Originally Posted by deplaylady
Well, I was really disappointed in today's mail. I got my needle, bobbins and shuttle for my Minnesota B. The needles and bobbins were right, but the shuttle was the too big and the wrong shape. It was sent in the correct shuttle tube (#9), but it looked like it might have been some type of generic thing. The seller guaranteed it was right for the Minnesota B. I can (and will be) returning it, I sent a picture of what it should look like and hopefully I will get the correct shuttle.
Feeling better - the shape looks (is) all wrong according to the manual, but after checking how to put in a shuttle again and a little trial and error - it does go in - and it does make stitches. So generic or not - it works enough to make me happy and save the Minnesota from being a door stop.