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Posted by robb on April 17, 2009, 10:30 am
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> I bought a brother se350 refurbished. When I wind the bobbin I
expected it
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> to stop automatically when the bobbin is full. Instead, it
became more jerky
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> (stop and go) when about 75% is wound. I thought something is
wrong, but
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> according to brother, this may be normal:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/us/en/faq/faqh/000000/000400/000036/faqh000436_001.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=hf_se350eus&Cat=53
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> Not only am I supposed to stop the winding process, it says if
I don't stop
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> it, it could damage the machine!!
> What is the use of that oval metal thing next to the bobbin? I
thought that
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> was to push the bobbin away and stop the winding when it is
full, but all it
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> does is mess up the winding by squeezing the thread toward the
top of the
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> bobbin, so that the top 1/3 of the bobbin looks more fully
wound that the
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> bottom 2/3.
> I'm very surprised this piece of high tech looking sewing
machine can't wind
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> a bobbin automatically. How do other sewing machines handle
this?
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> I haven't started sewing yet. I hope there is no more surprises
like this.
hello,
a semi-automatic bobbin winder.
on other machines that oval bar would do as you describe ... push
the bobbin away from winder when bobbin is full ( that fullness
indicator is adjustable by loosen screw , rotate the oval thingy
and tighten screw)
**in my reading** ... according to the ce350 bobbin winding
instructions, it sounds like you are suppose to iniate the stop
bobbin winding when the bobbin winding slows down . I guess the
oval just acts as a drag to slow the bobbin down when the thread
touches it and then you hit the stop bobbin winder button not
wait for it to stop.
on all the machines i use, i usually just eye ball it or stop
winding as soon as the thread touches whatever the fullness
indicatior thingy happens to be.
I do not like to let the thread get rubbed by those stop winder
things as the thread drags and sometimes bunches upand wrinkles
arounf the bobbin or it pulls thread tighter in some spots just
not worth the extra potential hassle...
None of the machines i own do you fill the bobbin all the way out
to the edge of the bobbin (others may know better than me
though) in my experience this invites disaster as the thread will
slip off and around the edge of the bobbin and cause lots of
grief and surprises. This is especially true with slippery nylon
and poly threads and not so much with cotton threads.
i usually fill the bobbin out to about 1/8 " - 1/16 " (2-3 mm)
from the edge of the bobbin maybe your machine is better and
smarter than mine and can fill it more ?
lots more surprises to come
HTH
robb
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