Originally Posted by
Rodney
Joe I thought someone on here mentioned QC problems with her supplier for the metal ones. I was under the impression she was discontinuing her metal ones for that reason.
You can use plastic bobbins in machines designed for metal ones with no problems. Some newer machines are designed for plastic bobbins. Use ONLY plastic bobbins in those.
I guess I don't sew enough for it to be a huge issue for me to wind my own bobbins. It only takes a few seconds and if you have more thread around there's no reason to unthread the top spool. I find myself switching colors a lot and if I wound them in advance they would be the wrong color anyway, though for bobbin thread it's usually not critical.
I can see the advantage to prewound bobbins if you're production sewing but that's about it.
Rodney
Rodney,
The last time I read the info on her site about the class 15 metal bobbins I remember it being something about the notch that fits over the little peg some machine's bobbin winders use to spin the bobbin. The current notch was too narrow and shallow so they didn't work right. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember.
"Most" of the machines I have that use class 15 bobbins are the other type that have the springy deal on the shaft to hold the bobbins. I've had no problems with any of Sew-Classic class 15 metal bobbins with those kinds of machines.
With the others I just dig through my stash of bobbins till I find a bunch that fit and get with the program.
I have never purchased any pre-wound bobbins. Those I have came in lots of goodies I bought here and there.
I wind my own bobbins. Like Cari, I use a lot of cone thread and like to wind my bobbins with thread that matches my top thread. I've got scads of bobbins so I can wind a bunch of them ahead of time when I want.
Joe