Threading A Serger
#31
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My sister got a good hint which I follow. Thread from the bottom up and I even pull the thread out of the needles till I get the loopers threaded. It seems that the thread from the needles gets involved with the loopers in a bad way if they are threaded when you turn the wheel to thread the loopers. I usually tie the new colors with a good small knot) to the looper threads as I take off the old colors on top. They pull the thread thru the path. The left looper is difficult, but I have a tweezers to insert the thread into the looper bar that moves over the right looper. I do a lot of sewing on knits and garments and find the serger very useful.
#33
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: New Kent, Va.
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I have a singer that I have taken to the shop 3 times just so they can thread it. Now instead of driving one hour for them to thread it I broke down and bought a babylock serger. NO MORE Threading it does it automatically!
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I guess I've never had much trouble threading my serger. It's a White and has little hooks instead of holes for the thread to go through. It also has a color coded threading diagram on the hatch to guide me. Although most of the time I do tie the new color onto the old one to thread it. Once it is threaded, I readjust the tensions, hold on to the ends of the threads & give a gentle tug on each thread above the tensions to "set" the thread in the tensions properly & give it a test sew to make sure everything is working right before starting on my project.
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My Huskylock serger was my mom's, purchased before my dad died in 1983...dunno for sure how old it is!
She was good about keeping everything, and it has a threading chart with it. I can thread it fairly fast...about 5 or 10 minutes, even tho I don't use it often. It does help that it's color coded.
She was good about keeping everything, and it has a threading chart with it. I can thread it fairly fast...about 5 or 10 minutes, even tho I don't use it often. It does help that it's color coded.
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Originally Posted by Stormie
:cry: I have a Serger I brought 4 years ago. I used it once, until I un-threaded it.....does anyone have any idea of how to Thread a Serger, especially the upper and lower loopers> :oops: Instructions are not very clear...
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I recently bought a used serger off Craig's List - a Toyota. I was so intimidated that I couldn't do anything....I was frozen. I mentioned on this blog that someone had the same Serger and they offered their manual to me. That's when I had to admit to myself that I was just scared to try it. So I took a block of time...couple of hours....and using the manual taught myself to thread the machine and get it to work....then with my heart in my throat, I unthreaded it and did it again....then unthreaded it and did it again. It's amazing how it can be so freeing. Give it a try.
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OK I bought a juno serger,(about $200.) could not for the life of me figure out how to thread it. Wanted to toss it out the window, was so mad.
Went to my local Pfaff dealer and bought a ($1100. Pfaff serger) Which had on line threading info and a CD of the same. Was easy to do step by step, so easy in fact that I was then able to thread the juno, (which I later sold)
Now have a lap top computer (which I traded with my sister for my old Pfaff 1229 with IDT) I can have right by my serger, with threading CD and paly it while I thread it. Works for me.
Went to my local Pfaff dealer and bought a ($1100. Pfaff serger) Which had on line threading info and a CD of the same. Was easy to do step by step, so easy in fact that I was then able to thread the juno, (which I later sold)
Now have a lap top computer (which I traded with my sister for my old Pfaff 1229 with IDT) I can have right by my serger, with threading CD and paly it while I thread it. Works for me.
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