First, the narrow spool was a little different at first, but so was holding my scissors while I tied until I did it so much that it just became second nature.
As for thread breakage, if it occurs on too regular of a basis my first incliniation would be that you got a bad ceramic tube in the bobbin. That happens from time to time. Send it to Norlander and I'm certain the problem will be taken care of immediatley. As a dealer of the vise products, you can also contact me offlist and I can help facilitate the fix. Another thing, as Dave mentioned, wrapping the thread around one of the "arms" of the bobbin helps to add a little tension to the thread. However, if you have rough hands it could lead to problems because your skin might come into contact with the thread and potentially weakening it by fraying the fibers. I have stopped doing that little trick on spools with 8/0 or Pearsalls for that reason. As where commercial work is concerned, the amount of time I save by tying with this system far outweighs the time spent from what few breakages that occur from time to time; even if I add the time spent spooling the aluminum spools. I am certain I am not the only one on the list that can attest to this. Anyway, I hope this was of some help. Contact me offlist if needed. Many Blessings from the Revolutionary Church of Norm, Don Johnson, Ordained Rotator --- Gold Coast Flies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's interesting that several people really like > their Norlander automatic > bobbins...I have to say that I haven't exactly taken > to mine as of yet. I > haven't been with it very long...but so far I've > found it a little > cumbersome. I haven't gotten used to the "feel" of > the thin spool...and it > is very frustrating when the thread breaks and zips > back requiring a > rethread. > I should add that I mainly do commercial work...so > this extra time (to set > up the bobbin again) costs money (not very > much...unfortunately). > > Perhaps some of the Apostles of Norlander have some > tips to remedy these > problems (other than "Don't break the thread you > nitwit"). I would like to > be able to justify the expenditure.... > > Until then...I remain faithful to the Rite > bobbin...it has become my go-to > tool. > > Best to all, > Chris > ===== http://www.geocities.com/salmn8r/caddisforkids.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
