meg Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hi everybody, I'm having mild tension issues when I switch bobbins. They are magna glides. Do you think this means my bobbin case is getting near the end? Wondering if I should order a couple new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Not to state the obvious but you did remove the little spring? I switched over to my magna glides and forgot to do that and had a duh moment...then I would run a business card under the little finger to be sure there is no fluff hiding there...then if you have a tension guide I would make sure your bobbin is set to the right tension...if all else fails then yes I would order several to have on hand but go to a new bobbin case. I have found lately that some of my magna glides seem to be unwinding on the sides about half way through the bobbin which I am not happy about....I am wondering if there were a few that were loosely wound....it could be you have several bad ones like I did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I have had some problems with the last ones I got. Most of mine are okay, but then I will get one that is really loose and requires me to crank downt he tension on the bobbin case. This happened twice with that last quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hi... I'm wondering if it's the bobbins themselves now. I'm going to switch to a different color on the next quilt and see if it still happens. Thanks. And, Vicki, always state the obvious cause you just never know. But I did remove the thingy a long time ago when I started with theses bobbins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I wind my own. Save on the hair pulling time. Not that I have a lot of hair, which I don't, crewcut. Zeke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I was thinking it was just me. I had just enough bobbins to finish this quilt, and the last two bobbins were the pitts!! They were the magna glides.. I threw them both out after trying 4-5 tries with each. One was winding off the sides.. the other just had an attitude I didn't care to find out about. Much less stressful to switch to Superior. If the other Magna Glides act like these 2 did, I won't be ordering more. In fact, with needing 2 hearing aids and a new heat pack, I won't be ordering more. Himself does real good at winding bobbins. Guess I'll ask him to wind them as I need them. Rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoTech Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wow, we love Magna Glide bobbins. Like Vicki said check your bobbin case for fuzz under the tension finger and then check them on the Towa guage. I will admit to putting the bobbin in backwards and it did stitch, make sure the bobbin is in correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I just had to change my bobbin case not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMALKB Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I have a couple bobbin cases just for the magnetic bobbins and a couple for the other prewounds. I have had the magnetic ones not work right before. I would take out the troublesome bobbin and put in a different one and usually all was OK. Must be some glitch in their winding process. I rarely use the Glides because they don't have as much thread on them. I prefer the classics. I am currently quilting my Snow Days quilt and using Invisifil top thread and their prewound bobbins as well. I bought a package at a quilt show to try.........no trouble with them at all........very fine thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Mine went into a new bobbin case because I was having so much trouble. Once I finisahed that quilt, I gput the old bobbin case back in, with Bottom Line, and it ran fine, still is. I'm still not sold on magna bobbins. Maybe it's me, or Penny, or both, or the bobbins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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