flat bobbins

I prefer the side loading ones, too, for the same reason; hard to remove.

One of my machines is a little Lotus Stella, and it has a horozontal loading bobbin but also has a built in bobbin remover - nifty gagdget on a spring. Works great, fortunately because otherwise that sucker is impossible to remove!

Now, on a whim I googled 'bobbin remover' and stuff actually came up!

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I prefer the side loading ones, too, for the same reason; hard to remove.

One of my machines is a little Lotus Stella, and it has a horozontal loading bobbin but also has a built in bobbin remover - nifty gagdget on a spring. Works great, fortunately because otherwise that sucker is impossible to remove!

Now, on a whim I googled 'bobbin remover' and stuff actually came up!

Hear hear! I agree but I don't miss the bobbin case. When you removed the bobbin case, if you weren't careful, the bobbin would fall out, under the sewing machine, or worse- into the cabinet where all the lint and oil had collected.

Kirsten

Nice gadget but looks to be a magnet and would not work with plastic bobbins.

Try this.........

Go to an office supply store or even the stationary dept. of your local grocery chain, drug store or department store and pick up a pack of the 'putty' material used stick posters and the like to walls. I have seen it marketed under the brand names of 'Blu-Tack', Sure-Tac' and similar.

Take a small piece and roll it into a ball (about the size of a pea) and stick it onto the end of suitable 'probe' (pencil, seam ripper, the end of a closed pair of scissors).

Use the 'probe' to gently press the other side of the ball of 'putty' onto the bobbin and lift.

Job done!

I use this method a lot for all sorts of things like picking broken needle ends out of bobbin races or dropped screws in inaccessible parts of computer cases. I also use it for placing things in difficult areas too. A small piece stuck to the end of a screwdriver will hold a screw while you try to get it started in a hole, likewise for small parts in any assembly.

HTH

Hey! Great idea!!

On the few Elnas of that type that I have seen, it's not magnetic. It's been so long since I've had one that I can't remember if it's metal or plastic. I have seen some on other Elna machines that were made of white plastic. Basically the knob at the end of the rod is slightly wider than the diameter of the hole of the bobbin and there are four slits so the end will compress slightly when inserted into the hole of the bobbin but still put enough pressure on the bobbin so it can be lifted out. I just went through a dozen Elna school machines but only one still had the bobbin remover. I guess that's what fingernails are for. :-)

gwh

Thanks for the link, but I think I will just use whatever is handy at the time, like a "stitch ripper". So much for progress huh? I will read the other posts now. :-)

Katherine

I prefer the side loading ones, too, for the same reason; hard to remove.

One of my machines is a little Lotus Stella, and it has a horozontal loading bobbin but also has a built in bobbin remover - nifty gagdget on a spring. Works great, fortunately because otherwise that sucker is impossible to remove!

Now, on a whim I googled 'bobbin remover' and stuff actually came up!

-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

--Mae West

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Kirsten, you are sooooo right. Many times I chased the bobbin under the table (or like you, in the cabinet) and couldn't see the thread under all the fluff hahahahahha.

Katherine

Oh no Wayne,

I keep my nails very short :-(

Katherine

Larry you are a gem :-)

Thank you - now why didn't I think of that LOL

Katherine

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