steel wool as a needle sharpener
05-10-2011, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by GrannyHanaDa
I wondered if that was a good idea, esp. if you have a computerized machine, for it says to even keep those magnetic pin catchers away from the machine.
I thought maybe it was not a good idea for those fine metal shavings may just not be the best thing.
Thank-you for more input on the topic.
I thought maybe it was not a good idea for those fine metal shavings may just not be the best thing.
Thank-you for more input on the topic.
05-11-2011, 01:26 AM
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Hi jaci
was so please to see what you wrote.
Was the same thing I said last night whenit was brought up
in the chat. The shavings eve minute will destroy your bobbin case... hope all read this post... after reading the other one.
was so please to see what you wrote.
Was the same thing I said last night whenit was brought up
in the chat. The shavings eve minute will destroy your bobbin case... hope all read this post... after reading the other one.
05-13-2011, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
someone posted a Tute on here about making a needle sharpener for you machine needles. It is nothing more than a piece of steel wool placed inside of a fabric pouch and you sew through it to sharpen your needles...
however..using steel wool, even encased in fabric, on your machine is not a wise choice. Steel wool makes tiny grains of steel when it is broken down...those can cut through that fabric and end up in your bobbin case/race causing damage to the machine! Even if you can't you see them, they are there!
SO, instead of risking damage to your machine, you can do what I have been doing for 40 years....take the lid from an old spray can...then put in a clean/new SOS pad..cover with a piece of fabric all tucked into the cap...now you can take your pins and needles and stab the into the SOS pad..this keeps them clean and sharp the way the old strawberry emerys do.(though they don't have as much emery in them any more more ruby & diamond dust now)
however..using steel wool, even encased in fabric, on your machine is not a wise choice. Steel wool makes tiny grains of steel when it is broken down...those can cut through that fabric and end up in your bobbin case/race causing damage to the machine! Even if you can't you see them, they are there!
SO, instead of risking damage to your machine, you can do what I have been doing for 40 years....take the lid from an old spray can...then put in a clean/new SOS pad..cover with a piece of fabric all tucked into the cap...now you can take your pins and needles and stab the into the SOS pad..this keeps them clean and sharp the way the old strawberry emerys do.(though they don't have as much emery in them any more more ruby & diamond dust now)
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