Let us know, enquireing minds ya know. Have both spools types but nothing to weigh on. Please.
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Let us know, enquireing minds ya know. Have both spools types but nothing to weigh on. Please.
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Yes, thanks for the tip!!
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Somehow, I just knew you would consider how to weigh thread spools. Perhaps you could take a couple of spools to your local pharmacy. They might have scales that could weigh them.Originally Posted by J Miller
Sweet Caroline
I use cotton thread on a cone with a cone thread stand behind the machine, so I've never had a problem. I also use a spool felt or doily under a regular spool of thread.
Sharon
Or a jewelers, i know a dollarbill weighs a gram.
Whoda thought a sewing machine would perfer a beautiful wooden spool over a yucky plastic one
Gutterman 110yards empty spool: 4g
Old plastic Coats 100 yards empty spool: 5g
Old Wood 125 yards empty spool: 6g
Old wood larger empty spool (more like a 500odd yards spool) 15g
Old wood large "Other" empty spool: 11g
I don't currently have an empty large gutterman spool, sorry.
All weights are very approximate, it's a little digital kitchen scale.
I would love to be able to rewind the old spools. I like the feel of them better too.
Tammi - http://www.archaicarcane.com -Winselmann hc, Singer 2x431G, 3x411G, 503J, 2x301A, 3x 221 (featherweight), 222k - the holy grail, 99k (down to one), 99, 115, 15 Centennial, 66 Centennial Godzilla, 27, VS2, 28 hc, 128 knee bar, 201-3, Ultralock 14u64a (Serger)
they should have a way to take a big spool of thread and rewind on a smaller wood spool. they make bobbin winders. so why can't someone come up with a spool winder.. ya think
I betcha that the plastic ones wouldn't be hard to make a winder for, they all have those holes in the top other than the one in the middle for the spool pin. The wood ones,... I think there would be reverse engineering... unless it could clamp onto the bottom circumference?
I keep the old spools around for winding on weird threads that I find, or the bits from higher end shirts, etc.
edit: I almost forgot:
Canadian Quarter: 5g
Last edited by ArchaicArcane; 10-10-2012 at 02:30 PM.
Tammi - http://www.archaicarcane.com -Winselmann hc, Singer 2x431G, 3x411G, 503J, 2x301A, 3x 221 (featherweight), 222k - the holy grail, 99k (down to one), 99, 115, 15 Centennial, 66 Centennial Godzilla, 27, VS2, 28 hc, 128 knee bar, 201-3, Ultralock 14u64a (Serger)
Great tip thanks.
Regina
I'm going to try it on my Spartan - that machine eats thread at the top - I don't know why yet... Maybe this is it!
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