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#31
01-28-2026I have one and love it. It doesn't wind the bobbins completely full but all you have to do is hold the button down and it will continue to wind until you release the button. I haven't used my machine to wind a bobbin in several years.
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carla
That's a clever idea to use a straw when winding a bobbin from a cone. I'll have to try that.Originally Posted by carla m
i almost didnt get one because i thought really will i ever use that and oh my gosh i use it all the i even rigged up a way to use the large cone thread on it with one of those strong straws from an old sip cup i had around the house we also have one at our quilt house where our quilting group sews and i use that one all the time too its so much faster than using my machine.
carla
#33
Just filled a few bobbins the other day and thought about getting one. That thought is becoming a lot more closer to an action.
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purplefiend , 11-12-2016 08:21 AM
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When the Sidewinder first came out I bought one, only to discover it wouldn't wind the bobbins for my new Viking Sapphire. So it sits in the drawer.
Sharon
Sharon
#38
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
My first few bobbins were that way too until I figured out the tension knob. Bobbins now wind even and full. I use a thread stand to fill from a cone.
I didn't know there was a tension knob. Can you describe where it is and how you use it? I have a Sidewinder, and think that it winds too loosely.
#39
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
Like mine a lot I took the top off and put a heavy weight inside on the bottom. Lots of room in there. It isn't top heavy and top over like it use to. There is a tension control knob on it.
That is a good idea. Is it difficult to take the top off without breaking anything around the case? I thought, too, that is was too lightweight.
#40
I work in a sewing room at our church and for some reason the fly wheel on some of our machines tightens up making it very hard to wind bobbins. We us a Bobbin winder all the time. I don't have one at home but for our purposes at church it is indispensable.
