Spool 'tip' for antique Singer machines......
#13
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Somehow, I just knew you would consider how to weigh thread spools. Perhaps you could take a couple of spools to your local pharmacy. They might have scales that could weigh them.
#16
Gutterman 110yards empty spool: 4g
Old plastic Coats 100 yards empty spool: 5g
Old Wood 125 yards empty spool: 6g
Old wood larger empty spool (more like a 500odd yards spool) 15g
Old wood large "Other" empty spool: 11g
I don't currently have an empty large gutterman spool, sorry.
All weights are very approximate, it's a little digital kitchen scale.
I would love to be able to rewind the old spools. I like the feel of them better too.
Old plastic Coats 100 yards empty spool: 5g
Old Wood 125 yards empty spool: 6g
Old wood larger empty spool (more like a 500odd yards spool) 15g
Old wood large "Other" empty spool: 11g
I don't currently have an empty large gutterman spool, sorry.
All weights are very approximate, it's a little digital kitchen scale.
I would love to be able to rewind the old spools. I like the feel of them better too.
#18
I betcha that the plastic ones wouldn't be hard to make a winder for, they all have those holes in the top other than the one in the middle for the spool pin. The wood ones,... I think there would be reverse engineering... unless it could clamp onto the bottom circumference?
I keep the old spools around for winding on weird threads that I find, or the bits from higher end shirts, etc.
edit: I almost forgot:
Canadian Quarter: 5g
I keep the old spools around for winding on weird threads that I find, or the bits from higher end shirts, etc.
edit: I almost forgot:
Canadian Quarter: 5g
Last edited by ArchaicArcane; 10-10-2012 at 02:30 PM.
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