Originally Posted by
BoJangles
Grant did you take that Minnesota out of a treadle and put it in that case? That bobbin winder won't work the way you have the machine now unless you know a secret I don't know? Did you get the machine with the friction pulley motor added? That was one of the problems when people put a motor on their treadles - the bobbin winder! Or maybe, you could put a tire on the bobbin winder so it will connect to the hand wheel when you try to use it? Interesting!
Nancy
Nancy, I'm not Grant but forum member Jon let me in on a neet trick to make the bobbin winder work without a treadle belt.
You move the winder base from the side of the boss on the machine to the other. This will align the winder wheel with the hand wheel. Then you just stick a bobbin winding tyre on the winder wheel and you can wind bobbins. I've done this to both my Minnesota A and B. Works good.
Here's a pic of my A:
Joe