Cone thread holder
 

I just got me a thread holder. Do you thread your machine the same way as if it was a spool on the machine. I just tried to wind a bobbin threading it the way I always have and it wound up very badly. It seem like the thread comes off the cone to fast. If I do thread it the same way as always, then what could of caused it to wind up so bad? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Is the thread holder real sturdy? If not, then that can be the problem. I got a cone thread holder from Joann's and it was a piece of junk. The ones that have the metal base is the best, from Anna's catalog. Back to your thread problem. You may need to use the little nets that go over the thread. It keeps the thread from wobbling [?] when it comes off the cone.

What machine are you using?

Forgot to answer your question, sorry. Yes, you thread the machine as if using the smaller spools. Place the t-stand on the left side of the machine and thread.

When I use my thread holder with my Bernina, I just thread it normally. If I am winding a bobbin, I have the thread go by the thread post (where a normal spool would be) and then the rest is normal. If you get an uneven wind, I usually put a new bobbin and try to get the bobbin thread off onto a new bobbin. I watch carefully that it winds properly.

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I thought a person put the stand on the right, at the end of your machine.

I always use a thread net with a cone of thread. Superior Threads sells a very good thread stand - this is the one I have - http://www.superiorthreads.com/shop/...d-stand-metal/

I put mine behind the machine. If you use a net and thread for winding the bobbin as usual (so the thread starts threading from the left of where the bobbin is being wound, at least on most machines) I don't think it would make a lot of difference where the thread starts, as long as it doesn't get hung up on something.

I haven't tried using a separate thread holder. Instead I set the cone on top of one of those little spools from a travel sewing kit and that stabilized it quite nicely. For the smaller ones I've rolled up a piece of craft foam and stuffed that inside, leaving a normal size space for the spool pin.

I have that one, too. I removed the pin when I was moving, so it would not get bent, but cannot get the pin back in. I use it with a stubby screwdriver sitting in a bud vase instead of the pin.

I also made a thread stand out of a wooden paper towel holder. I drilled 5-6 holes in the base, pounded in dowels, put eyelet screws in the main post (where the paper towel roll would be.) The base is very wide, so it is stable.

Sometimes the thread "rocks" on the stand as it is pulled off the cone. If your holder stem sticks out above the cone, take the spool cap (the cap you put on last when you put a smaller spool on you machine spool pin)and place that cap on the pin, above the cone and see if that helps. It will hold the spool down and help the thread to come off the spool easier.

I've had to hold my thread between my fingers to get it to thread evenly...

What is thread netting

I've been told that you can also cut a section of pantyhose and put it over the cone like a thread sock.

Yes you do, I wasn't thinking straight. Sorry about that.

Cones have to unwind from the top so I sit mine behind the machine in the same area where the spool would go and thread it like normal. If your stand wobbles or tips, throw it out or glue a brick to it.

Mine was wobbly too, and then I screwed it to a block of wood (2x4). there is enough weight to hold it steady

I set my cones in a little dollar store tin bucket. Works like a charm!

I pass the thread around the original spool pin, so it's entering into the little bobbin thread tensioner from the same angle as it would if it were coming from a spool. I don't wind the thread around the pin, just use the pin as a guide. I place the cone older behind the machine, on the right-hand side (behind the main post, basically).

I don't know if that's necessary or makes a difference but I don't seem to have any trouble winding bobbins from my cones. I do have a good sturdy metal cone holder. I do this on my smaller modern machines and also on all my vintage machines. My 6600 has a built-in cone holder so I use that on that machine.

If the bobbin itself is warped or made wrong, that can cause problems. I've had that happen before, mostly with cheaply-made metal bobbins. Plastic bobbins can also be made wrong, or crack.

They are like nylon netting bags open on both ends. they slip over the cone to help the thread unwind evenly and not too fast. I got some with my serger, but you can probably find them at JoAnns.

I save the netting from the grocery store small produce and it works great as a thread sock.

I put mine in a large coffee cup behind my machine. Works great for me. I bought a metal thread holder several years back & for the life of me I can't find it since I moved 6 years ago. Probably packed away in the garage. Have no idea but since I didn't want to buy another one I just use the coffee cup

I use a thread cone standing behind and slightly to the right of my machine and have no problems. Mine is a really old one and very heavy so it doesn't move or tip. When I wind a bobbin, I run the thread up over the bar on top of the thread cone and usually place my hand in the area of the machine's spool holder to let the thread run over my fingers and into the guide at the same angle as if it was coming off the spool holder. It works fine that way.

He he, I use a Mason jar..works for me.

That's the way I do it. My thread stand is behind my machine a little to the right of the spool spindle.

You run your thread through the same path as always. I have the heavy metal bases on mine and I always regardless of what spool of thread I use, I guide my thread onto my bobbins between my fingers. I like nice even tightly wound bobbins and so does my machines.