Originally Posted by
manicmike
Looks like you could make one from scratch if you have a drill and a tap and die set. I know you're resourceful Tammi
Alternatively, when I was in high school Chemistry the clamps on the top of retort stands would be a perfect fit. I can find these pretty easily in Melbourne in collectors markets so you shouldn't have much trouble. Schools are full of them (do you know someone who works at a school?).
lol! Resourceful, maybe, these days it's brain power that's lacking. But the communal brain has definitely provided some things to try! Retort stands... I don't recall which ones those are, but Chem 20 which was my last chemistry class was about 24 years ago. I just so happen to have a retired chemistry teacher as a client though...he'll know where I could come by one.
ETA:
Ohh! That's a retort stand! We have Fischer Scientific here, they might be able to help.
Originally Posted by
Rodney
Tammi, shooting you a pm.
Back at ya!
Originally Posted by
miriam
At first I thought it was a needle bar with a clamp. Maybe a derelict can donate something.
More likely one of the braces the shafts go through, but the one pin size has to be pretty specifc because I don't have the luxury of changing it out.
Originally Posted by
manicmike
It's actually a really clever add-on that only Pfaffs seem to come with. My Pfaff 260PE had one of these but it was a clip on thing (even better, took about three seconds to attach). It stops thread from the big spools from twisting as you go, because they are supposed to be put on an industrial thread stand. I'm now thinking about buying one of those chemistry clamps for my own machines: A lot of the old thread I keep getting at garage sales is stack wound.
I agree! I've been eyeballing it trying to think of a way to do it on the LA for Probably more than 6 months. I -may- have snuck it onto other machines once or twice too. The one here is pretty quick, just a twist of the screw. The clip is faster? What does it look like?
Originally Posted by
KenmoreRulesAll
I've got 3 Pfaffs with these but I have 0 of the L-shaped extensions for the spools.
I saw those L shape pins at SewingPartsOnline. There should be other places too...