Originally Posted By: SwampDonkey
Hi Kris,

I just found a metal bobbin to measure and they are slightly larger in outside diameter than the plastic version by about 0.010".

The metal bobbin materal is thinner therefore it appears that more line could be wound on it; but it would be more difficult to reduce the diameter of the metal bobbin vs the plastic version to allow them to fit to the bottom the matchcase.

The metal bobbins were made by; Prym-Dritz Corp ( www.dritz.com ) of Spartanburg SC, they are called Class 66 Drop-in Bobbins and I bought a pack of 4 at Wal-mart for a couple dollars.

Standard Stuff: I have no connection to the above company, other than there bobbins are in my PSK!

Mike


If you put them at the bottom, you may have to break the case to get them out...
You will need some reliable way of extracting them anyway, as they may tilt a little when you try to drop them out.
Try putting them at the top.
You could try to fit a little metal disk at the bottom with a string attached to the middle and thread the string through the bobbins and put a little screw hook(which can be VERY useful in itself in a survival situation) on the other end to extract them with. If the match holder is going to hold ONLY bobbins, then you could put needles and other wire like devices in the center and could easily extract them by taking off the top bobbin so you could reach the needles. You should glue the metal disk to the bottom bobbin if you want to do this.