Re: [lace] Re: 3D printers - out of date books

2015-07-06 Thread The Lace Bee
Nothing new under the sun. DJ Hornsby were selling plastic bobbins based on their hand turned ones back in 1988 when I started. They marketed them for people who wanted a lighter bobbin as there were a similar price back then. L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 5 Jul 2015, at 17:43, Achim Siebert

RE: [lace] Re: 3D printers - out of date books

2015-07-06 Thread Noelene Lafferty
The Hornsby plastic bobbins were in a class of their own, far superior to any other plastics I've ever seen. I've still got a lot of them in use on my pillow/s. Noelene at The Angle, NSW noel...@lafferty.com.au Nothing new under the sun. DJ Hornsby were selling plastic bobbins based on their

[lace] Re: 3D printers - out of date books

2015-07-05 Thread Achim Siebert
Hello Jane, I think most of us will want to work with „real“ wooden bobbins. But this might get necessary eventually - I know only one source of high quality bobbins in the European styles like Binche, Mechlin etc. that are affordable (Karin Langendorf), and I’m quite sure that those are also