Re: [lace-chat] home made bobbin winders
i also forgot that all you have to do is attatch your big wheel to another wheel by a chord and then have a bobbin holder clamp glued to the side in the middle of the second wheel. it will just spin sideways instead of upright and you won't have to make all those notches around the wheel. --- susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am sorry about the mishap on the winder. there is another way to build them. i have seen a few like this. use you the big round wheel attatched by a chord to a smaller wheel glued to the side of a bigger wheel with notche cut in all the way around the wheel, it turns another notched wheel that is turned sideways next to the notched wheel. the notches slip into each other but on a 90 degree angle to make each other move around. you glue a holder or clamp to hold a bobbin on top of the second notched wheel that is horizontal. when you turn the handle on the first wheel it will spin the little wheel glued to the bigger notched wheel, which spins the horizontal notched wheel that has the bobbin clamp on top. that is less pressure on the bobbin than if you use one that has a chord wrapped around the bobbin itself to make it spin. it looks like making a clock parts. maybe you can find some notched pieces from a clock maker. how to books on how to make big clocks would be perfect for the mechanics on making a bobbin winder. this sounds like more work to me, and i don't know if i can do that. i will tell you how mine went tomorrow. good luck on your next try. --- Jenny Brandis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wooden wheel one was a flop because it was not aligned correctly with the front posts and the potential wear on the bobbin worried me. Here is the alternative method I came up with in the end. :) Besides using your husband and kids, there is a cheap way of winding your bobbins. (I can't seem to master the string method) Start with from the hardware store plastic tubing - 3 cm long x 6mm (1 1/2 inch long x 1/4 inch) plastic tubing - 5 cm long x 8mm (2 inch long x 5/16 inch) 1 x red 6mm plastic expanding plugs used in plaster walls to hold screws (1/4 inch) hand drill G clamp bulldog clip Instructions on making insert the red plug inside the 6mm tubing, leaving 1.5 cm (1/2 inch) out insert above into the 8mm (5/16 inch) tubing, leaving the exposed end of the red plug uncovered Insert the uncovered end of the red plug into the drill Using a sharp knife cut 2 slits the length of the tube(s) clamp the drill to the tabletop, with the turning handle upwards Instructions on winding Insert the bobbin inside the slit tube with the spangle going out the slits and over the outside of the tube clamp top of split tube to bobbin to prevent it falling out or wobbling Tie on the thread, tension with one hand, turn the handle with the other until bobbin is full NB I would think the same technique would work with electric drill but I rather like the idea of being able to stop the turning quickly. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 7/4/2005 from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] home made bobbin winders
i think i can build something like that. i didn't need another wheel
on the opposite end like i thought they had. just a band to attach
around the bobbin and a little shelf to hold it it while it spins. i
think i can rig up something. thank you.
--- Lynn Weasenforth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Susan,
This is a rough copy of mine, I bought it on ebay, I love it, I tried
to scan it but, alas it wouldn't take, so I drew a rough drawing for
you, write me if you have any questions.
Lynn
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Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:14 PM
Subject: [lace-chat] home made bobbin winders
i was hoping to find a way to make a bobbin winder. i don't want
the
one made with legos. i want one that is manual and cheap to make.
as
strange as it sounds, i thought to make one out of a kid's fishing
reel. can anyone take any guesses on how to do this?
my guess is to attatch the reel to a piece of flat wood, use a
vacuum
cleaner band to attach it to another wheel. or attatch a holder to
the
outside of the reel to hold the tip of the bobbin and bypass the
vacuum
cleaner band and wheel altogether. any tips on what type of holder
might be available to attatch to the outside of the spinning reel?
if anyone would have an idea please let me know because i am not
looking forward to hand spinning a lot of bobbins!
from susan in tennessee,u.s.a.
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Re: [lace-chat] home made bobbin winders
that sounds good. i think i can find one of those at a thrift store. i don't suppose i can use a sewing machine can i? i can attach it to my sewing machine where the thread bobbin goes. i wish they made a little holder to fit over the bobbin winder that it would hold a bobbinlace bobbin. no special tools needed then. oh well! i will figure one way or another. thank you. from susan --- Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many years ago, when money was in short supply, DH helped me to make a bobbin winder using an egg whisk - the type with two beaters that rotate side by side with a little handle, connected by cogs, to turn by hand to make the beaters go round. What we did was to cut off one of teh beaters completely and adapt teh other one so that it could hold a bobbin (secured with a rubber band), and the whole thing was mounted onto a wooden base. Very Heath Robinson but it worked and didn't cost anything like what a 'proper' bobbin winder would have. I now have a proper winder sitting in the back of a cupboard which I never use! Brenda On 30 Jun 2005, at 03:14, susan wrote: i was hoping to find a way to make a bobbin winder. i don't want the one made with legos. i want one that is manual and cheap to make. as strange as it sounds, i thought to make one out of a kid's fishing reel. can anyone take any guesses on how to do this? my guess is to attatch the reel to a piece of flat wood, use a vacuum cleaner band to attach it to another wheel. or attatch a holder to the outside of the reel to hold the tip of the bobbin and bypass the vacuum cleaner band and wheel altogether. any tips on what type of holder might be available to attatch to the outside of the spinning reel? if anyone would have an idea please let me know because i am not looking forward to hand spinning a lot of bobbins! from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] home made bobbin winders
i was hoping to find a way to make a bobbin winder. i don't want the one made with legos. i want one that is manual and cheap to make. as strange as it sounds, i thought to make one out of a kid's fishing reel. can anyone take any guesses on how to do this? my guess is to attatch the reel to a piece of flat wood, use a vacuum cleaner band to attach it to another wheel. or attatch a holder to the outside of the reel to hold the tip of the bobbin and bypass the vacuum cleaner band and wheel altogether. any tips on what type of holder might be available to attatch to the outside of the spinning reel? if anyone would have an idea please let me know because i am not looking forward to hand spinning a lot of bobbins! from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
