Bobbin Holders

[Steven]

Who uses 'em? Why or why not?

I use mine. I find banging the bobbin around or trying to hold it with my right and moving the bobbin to grasp the hackle will cause the thread to loosen


I notice Hans doesn't seem to be a fan.

[sixex]

Make a half hitch before hanging the bobbin on the rest.

[ScottP]

Make a half hitch before hanging the bobbin on the rest.

x2. By the way sixex, welcome to the forum.

Regards,
Scott

[narcodog]

I use it but very seldom. The reason I seldom use the rotary to tye.

[Steven]

Yeah, I meant the bobbin rest.

I don't tie rotary style either, but I still use it to get the bobbin out of the way.

[johnstoeckel]

I'm not a big fan of them. Probably because I started tying without one and now they just seem to get in the way. I don't usually rotary tie, but I do for winding some body materials -- eg, a coarse dubbed thread loop for a scud. In this case, I throw a half hitch and rest my bobbin on the tying surface off to my right while I wind the body.

As a general rule, I prefer to minimize the number of tools on my bench. For me, more tools means more clutter and less efficiency.

[Hans Weilenmann]

Who uses 'em? Why or why not?

I use mine. I find banging the bobbin around or trying to hold it with my right and moving the bobbin to grasp the hackle will cause the thread to loosen


I notice Hans doesn't seem to be a fan.

Hi Steven,

Do you mean bobbin holder rest?

I do not tie rotary style, and indeed have no use for the bobbin holder rest - would only be in my way.

For rotary tying, on the other hand, the bobbin holder rest is a very useful tool.

Cheers,
Hans W

[Mark Vendon]

I use mine all the time and don't have a true rotary vise. Mine's home made out of a piece of spring steel to hold insulation between floor joists. I got tired of the bobbin always hanging right there while trying to wrap quill bodies on dry's, tinsel bodies on streamers, counterwrapping oval tinsel over the flat tinsel etc etc. Every wrap would hit the hanging bobbin! After tying in what I need to, on the rest it goes, out of the way, to give me lots of space to wrap all the other stuff. The rest is never in the way, and I can flick it to swing it to the rear of the vise at any time when I don't need it.

Regards,
Mark