The "lathe" you refer to that makes bobbins all by itself, is not a lathe as such, but a computerized machine that turns out lace bobbins by the thousands.
And that's where I don't understand that those bobbins are still rather expensive. I suspect those bobbins are way overprized and many seller just try to fleece us lace makers.
And then there's those cheap "danish" bobbins that are made from wood not much better than toothpicks - destroying threads and even hands. Or some bobbins on ebay that look really nice on the pictures - but are unusable. Or take those aluminium bobbins we talked about recently - those are certainly machine made and I'd think they are not worth more than 20p a bobbin.
Of course I appreciate nice handmade bobbins and I understand they have their price - and I pay that gladly if I like them. It's a wonderful experience to work with bobbins where each of them has its own little story behind it.
What I missed were smooth machine made bobbins for a reasonable price. When I had the time (and guts ;)) to do a piece needing more than 200 pairs I had to postpone it because I simply couldn't find affordable bobbins in sufficient quality.
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