Nylon Thread Questions

I am looking for the following:

Lily Brand Nylon Thread size A on 400 yard spool #108 lgt scarlet. In Any
Qty!!! Other colors as well but the Red is what I want most.

Also

A machine where I can buy the large cones of thread and spool them myself. Im
sure there is a machine for this. I am having a hard time finding one.
Jay Wirth

Renaissance Ink
1613 Rita Rd
Vestal, NY 13850

www.renaissanceink.net
607 748 4665

"JWirth4702" wrote in message
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I am looking for the following:

Lily Brand Nylon Thread size A on 400 yard spool #108 lgt scarlet. In Any
Qty!!! Other colors as well but the Red is what I want most.

Also

A machine where I can buy the large cones of thread and spool them myself.
Im
sure there is a machine for this. I am having a hard time finding one.
Jay Wirth

Renaissance Ink
1613 Rita Rd
Vestal, NY 13850

www.renaissanceink.net
607 748 4665

As far as I am aware, this firm no longer exists. I have a couple of cones
of their black thread, ( well used, but there was in excess of twenty
thousand yards per spool originally!).

This chart may be of help to you.

http://www.fabrics.net/joanthreadchart.asp

For a long time, for re-spooling, I used the small metal sewing machine
bobbins,

Like these; http://www.sewserg.com/products/abc0127.html

and a Dremel. I used a ceramic rod tip ring whipped to a piece of dowel for
controlling the thread build up. The Dremel was mounted in a stand adjacent
to the large cone of thread, which was mounted on a small wooden table with
a shaft through it to a bearing. The bearing may be "braked" using a piece
of spring loaded dowel, on an adjustable screw. This is easy to make, and
works OK.

After seeing one of these at a friends house, I bought this machine a while
ago, and it is first class;

http://www.sewserg.com/products/abp01519.html ( "Corgi" Bobbin winder)

For 100$ you will have to spool a lot of tying thread to amortise it!

Here are some more, but I have not tried any of these;
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/BobbinWinders.html

http://www.yarn.com/weavingtools/bobbins.html

http://www.villagespinweave.com/IBS/...rchy/0601.html

http://www.norwoodlooms.com/handwinder.html

http://www.avlusa.com/accessories/ebw.htm

http://www.avlusa.com/accessories/ebw_instructions.htm


( These links may not be up to date, I found most of them quite a while ago,
while looking for a machine winder).


Finally, nearly all modern sewing machines have a bobbin winder integrated,
or as an attachment. You might be able to pick up such a machine cheaply
somewhere.

TL
MC

This may also be of interest;
http://www.sewserg.com/products/abp03827.html

and these;
http://www.sewserg.com/products/abp02630.html

http://www.newarkdress.com/nylonthread.html

A search on "bobbin thread", and similar, will turn up many more. Although
you will be extremely lucky to find the Lily thread you are looking for.

TL
MC

This may also be of interest;
http://www.sewserg.com/products/abp03827.html

and these;
http://www.sewserg.com/products/abp02630.html

http://www.newarkdress.com/nylonthread.html

A search on "bobbin thread", and similar, will turn up many more. Although
you will be extremely lucky to find the Lily thread you are looking for.

TL
MC