report Posted August 15, 2018 30 minutes ago, Ed in Tx said: Brian, Great idea and very well done. Since your doing it with a 3-D printer you could add a hinge and cover for it. I know if it was me I would end up knocking it over and have thread trails across the floor. I thought about a lid but to be honest the cylinder machine that it will live with gets use every day and changing bobbins happens a lot so I thought it would just be a waste of time. with its flat base I don't think knocking it over is going to happen but I guess it could be stuck in place with double sided tape or something. 7 hours ago, DrmCa said: ABS or PLA and how do you prevent warpage? Pla and a heated bed run at 65 degrees C. The plate is cleaned well with Isopropyl alcohol before every new print. 10 hours ago, gigi said: Very well done with the spacing to allow removing the bobbins! Maybe can add a magnetic plate underneath the box to hold them in place when you accidentally flip over the case? One more design idea (Constabulary's idea) with a magnetic tool holder on the bottom: Constabulary's idea looks good but I don't think the magnets should be needed at least if the 2 ends were blocked off. Might be a bit easier to knock over and lose them though. 11 hours ago, dikman said: Nice! Thanks for posting this Brian. While it probably should go in the 3D section I think things like this should be in here too as I'm sure that many who might be interested won't think to look there. Yes ...that was my thinking as well and I suppose it should be there as well perhaps as a link or something. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
Members Constabulary Posted August 16, 2018 Members Report Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, gigi said: Very well done with the spacing to allow removing the bobbins! Maybe can add a magnetic plate underneath the box to hold them in place when you accidentally flip over the case? One more design idea (Constabulary's idea) with a magnetic tool holder on the bottom: Not my design - just a DIY I did. The original afaik is from GRABOBBIN. So far I found no better bobbin holder than the magnetic ones. I soon want to make some for different size bobbins as for 132K´s, 29K´s, 45K´s and the like but need some larger router bits... But thats off topic here. Edited August 16, 2018 by Constabulary Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
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