Trouble with longarm bobbins
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Trouble with longarm bobbins
I was quilting along without any problems, but now, the bobbin tension on my Janome Artistic is super tight when I use an aluminum bobbin (that came with the machine and that I wound myself) but yet is fine when I use the prewound bobbins from Superior threads. It's almost like the aluminum bobbin no longer fits the bobbin case (had trouble getting it out). Any ideas on what this could be? Has anyone else had a problem like this? I've cleaned out lint and can't see anything wrong.
Thanks in advance,
Julie
Thanks in advance,
Julie
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Hi Texas Sunshine,
I would have thought that was the case, but I was able to do 2 rows of a pantograph before this happened. Now the bobbin is only about 2/3 full. I'm totally baffled. I'm thinking I may order a new bobbin case.
I would have thought that was the case, but I was able to do 2 rows of a pantograph before this happened. Now the bobbin is only about 2/3 full. I'm totally baffled. I'm thinking I may order a new bobbin case.
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Did you try your other aluminum bobbins? If they all stick, maybe something did happen to your bobbin case (did you drop it by any chance?). The prewounds might be more forgiving since they're cardboard. If it's only the one bobbin, maybe it got dropped and is slightly out of round.
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If it works OK with prewounds, sounds like the case is OK. Did you drop the bobbin? If the bobbin is out of round, it will not spin evenly. Also, if the bobbin was not wound evenly it will do the same thing. I would try another bobbin.
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