How often do you....
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How often do you....change the needle on your machine?
....clean and oil your machine?
....change the blade on your rotary cutter?
I've just did all that and boy my machine is humming like a bee again. Just amazing how much lint is collected underneath the bobbin casing.
....clean and oil your machine?
....change the blade on your rotary cutter?
I've just did all that and boy my machine is humming like a bee again. Just amazing how much lint is collected underneath the bobbin casing.
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I clean my machine real often.(an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure)..I oil it when it starts to look a little dry around the bobbin case,and I change my blades when they start feeling like I am trying to saw with a butter knife...LOL!
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Originally Posted by gaby4v
How often do you....change the needle on your machine?
....clean and oil your machine?
....change the blade on your rotary cutter?
I've just did all that and boy my machine is humming like a bee again. Just amazing how much lint is collected underneath the bobbin casing.
....clean and oil your machine?
....change the blade on your rotary cutter?
I've just did all that and boy my machine is humming like a bee again. Just amazing how much lint is collected underneath the bobbin casing.
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I learnt to do it daily whenever my machine is in use. After using it I will change the needle for a new one and brush out all the lint etc under the bobbin case. Since I started doing that 10 years ago, my machine has never needed a repair or a service. I think that speaks for itself.
It is now a habit and it was easily gained. Especially important if you use cheap needles and you can!
It is now a habit and it was easily gained. Especially important if you use cheap needles and you can!
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If I'm sewing all day I clean, oil, and change the needle at the end of the day or the beginning of the next. I change the needle when it sounds like I'm sewing through paper and I'm not. I change rotary blades when they quit cutting through.
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