Originally Posted by
J Miller
Jon, Glenn,
So can you tell visually if a shuttle is worn past the point of no return, or do you base it on thread breakage and lacerations when you run your finger over the edge?
I have about 5 or 6 shuttle machines and all of them have the original shuttles as far as I can tell. So far all are sewing properly. Knock on wood.
Joe
Easy to tell if shuttle is well worn. Here are a couple pics of a new and wore out Davis shuttle. I believe when the shuttle is so wore there's a notch in it the bobbin is impeded by the notch as it seems to grab and not unwind smooth.
Jon
Last edited by jlhmnj; 12-16-2013 at 12:29 PM.