What size bobbin does a janome platinum gem take?
#1
What size bobbin does a janome platinum gem take?
My daughter has a janome machine I think its a platinum gem 7200. I KNOW its a platinum gem. She has the manual but it DOES NOT say what size bobbins it takes. Both her and I have read every word in her manual and found nothing about the size bobbin it takes. When it was given to her, it had a paper bobbin in it and it had no size. Does anyone know what size it takes?
#3
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Saskatchewan
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I believe it's a class 15 bobbin. I know that's what the Janome Gem Gold uses, and I can't imagine they would have a different bobbin in another Gem machine.
Edit: Like mlmack says, use plastic bobbins in you Janome. I've been using prewound plastic bobbins in mine for the past year, and they work great. I've been told by a couple Janome technicians to use plastic bobbins only, not metal.
Edit: Like mlmack says, use plastic bobbins in you Janome. I've been using prewound plastic bobbins in mine for the past year, and they work great. I've been told by a couple Janome technicians to use plastic bobbins only, not metal.
#4
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Location: North Dakota
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Well what a wonderful way to not save money. Why on earth would they recommend you buy prefilled plastic ones? Even if you bought the plastic bobbins and would them yourself, you would save a lot of money.
#5
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Location: Saskatchewan
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Nobody recommended the prewound bobbins, just plastic.
I don't use prewounds to save money, although metre-per-metre, they're not much more expensive than buying thread and winding my own. I buy them for a couple reasons; the ones I get have extra-fine bobbin thread (I think it's Fil-tec, similar to Bottom Line by Superior), so that the backside stitching is less obvious. Because it's fine, there is more thread per bobbin, so you don't have to change them as often. I didn't have many bobbins, so this was about the same price as buying empties. I will probably buy them again because I also hate winding bobbins, so for a few cents I avoid an unpleasant chore.
I don't use them for everything, but when I want a subtle cream bobbin thread, I think it's a good option. There are lots of little chores I hate in life, and if I can avoid them (and make my life happier) for what's working out to about 30 cents per month, why not?
I don't use prewounds to save money, although metre-per-metre, they're not much more expensive than buying thread and winding my own. I buy them for a couple reasons; the ones I get have extra-fine bobbin thread (I think it's Fil-tec, similar to Bottom Line by Superior), so that the backside stitching is less obvious. Because it's fine, there is more thread per bobbin, so you don't have to change them as often. I didn't have many bobbins, so this was about the same price as buying empties. I will probably buy them again because I also hate winding bobbins, so for a few cents I avoid an unpleasant chore.
I don't use them for everything, but when I want a subtle cream bobbin thread, I think it's a good option. There are lots of little chores I hate in life, and if I can avoid them (and make my life happier) for what's working out to about 30 cents per month, why not?
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