Little Genie Bobbie Washer Question
03-06-2013, 08:46 AM
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Little Genie Bobbie Washer Question
What are these little washers supposed to do? I can't figure out what the advantage is. I know someone on here will be able to enlighten me. Thanks in advance for all your knowledge. Vonda
03-06-2013, 10:18 AM
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I use them in my longarm bobbin cases to prevent backlash. When the bobbin is rotating at a high rate of speed, and then you slow down to change direction, sometimes the bobbin keeps spinning and spits out a wad of thread (like my technical terminology?? 
) The genies help prevent that. I put a tiny drop of oil in the bobbin case, then insert the genie & the bobbin. It really makes a difference!
Andi
) The genies help prevent that. I put a tiny drop of oil in the bobbin case, then insert the genie & the bobbin. It really makes a difference!Andi
03-06-2013, 10:33 AM
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I'll have to try that, I didn't find they made any difference at all. Is there a right and wrong side? Which side goes face down?
Originally Posted by AndiR
I use them in my longarm bobbin cases to prevent backlash. When the bobbin is rotating at a high rate of speed, and then you slow down to change direction, sometimes the bobbin keeps spinning and spits out a wad of thread (like my technical terminology?? ) The genies help prevent that. I put a tiny drop of oil in the bobbin case, then insert the genie & the bobbin. It really makes a difference!
Andi
) The genies help prevent that. I put a tiny drop of oil in the bobbin case, then insert the genie & the bobbin. It really makes a difference!Andi
03-06-2013, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by AndiR
I use them in my longarm bobbin cases to prevent backlash. When the bobbin is rotating at a high rate of speed, and then you slow down to change direction, sometimes the bobbin keeps spinning and spits out a wad of thread (like my technical terminology?? ) The genies help prevent that. I put a tiny drop of oil in the bobbin case, then insert the genie & the bobbin. It really makes a difference!
Andi
) The genies help prevent that. I put a tiny drop of oil in the bobbin case, then insert the genie & the bobbin. It really makes a difference!Andi
You may find this humorous. When I first read the term "bobbin washer" I wondered what people were doing with their bobbins to get them so dirty that they needed to be washed.
03-06-2013, 01:05 PM
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Tip of the day! If you want to make your own you can. With a applique pressing sheet, or parchment paper. I've used both and they work. I had an old pressing sheet that had a hole in it, so I used it for making the bobbin genie, works like a charm, before that I was using the Sharon Schamber method of parchment paper and mineral oil. Theres a Rene Haddalin video on you tube about using parchment paper method.
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