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Old 10-08-2010, 03:48 AM
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They do, sort of. My Janome has a seperate spindle so that I can wind the bobbin without removing the thread. Cool!
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Old 10-08-2010, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by karen65ae
So many having tension issues (including me) and I thought if more men used these machines I am sure the machines would be designed differently so you just flicked a switch to change the tension needs for the weight of the cotton or have 2 different tension disks on the machine... In an ideal world lol
That is what is nice about Husqvarna Viking. Every once in a while they poll their users to see what they want in a sewing machine. When I got my Diamond a few months ago I was thrilled to see something on it that had been on my list of needed improvements. I said to my Dealer friend,"Hey, they listened to me!!" The higher end machines have auto sensors to detect thread size etc. You set what kind of fabric you are sewing with and it does the rest. It even adjusts when you go over a thick seam without bogging down. And I understand that they are starting to do these things on the lower end machines as well.
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Old 10-08-2010, 04:13 AM
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I have always wished I could use a spool of thread instead of a bobbin, should be some way of installing a spool and the thread that used to come from the bobbin would last longer and one would not have to stop and wind another bobbin.
Perhaps one ofyour women could invent this and save us all the time we use up winding bobbins.
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Old 10-08-2010, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Holice
yes men design machines and I don't believe they listen to those who use the machines.
Don't you find that in lots of things, though? If the people who design things had to use them for 6 months, they would be designed to work well with no messing, changing, tinkering! Hate the tension thing and oh, the little bobbins is so irritating!! When I'm doing a big quilt, I wind 2 or 3 bobbins to just pop in when one runs out! Usually happens an inch or two from the finish line!!
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Old 10-08-2010, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by msariano
I'd like a machine that would fill a bobbin while you were sewing. Why can't they put an extra path way for the thread to be wound up on another bobbin while sewing?
my janome 6600 has that
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Old 10-08-2010, 06:31 AM
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I'm sure a man developed the mammography machine. I've always said that if a man had to put his testicles in that machine, they'd find a different way to do it.
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Old 10-08-2010, 08:10 AM
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Would love a wider and deeper gap so a whole quilt could fit in more easily,the bigger bobbin or whole whole spool, and a sensor who speaks to me in an understanding tone to let me know my triangles just wont fit so adjust them before I sew...no ripping out !!!
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Originally Posted by catrancher
I'm sure a man developed the mammography machine. I've always said that if a man had to put his testicles in that machine, they'd find a different way to do it.
Still laughing here..although John has a quite different expression on his face ........
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Old 10-08-2010, 09:44 AM
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I don't think you should have to put thread in any more holes than the needle! I have a Tin Lizzie (long arm machine)and have to thread about 9 places that could be little hooks or not at all! I won't tell you what my MOM said when I was cussing the man that made all those little holes!!! I am 60+ and my eyes aren't as good and my hands shake and I am always in a hurry! I don't like pink either but my Liz winds bobbins while I am sewing! LOVE that!
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Originally Posted by Mar_ie
Would love a wider and deeper gap so a whole quilt could fit in more easily,the bigger bobbin or whole whole spool, and a sensor who speaks to me in an understanding tone to let me know my triangles just wont fit so adjust them before I sew...no ripping out !!!
Yup
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