Been there, done that. Not proud!

I clean the bobbin area every time I change bobbins.

My mom once had problems with her old 301A and called me at work. I had her clean the whole bobbin area because she said she had never cleaned it. :eek: She told me later that it looked like a little felt pad under the throat plate. I suggested she do it a bit more often. :D

I have never seen so much lint. Thanks for the reminder:thumbup:

I can relate! My old Kenmore never seemed to need much attention, and I was disappointed in the stitch on my Janome...until I cleaned the lint out and changed the needle! Huge difference!

Holy moly, that was a big one. But it does give you something to talk about at the next quilt meeting.

I clean mine thoroughly at each bobbin change too and here's a tip that might be worthwhile ... I bought a very soft blusher brush from the pharmacy to clean out the lint and it works like a dream. No blowing into the area, though, only brush OUTWARDS.

you can get small vacums that are used on computers & electronics, can these be used for the machine bobbin area?

If your machine had this much lint, it should be serviced you probably have this much lint in areas you can't reach that is why machines go in for servicing. We can only reach the bobbin area and not the rest of the machine and that is a lot of lint just to be in your bobbin area. Cleaning out the bobbin area does not clean out the rest of the machine

Yikes! I use a lot of fleece and flannel, so I clean mine out a lot! Glad your machine is ok.

eeweeeee! I wonder what's in mine now.