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Bobbin Winder Types

Singer VS - 1892

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Courtesy of Claire Sherwell

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TO WIND THE BOBBIN

FAMILY V.S. MACHINE - Loosen the balance-wheel and raise the bobbin-winder until the balance-wheel bears upon it with sufficient pressure to drive it.

MEDIUM V.S. MACHINE - Loosen the balance-wheel and raise the bobbin-winder until the belt bears against the pulley with sufficient pressure to drive it.

Then place the bobbin in the bobbin-winder, and the spool of thread on the spool-pin of the machine. Draw the thread into the eyelet in the face-plate as in sewing, thence into the eyelets in the thread-guide of the winder, first at the lower end, and then at the top, secure the free end of the thread by placing it between the head of the bobbin and the cup at the end of the bobbin-winder spindle, and operate the treadle the same as in sewing.