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Posted by BooBoo on August 5, 2007, 7:49 pm
Hiya,
How do I transfer thread from one spool to another spool? Is there a low
cost machine that I can get that will do it? I'm not talking about
bobbins but spools of thread. I want to transfer some thread from some
huge spools I have to some normal sized spools.
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Posted by Ron Anderson on August 6, 2007, 7:53 am
Just pick up a cone thread stand and use the cones on your machine.
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> Hiya,
>
> How do I transfer thread from one spool to another spool? Is there a low
> cost machine that I can get that will do it? I'm not talking about
> bobbins but spools of thread. I want to transfer some thread from some
> huge spools I have to some normal sized spools.
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Posted by Taria on August 6, 2007, 11:30 am
I was trying to figure out why she needed to split up the thread
on the cones. Maybe share it with someone? Use one cone for
several machines? I assumed there was more to it than just using
one cone on one machine. I admit I am curious.
Taria
Ron Anderson wrote:
> Just pick up a cone thread stand and use the cones on your machine.
>
>
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Posted by BooBoo on August 6, 2007, 12:05 pm
> I was trying to figure out why she needed to split up the thread
> on the cones.
Sometimes I can get cones cheaper than the equivalent in spools. The
spools fit better into the case I have for thread.
> Maybe share it with someone? Use one cone for
> several machines? I assumed there was more to it than just using
> one cone on one machine. I admit I am curious.
> Taria
I also have spools that have different sized holes. There is also the
thread I got from a tag sale that was wrapped onto cards that I would
like to wind onto spools.
I just made a thread stand using the pictures from this site
http://www.speerhammocks.com/Assets/Images/Thread%20Stand%20%20X.jpg
I found the DARR E-Z Winder at this site
http://www.darrsewnotions.com/darrpage/winder.htm
but I have to call them and ask them about my machine and if I can use
empty spools or if I have to use their spools.
Then there is the E-Z Winder http://www.newarkdress.com/N569.html
There is also King Kone http://www.newarkdress.com/MN136.html which is
not what I'm looking for but it might come in handy when using cones.
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Posted by Joy Beeson on August 6, 2007, 5:59 pm
> How do I transfer thread from one spool to another spool? Is there a low
> cost machine that I can get that will do it? I'm not talking about
> bobbins but spools of thread. I want to transfer some thread from some
> huge spools I have to some normal sized spools.
I use a piece of chopstick chucked into a hand drill; I wound the
chopstick with carpet warp to make the spool a force-fit.
I've used an electric screwdriver to wind bobbins, but it's too slow
to wind a whole spool.
A simple dowel works well: it can be spun between your hands much
faster than you could turn a spool without a dowel stuck into it. I've
heard of using hand spindles for the same purpose.
I saw an ad for an adaptor to fit onto the kind of bobbin winder that
sits on top of a sewing machine, but I'd hesitate to use such a thing
frequently, for fear of bending something inside the machine.
A quill winder would work for spools with the same sort of fudging
mentioned for the hand drill, and they must be available, as people on
the lace-maker's list sometimes report adapting them to wind bobbins
when no proper bobbin winder is available.
Ouch! Just Googled; a weaver's "double-ended bobbin winder" would
work fine -- and they start at $199.00. I didn't turn up any quill
winders. Did find a bobbin winder that can be ordered with a
quill-sized shaft instead of the larger bobbin-winding shaft. Also
discovered that there are also "pirn winders".
Checking lace suppliers: Snowgoose has a bobbin winder for $40. Lacis
has one for $40 and one for $100.
Van Scyver has six, ranging from the same $40 winder Lacis sells to a
$279 electric winder. This one also comes with a crank instead of the
motor for $155, and is the only one at any of the three sites that
looks as though it might handle a sewing-thread spool without being
re-built. It looks somewhat like the weaver's double-ended bobbin
winder.
I think your best bet is to rig up a dispenser that will let you sew
directly off your huge spools. You'll have to have some sort of
dispenser to wind the thread off them anyway, so all you need is a way
to direct the thread from the dispenser to the sewing machine. I ran
the thread through the hinges of safety pins stuck into the curtain
when I sewed off a cone sitting on the floor behind the sewing
machine. I also have a cone of basting thread hanging point down
over the machine, suspended by way of a piece of twill tape from the
curtain rod. (If there is no convenient curtain rod, you can get
ornamental ceiling hooks, some of them strong enough to support flower
pots.)
Joy Beeson
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The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
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