aktbone Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Advice needed: I have accumulated lots (over 150) pantographs, CL boards, R&S boards. I am hooked. Not many rulers. After ripping for 8 hours, I am toying with the idea of purchasing the Bobbin Cam. Looking for pros & cons. Does anyone have one they would like to sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Tonilyn: What do you hope to get by adding a bobbin cam? Your expectations will have a lot to do with how happy you are with it. I put one on my machine a few weeks back and am pretty happy with it. I wanted to be able the check my bobbin stitch side without crawling under my machine with a flash light. I can now do that. There are some limitations however. First of all, you don't get to see the stitches until you've sewed 2 or 3 inches, and they come into view of the camera. You also have to be sewing left to right in pretty much a straight line. I know that some others have been able to use the second camera that came with the kit, and are happy with it. I haven't found a use for it yet. I never do pantos, so maybe if I did, I'd discover a good use for it. What it does for me, is allow me to easily look at the bobbin stitches before I do a lot of quilting, so if there is a problem, it isn't too much work to fix the problem, and frog out the stitching, rather than find out I had a problem when the quilt is finished. Thread color and lighting has a lot to do with how well the stitches show as well, but you will get used to that. I look at the monitor when I begin stitching, or when I change the bobbin. Otherwise I don't pay much attention to it. Similarly, if the machine acts funny, or sounds strange, I can quickly check out the bobbin stitch quality on the monitor. Does it make me a better quilter? No, not really. It just saves me a lot of work if something should go awry. Is it worth the $245 I paid for it? To save the work and inconvenience of an unseen tension issue, you bet! I've paid a lot of money for tools that don't offer that kind of labor savings. For what it's worth, this is my take on the subject. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Jim gives good advice. I do use a lot of pantos, so have my 2nd camera set up for that and love it. It took a little getting use to, but not a lot. Ditto what Jim said about the bobbin camera. I check with it every time I am stopped, for whatever reason. I figure I paid for it the 1st week I had it with the labor I saved....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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