my machine doesn't lie

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Originally Posted by bubba

I had Bottomline on mine, so I was luckily able to finish the last five or six inches.......

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that was a prewound bottomline bobbin.

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Originally Posted by Doloris

when my bobbin thread sensor tells me I am almost out of bobbin thread it sure isn't lying

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Mine is the same way...when my Brother machine tells me I'm almost out of bobbin thread...I'd better change it. Mine only has about 3 inches left on it.

I discovered the other day that my new machine does that and she wasn't kidding. I could only go about another inch.

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Originally Posted by KnitWitRosie

My "Rosie" doesn't have that, but my embroidery machine "Pearl" does. It's fairly accurate, but there have been a number of times where it'll tell me it's out of bobbin thread and there is still probably 2 yards on there. Unfortunately, "Pearl" won't let me keep going once the notification pops up. I have to change the bobbin to continue :(

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Jess,I can't remember, is Pearl a Viking?? Try pressing the foot pedal without starting and stopping - if I tap the pedal, it will keep stopping and giving me the message; if I just rev it and let her go, she will sew to the end of whatever I'm doing...

There seem to be 2 types of bobbin thread sensors.

One tells you when you are basically OUT. Stop NOW, because you are done.

The other tells you when your bobbin is low. Find a place to stop soon, because you are about to run out.

I have 3 machines with sensors, and thankfully they all tell me when the bobbin is low. I have time to find a stopping point I am happy with.

One machine though, gets very cranky if I keep sewing. ;-) She will NOT let it go that the bobbin is seriously low on thread. The other 2 are a little more laid back, and trust that I will take their word for it that the bobbin is getting low.