Chair wheels / threads
 

The wheels on my sewing chair are always getting clogged with threads to the point where they will barely turn. Getting the threads out is frustrating and cuts into sewing time. Do any of you have chairs with wheels with axles that can be
taken off for thread removal. If you do, what brand is it?

I have a rolling chair but don't have an issue with the thread - I try to keep a garbage can next to my machine and put it there. After a day of sewing I do pickup what ever thread I can find on the floor. I had more of an issue with the thread wrapping up in my vacuum - with these steps I solved that problem.

I guess I am not as diligent as others - I too ALWAYS have tons of thread inside my rollie wheels on my chair. I just grab and pull - lol - to get most of it out.

try poking a hole in the bottom of a clear plastic bag, just big enough to get your wheel through, then pull the bag up and tape around it to hold it closed. Thread should slide off it onto the floor...?

I have not had a problem with threads, I made myself pin cushions with thread bags and keep one by each machine.

I have a similar problem with my vacuum. I just find that it takes a few minutes every month to cut them free and move on. Sorry!

I don't pay attention to the wheels on the chair until they stop rolling, about once a year. LOL. Then DH takes care of them. I don't know if he takes the wheels off or not. He says it's always threads wrapped around. I try to be careful but don't fret over threads on the floor.

this is how i handle it too

I think someone posted a picture of the wheels on their sewing chair, clogged with thread. I never gave it a thought before. I wish the gadget that moves the chair up and down would clogged in the "up" position on my chair!

I keep a used plastic icing container near my machine for tidbits. I use the hose to suck up the remaining thread around the machine/desk area prior to the major vacuuming. That way there is minimal thread to catch in the vacuum and wheels.

I guess I better check my wheels, because I am not careful about keeping thread off the floor.

I have a Swiffer dust buster with an extend handle I use when the others hitch a ride on Brutus as he walks out the door.

I don't have a problem with it either as I keep a paper lunch bag taped to my table to drop thread trimmings in. It stays open and when full - just toss it in the garbage.

I also have this problem. My chair stopped rolling all together. Fortunately, I have two chairs. I am much more careful with my loose threads now.

I use either a razor blade or my seam ripper - or a combination of both - to cut threads out of my vacuum cleaner. Maybe this would help with your wheels.

Every several months I flip my chairs over and spend way too much time clipping and pulling out all the stupid little threads and dog hair that make it so my wheels don't turn. I actually broke one of my wheels because I did not clean it out and it would not turn any more.
I guess it's just something that need to be done now and then

Is there a way you could send a picture or a drawing? I dont understand
Thank YOU

I also have wheels on my chair. I try to clean them out before they get too stuffed in there.

The best way to prevent the loose threads issue (they end up all over me otherwise) is to use leaders and enders. As you end a seam, run a small piece of fabric under the needle, then cut your finished piece off that small piece (easier to show you than to tell you!). That way you always have a little piece under your needle and foot and NO LOOSE THREADS TO CUT!!!

Even better, you can keep a basket of scrap squares or unpieced units by your machine and use those for your leaders and enders...I do this with light and dark squares. They are sewn together bit by bit that way and eventually each to another etc. until you have rows for a scrap quilt.

Here is a short video on leaders and enders, forgive the awful music at the start!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGU0Edo_0c

Although I use a thread catcher and trash can nearby, I still get threads. I will every several months flip the chair and use my seam ripper to cut the ones out. I'm trying to get better of vacuuming more often.

I've had the same chair for over 15 years and can't ever remember having a problem with threads wrapped around the wheels. I also use a trash can near the sewing table to catch small fibers.