Help! Thread nests
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Help! Thread nests
I've cleaned my machine, rethreaded it and done what little I know to do and am still getting thread nests on the bobbin side of the sewing. What is causing this? I have an inexpensive Brother machine.
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I recently was getting some nests and I cleaned my machine, oiled and changed out my needle. Nothing worked until I checked the thread path of my big cone thread. I eliminated one of the thread guides and it gave a more direct route for the thread to the needle and the thread nests were gone. Check also that you don't have lint in the tension discs.
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Ditto..Daisydawg...I think the thread has missed a tension at top or jumped out of take-up lever. I vote for tension disk. Do a cleaning with unwaxed floss...maybe a bit of fluff or thread bit is keeping thread from seating between disks.
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Usually when there's a mess on the bottom it has to do with some tension problem on top. If cleaning, re-threading and making sure the tension dial is set at "normal", doesn't work, it could be under the needle plate. Unscrew the screws and take a look at your plastic bobbin case. Is is scarred up? Is it sitting in it's proper position? Is the area under the needle plate packed with lint? Is there a broken pin under the bobbin case? Is the hook damaged? If it has a plastic hook, throw it away and buy another machine.
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The 301 did that to me recently. I was surprised since it's not a usual occurence with that machine. I tinkered a bit and it didn't get much better so I went back to basics. Unthreaded it, took the bobbin casing out, cleaned the bobbin area, put in a new needle, rethreaded, put the bobbin back in the casing and started again. Still not right. So took out the bobbin casing once more and got my flashlight. I cleaned once again and found some bits of lint in the bobbin casing area. Cleaned them out, put a drop of oil there and put it back together. Sews like a top again. It doesn't take much lint in the the right place to throw things off.
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