Originally Posted by Stitchnripper

I mostly use a dinky Brother mechanical, and, I take a drinking straw and put it over the vertical thread holder on the top of the machine for these types of spools. They sort of bounce around if I am at top speed, but for piecing, not normally that fast, and all I have to do is every now and then make sure it is all still in place. I haven't had any major mishaps with this system.