The Lint in My Machine OH MY!!
05-29-2010, 04:18 PM
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I have two industrial machines with motors mounted under the table. To avoid house calls I learned early to keep out the lint and threads (paint brush and tweezers). Only house call has been to replace a burned out motor with a larger one!
05-29-2010, 07:08 PM
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It doesn't take long for the lint to build up if you use your machine every day for any length of time. I try to clean mine out every time I change my bobbin! It only takes a few minutes and saves me a headache in the long run!!
05-30-2010, 01:37 PM
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I used to use a can of air and read on here that it has moisture and is not good fro the machine. I have used canned air for years and all three of mine are still working fine. Does anyone know for sure about using air? I think the next time I see one of those mini vacuums for computers , I will get one for my machines.
05-30-2010, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
A few days ago I read a post on here about cleaning out our machine. Well today as I was zooming along on a binding for a quilt my DH wants to give to a co-worker whos wife had a baby my machine started acting up. So I tried to do the usual lint cleaning but it still would just not work right. I remembered them saying to take either the back or bottom off, well, mine is on the side. Lordy me.....and then I realized also that I had jammed some of that lint onto that wheel while trying to get it out.......If I had taken a picture I guarantee you it would have been a whole hand full of lint and that is no exageration. I am still trying to get some of it out but can tell a big difference already. I think I am gonna have to go get that canned air to be able to get the rest out. Told DH I probably just saved him about $100...........
05-30-2010, 05:30 PM
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I did not get the canned air. I think I got all the lint out, but I am gonna look for the mini vac for it. My vacumn will not work, I tried, cant get close enough to vacumn anything out.
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