The last two evenings I’ve spent getting my hands dirty getting Miss Florence Jane up and running. Tonight I decided to wind a bobbin. That was a 4 or 5 hour job.
See that round part circled in the middle of the picture? That is part of the bobbin winder. Before I could wind a bobbin I needed to repair the winder. I thought I retained how the parts went together, but my memory is faulty, adding at least a couple of hours to the project.
I found this website which has a lot of information. Enough that I could put the machine back together. It’s still not right — I was only able to wind 1/2 of a bobbin, but it was enough to get me started. There is still a squeak I haven’t been able to get rid of, but the most annoying thing is the clutch keeps slipping. No wonder Momma wouldn’t let me release the clutch on her old sewing machine. Now that it’s been released it slips.
I’ve made an adjustment, so we’ll see how well it takes the next time I sit to treadle. I think I’ll use my office chair instead of the old dining chair. My office chair sits higher.
Oh, the block? It’s Bonnie Hunter’s Scrappy Trips. The fabric is from a Connecting Threads strip set – I can’t remember which one, except there are lots of different fabric lines in it.
sounds fun! Keep on trying to get her Bobbins wound. I figured out my Featherweight bobbin winder only to realize it doesn’t like thin thread in the bobbin. RE-Filling new Bobbins, next time I use it