Originally Posted by
Tartan
Something hard between the pins and your machine is good. Many antique machines have a pin rash from a pin cushion fastened on the neck. "An ounce of prevention is better then a pound of cure."
I've seen many old machines with "pin rash". They would just wrap a piece of flannel around the head and each pin would scrape the machine under the flannel.
But this is really the place where I would like to see a pin cushion. On the newer ones it could be on top just above the needle. I'm going to do that, someday, but I will but something hard at the bottom of my pincushion.