Machine indegestion?
#1
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Can't think of anything else.
Sewed 4" blocks together. Ironed them. Came immediately back to machine - sewed another 4" block together and when I lifted it from the machine my fingertips felt the bobbin loops they were so prominent!!
What the heck ....??
turned machine off, waited 10 seconds, turned it back on - still the same.
Adjusted tension from 5 to 6. Still icky. Removed bobbin, cleaned machine, oiled machine, replaced bobbin. Tension back at 5, still icky.
So I started sewing a bunch of "samples" to bring to my dealer and marked them 4, 5, 6, 7 - and all samples were lousy. I then set it to 3 for another lousy sample and the loops were ginormous (> 1/4"!!). Set it back to 5 and sewed another sample and ... it was good. Sewed several more samples and they were good. Set tension to 3 again and the loops were big but not ginormous like last time. Back to 5. Normal.
So did my machine just have indigestion or what?
Machine is Janome 6600.
Sewed 4" blocks together. Ironed them. Came immediately back to machine - sewed another 4" block together and when I lifted it from the machine my fingertips felt the bobbin loops they were so prominent!!
What the heck ....??
turned machine off, waited 10 seconds, turned it back on - still the same.
Adjusted tension from 5 to 6. Still icky. Removed bobbin, cleaned machine, oiled machine, replaced bobbin. Tension back at 5, still icky.
So I started sewing a bunch of "samples" to bring to my dealer and marked them 4, 5, 6, 7 - and all samples were lousy. I then set it to 3 for another lousy sample and the loops were ginormous (> 1/4"!!). Set it back to 5 and sewed another sample and ... it was good. Sewed several more samples and they were good. Set tension to 3 again and the loops were big but not ginormous like last time. Back to 5. Normal.
So did my machine just have indigestion or what?
Machine is Janome 6600.
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Location: Western Wisconsin
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My bit is a tiny piece of lint or thread got caught in the bobbin area or between the upper tension discs. It was probably too small to find when cleaning, but continued use of the machine finally dislodged it. Changing the tension back and forth might have helped. My theory anyway.........
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My Pfaff is about 10 years old and it did the tension fit too. I tried everything, even read the instructions! Nothing helped so it went to the shop. It took a new bobbin assembly and it cost a bunch but it works like a new one now! Worth the cost. I always warn the dealer when I buy a new machine that I will sew anything I can get under the foot and if that machine can't handle it they will be seeing a mad Irish woman at their door. Several have been honest enough to tell me I didn't want their machines. HA! This Pfaff has been a dandy, a real workhorse and really worth the cost.
#8
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Can't think of anything else.
Sewed 4" blocks together. Ironed them. Came immediately back to machine - sewed another 4" block together and when I lifted it from the machine my fingertips felt the bobbin loops they were so prominent!!
What the heck ....??
turned machine off, waited 10 seconds, turned it back on - still the same.
Adjusted tension from 5 to 6. Still icky. Removed bobbin, cleaned machine, oiled machine, replaced bobbin. Tension back at 5, still icky.
So I started sewing a bunch of "samples" to bring to my dealer and marked them 4, 5, 6, 7 - and all samples were lousy. I then set it to 3 for another lousy sample and the loops were ginormous (> 1/4"!!). Set it back to 5 and sewed another sample and ... it was good. Sewed several more samples and they were good. Set tension to 3 again and the loops were big but not ginormous like last time. Back to 5. Normal.
So did my machine just have indigestion or what?
Machine is Janome 6600.
Sewed 4" blocks together. Ironed them. Came immediately back to machine - sewed another 4" block together and when I lifted it from the machine my fingertips felt the bobbin loops they were so prominent!!
What the heck ....??
turned machine off, waited 10 seconds, turned it back on - still the same.
Adjusted tension from 5 to 6. Still icky. Removed bobbin, cleaned machine, oiled machine, replaced bobbin. Tension back at 5, still icky.
So I started sewing a bunch of "samples" to bring to my dealer and marked them 4, 5, 6, 7 - and all samples were lousy. I then set it to 3 for another lousy sample and the loops were ginormous (> 1/4"!!). Set it back to 5 and sewed another sample and ... it was good. Sewed several more samples and they were good. Set tension to 3 again and the loops were big but not ginormous like last time. Back to 5. Normal.
So did my machine just have indigestion or what?
Machine is Janome 6600.
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