Bobbin

For other uses, see Bobbin (disambiguation).
Vintage wooden bobbins, cylindrical, empty of wound fiber, dimensions 16 in. high by 9 in. in diameter.
Vintage wooden bobbin, unflanged, wound with yarn and attached to a "shuttle" that fits it for use in a floor loom.

A bobbin or spool is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which yarn, thread, wire, tape or film is wound.[1] Bobbins are typically found in industrial textile machinery,[2] as well as in sewing machines, fishing reels, tape measures, film rolls, cassette tapes, within electronic and electrical equipment, and for various other applications.[not verified in body]

  1. ^ "Bobbins". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
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