Help. long arm mechanic in Conway AR area
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Thank you for the information. I have used prewound bobbins and have less trouble with them. The top tension is a spring between two metal disc. Took apart cleaned and gave it a buffing cloth run over that the guy in stover told me to use but no luck.
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I love the machine when I use white 50/4 or 50/3 poly cotton thread and the prewound bobbins. But white gets boring on my colorful quilts. I have tried threading and retreading it but still have extra string on bottom. Guess I will see if a regular sewing machine person could take a look at it.
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I have wound my own bobbins but it still had some backlashing on bottom. I haven't found any prewound in lots of colors. But maybe I don't know where to exactly look online. I tried prewound super bobs but they did the same thing. I guess I need to see if I can't keep playing with it and hopefully I find the right tension.
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Try here for prewound bobbins in all colors. Glide thread and bobbins are the best I've found for machine quilting.
http://www.bobbincentral.com/bobbins.html
http://www.bobbincentral.com/bobbins.html
#17
TBumgarn, you probably should invest in the Magic Genie disks. It almost sounds like your little springy-thing inside the bobbin case is not giving you enough tension.
Here's a link to a video by Jamie Wallen, that specifically deals with tension issues. The very FIRST thing he talks about is the bobbin case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mRhcquZTM
Any time I have issues with my system, I hop over to YouTube and look for "Jamie Wallen [my issue]". Jamie has done so many videos on YouTube, I have never had to call a tech to work on my system.
Hope this helps!!
Here's a link to a video by Jamie Wallen, that specifically deals with tension issues. The very FIRST thing he talks about is the bobbin case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mRhcquZTM
Any time I have issues with my system, I hop over to YouTube and look for "Jamie Wallen [my issue]". Jamie has done so many videos on YouTube, I have never had to call a tech to work on my system.
Hope this helps!!
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