My first vintage was an old 99K. At the time I had it rewired there was a guy who told me to stick with round bobbin models, since they take more thread. The various round bobbins are usually easy to find. It's a few year ago now. Since, I have discovered those who actually use their shuttle machines have a good stack of long bobbins (new remakes are available), wind a few at a time, and the problem is easily solved. If you have a nice machine and want to use it, there are work arounds for almost everything. In a few resent threads on this forum I have discovered there are more people who use their shuttle machines almost daily.
Last edited by Mickey2; 10-23-2015 at 07:12 AM.