Originally Posted by alica1367
When I first got my 6600 janome I had this problem with the bobbin jamming near the end. I found that I was trimming the thread too close to the bobbin when I wound it and it would slip out of the hole and get caught in the thread that was unwinding as I sewed. So I had to leave a little longer tail coming out of the hole. Does this make sense?
it makes sense to me. i'm going to try combining that tip with the suggestion to load the bobbin with the little tail underneath.
dealers tell you to not use prewounds and generics because they want to come back for the more expensive name brand bobbins. that's my theory, anyway.
i've used janome, generics, and reusable prewound bobbins interchangeably on both my janome machines. absolutely no difference whatsoever in performance. i have waaaaaay too many empties now to justify buying prewounds but i love 'em. gooogobs and miles more thread than i can load when i wind them myself.