Indeed they have been used with Sewing Machines since they were invented, but a EMBROIDERY MACHINE is a whole different animal.
I run metal bobbins on my Consew, Kenmore and Singer Commercial/Industrial Walking Foot machines but have never ran Metal Bobbins on a Commercial Embroidery Machines, not even my old 1983 Melco Superstar Two or old 1994 Brother BAS 423, I've only used the Cardboard Sided and/or the magnetic Bobbins (which I personally prefer-less fuss-hassle free consistant tension).
I was curious if anybody ever ran Metal Bobbins in a commercial Multi-head embroidery machine. An embroidery house that runs 100 or more heads 3 shifts a day would be best source to find out what works best, don't you agree?
Our commercial walking foot sewing machines, Consew, Kenmore and Singer all have the optional add on Bobbin Winder that winds refill bobbins as you sew as well.
Why I made comment was because I am curious if anybody does run Metal self wind bobbins on their multi-head EMBROIDERY machine in production shop, heavy use.....not in a SEWING Machine used for Canvas and Upholstery Work, Metal Bobbins are quite standard in the industry and as you mentioned since the beginning of time.
Cardboard is all I ever use to use in my OLD machines, which are still in use today, never ran metal bobbins in either, curious if anybody else has ever done so.
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Originally Posted by minimalist
xxyybeth,
Metal bobbins have been in use since the sewing machine was invented. I ran a leather manufacturing business for 20 years before getting into embroidery. We ran metal that were wound by the machine being used. A consew industrial automatic bobbin winder using metal bobbins would equate to using prewound bobbins. Since the cost of those is between 2K and 3K and the chinese knockoffs being of questionable quality many shops will not have one. We did not have one in the leather business due to the large machine's bobbins could not be wound by the automatic bulk winder.
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