Metal Bobbins
#21
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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My Janome 1600P that I use for quilting uses metal, the Janome MC6500P that I use for piecing uses plastic and so does my Janome Harmony. The Singer 99K which I have in the closet uses metal. Use the one made for your machine....much less trouble that way.
#22
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heart of Colorado's majestic mountains!
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All of my machines use metal bobbins. They came with the machines and that is what I use and have never had bobbin issues. That is why I wonder about pre-wound bobbins. In truth, I have never considered purchasing them.
#24
I would not even consider putting a metal bobbin in my embroidery machine with the drop in bobbin. But when doing embroidery, you have a machine that is really doing a lot of stitching at a rather high rate. It's a two year old machine and it was designed for plastic bobbins. And they do expect the bobbin holder to wear, it even came with a spare.
I use metal bobbins in most of my other machines, but they were all designed to use metal bobbins.
I use metal bobbins in most of my other machines, but they were all designed to use metal bobbins.
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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Not always true. I've had two Pfaff electronic machines, both had metal bobbin cases and used plastic bobbins. My Babylock Serenade also has a metal bobbin case and uses plastic bobbins. I've never even seen a plastic bobbin case.
#26
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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Funny, I was having trouble with my sewing/embroidery machine skipping stitches. I tired everything. The tech told me to use a metal bobbin instead of a plastic one. No more skipped stitches! It is a drop in bobbin. Unless the machine has a special made plastic bobbin, he said use a metal one in all of my machines. I trust him. He has performed miracles on problem machines that others gave up on.
#28
You brought up an interesting conversation. I purchased metal bobbins for my long arm and they were too small (their error), I tried them in my Phaff and they fit and look the same size as the Phaff plastic ones. I haven't gotten the nerve yet to try it though.
#29
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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Check that they are the same thickness, because Pfaff plastic bobbins are thinner than most metal bobbins, and many plastic bobbins, too. By thickness I mean the space between the two round sides, not the thickness of the plastic sides.
#30
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ranger, Texas
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My 1949 Singer 15-30 uses solid metal bobbins. I have newer metal bobbins that look the same size, but my old girl does not like them. They aren’t solid, having holes on the flat top & bottom. My Brother, bought in 2013, uses plastic bobbins, but they have to be ones with a slight inward curve to the ‘flat’ top & bottom. Truly flat ones don’t work in this machine. I’ve never tried to interchange bobbins between the 2 machines.
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