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What is best for the machine? (Moderated by EleanorSews)
Posted on: 7/22/08 6:42 PM ET
I grew up with a drop in bobbin and so when I changed bobbins that still had thread it them, they just got yanked out. Now that I have a bobbin case, I can see that I am pulling thread back through the tension mechanism and wonder how good that is for the machine. I haven't stopped doing it, but I am wondering and I have posted it here in case some of the beginners were wondering the same thing.
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Posted on: 7/22/08 8:23 PM ET
I usually put the bobbin on the spool pin to pull off the thread. Son't pull too fast or you'll end up chasing the empty bobbin around the room.
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Posted on: 7/24/08 4:31 AM ET
I don't think you can avoid pulling a bit back through the tension mechanism, can you? You can cut the thread close so that only a tiny bit is being pulled back through, but I can't think of an alternative except to pull the whole rest of the bobbin thread through the tension bit forwards, which I don't think would be any better for it.
Posted on: 7/24/08 10:31 AM ET
I did once drop the bobbin out into my hand, snip close to the case on this inside and pulled the remaining thread out from the outside. I figured at least the thread was being pulled out the same way it is pulled while sewing. I try not to abuse my machines any more than is strictly necessary. 
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Posted on: 7/25/08 9:10 PM ET
Oh! - that makes sense! A lot more sense than what I was thinking, anyway...
I guess if you cut the thread close, and pull only a tiny bit of thread through the tension bit, maybe it doesn't make a lot of difference which direction you are pulling it through? It's not something I've ever seen any advice on either way, so maybe it isn't an issue.
I guess if you cut the thread close, and pull only a tiny bit of thread through the tension bit, maybe it doesn't make a lot of difference which direction you are pulling it through? It's not something I've ever seen any advice on either way, so maybe it isn't an issue.
Posted on: 7/26/08 11:37 AM ET
It may not make a bit of difference. This is just one of the musings I came up with while I had endless sewing time last week. :-)
Here is something I found, though - I put a used bobbin back in yesterday and when I brought the bobbin thread up it snapped off. It was undoubtedly weakened by being pulled roughly through the tension mechanism. Not a big deal of course, but I did have to take the bobbin out and rethread it, which is a bit of a bother with my machine. I'm going to try to stick with the drop out, snip and pull system.
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Here is something I found, though - I put a used bobbin back in yesterday and when I brought the bobbin thread up it snapped off. It was undoubtedly weakened by being pulled roughly through the tension mechanism. Not a big deal of course, but I did have to take the bobbin out and rethread it, which is a bit of a bother with my machine. I'm going to try to stick with the drop out, snip and pull system.
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http://bgballroom.wordpress.com to follow the progress on my next ballgown.
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