Bobbin winders
#1
Bobbin winders
My 10 year old DGD is going to be taking a sewing class. The bobbin winder on the Brother machine she is going to use is broken but the machine sews beautifully. Do any of you have experience with those small bobbin winders and are they worth the money? To fix the bobbin winder on the machine would be at least $90. I think I bought the machine from Costco years ago. Thank you for your time.
#2
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Roswell, NM
Posts: 1,727
I've found the small bobbin winder, approx $25-$30, works fine. I have it and use it with a machine I have that has a broken bobbin winder. Have forgotten who makes it, Singer maybe, since I haven't used that machine in a while.
#4
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Saskatchewan
Posts: 838
I've used one, and found it worked well (Simplicity/Wrights/Sidewinder). My Mom takes hers to classes and group sewing, and finds it really handy. One day I'm going to buy one for myself, as I have a couple machines with bobbin winders that aren't great.
#7
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,421
My granddaughter use to love to wind bobbins using my Sidewinder. I still have a shoe box full of wound bobbins. I think we bought all the bobbin sold at Walmart one summer. LOL
I took the top off (screws) and put a big piece of heavy scrap metal DH had laying around and that stopped it from tipping over. It is top heavy even with batteries in it. There is a tension adjustment you can set so be sure and read the instructions.
I took the top off (screws) and put a big piece of heavy scrap metal DH had laying around and that stopped it from tipping over. It is top heavy even with batteries in it. There is a tension adjustment you can set so be sure and read the instructions.
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