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Has anyone around here had any luck, or attempted, to make any of the early style model 8 bobbins with 3D-printing or finding a machine shop to crank some out?
Tomorrow, if all goes well, I'm picking up a model 8 with a S/N in the lower 300,000's. From the pictures, it looks like there is a little bit of thread coming out of the bobbin case. So I'm hopeful that I'll have at least one bobbin. But it would be nice to have a few more...?

I know some people w/3D printers, although I haven't tested their capabilities or the material capabilities. There are also several machinist shops in the area. I was thinking that making a bobbin couldn't be too difficult for either the 3D printer or the machinist. I have no idea on the pricing yet for the machinist route.
(I'm also going to modify a spare D9 needle bar to accept 15x1 needles for my 9W machine.)

Anyway, if anyone has tried this and failed or succeeded I'd appreciate any advice before I dive into this.

My apologies if this has already been brought up, I did a brief search and didn't see this covered.

Best,
Joshua

joshua wrote:
> Has anyone around here had any luck, or attempted, to make any of the
> early style model 8 bobbins with 3D-printing or finding a machine shop to
> crank some out?

I suspect many here will be waiting to hear your results! (I don't recall
anyone trying this before.)

paul
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paul fox, pgf@... (arlington, ma, where it's 58.1 degrees)

Unfortunately, I probably won't have any results to report back for a while....
There were TWO bobbins with the machine!! (Plus the original manual?!! Plus 2 glass presser foot inserts!!)

Well, if I've inspired anyone else to give bobbin making a shot, please let us know. In theory, it should be very doable... My main concerns/questions are:

1. Not sure about how the 3D print material will handle being spun and the heat from that. Will it gunk up the inside of the bobbin case?
2. I really have no idea about the cost of getting these machined from metal. I'm sure it can be done... but I can also see it being cost prohibitive.

Anyway I'll be sure to post something on here whenever I get around to trying out this little bobbin production experiment. But that could be quite a while... I mean two bobbins? That's all anyone "really" needs, right? ;)

[1] A half-circle chunk, roughly 1.5" in diameter, is missing from the bottom center of the first 1/2 of the pages in the manual. It looks like a mouse found the book and thought it would make a good snack.

-Joshua

Joshua,