What the heck is it?
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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I was right about it, and wrong at the same time. Stopped at my LSMG for Singer top tension parts and asked him about it. He said it is not home made, but is factory made item that can be bought new. He also has the winder assembly for $14.00. So one could make one.
However if you send it to me it will get fixed up and used. We're almost wearing my wife's Sidewinder thingy out.
Joe
However if you send it to me it will get fixed up and used. We're almost wearing my wife's Sidewinder thingy out.
Joe
#18
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Utah
Posts: 2,093
Handi Quilter made a similar animal with a switch instead of a foot control. Sometimes we get them in and just pop the motor brush out, and pop it back in, and it works. It's like the motor brush gets jammed. Maybe it just needs new motor brushes? Someone with a longarm quilter could use it... if it was working.
#19
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New York
Posts: 1,572
It's definitely a bobbin winder from an industrial machine- I use a twin bobbin/needle machine every day. The motor is sitting where a friction belt would be to wind the bobbin. Industrial bobbins are bigger (thankfully) and have a larger post hole. Industrial machines wind bobbins while sewing. Woe be to the person who uses my bobbins and doesn't wind more!
It is wasteful to run a machine just to wind a pair of bobbins as the motor doesn't disengage from the head. This would be handy to an industrial seamstress!
It is wasteful to run a machine just to wind a pair of bobbins as the motor doesn't disengage from the head. This would be handy to an industrial seamstress!
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