Why bobbin areas need to be cleaned
08-06-2009, 04:59 PM
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Eddie, be sure to also remove the unit the bobbin sits IN. You'll find more compact lint in there to vacuum. Yes, these things do require a vacuuming on a regular basis. Thanks for the reminder.
08-06-2009, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by stitchinMamaw
Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
I read to not use canned air. I was reading tips from a shop and he said that he can always tell when someone uses air because it blows the lint deeper into the machine where it does more damage and you can't clean it out.
08-07-2009, 12:22 AM
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Eddie,
I have had my michine for years, and every time I have to rewind my bobbin, I clean out my bobbin area. When I took my machine in for cleaning, and oiling, the man told me it was the cleanest machine he had ever seen. He said it only had two pieces of lent in it. I felt pretty good, lol. :D Pauline
I have had my michine for years, and every time I have to rewind my bobbin, I clean out my bobbin area. When I took my machine in for cleaning, and oiling, the man told me it was the cleanest machine he had ever seen. He said it only had two pieces of lent in it. I felt pretty good, lol. :D Pauline
08-07-2009, 01:03 AM
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I keep my little brush nex to my spare bobbin box and clean everytime I change or refill a bobbin. I oil around once a week; I also clean after machne quilting - batting makes more lint than regular fabric. And I change needles after quilting with poly batting which blunts like nothing else!
Don't I sound good? I have to add that this is only since I got my new (to me) machine. The old one had the same needle in for ten years and used to get it's bobbin race blown into once in a blue moon if it was lucky! :oops: :lol:
Don't I sound good? I have to add that this is only since I got my new (to me) machine. The old one had the same needle in for ten years and used to get it's bobbin race blown into once in a blue moon if it was lucky! :oops: :lol:
08-07-2009, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by mamatobugboo
LOL - that reminds me of when I was a new sewer and I kept getting "birdsnests" on the bottom of the fabric - my friend/quilt teacher suggested I clean the bobbin casing area - I took out the bobbin and thre was about 1/8 in. worth of sewing dust under the bobbin! cleaned it out and everything immediately worked!
great suggestion/picture!
great suggestion/picture!
add that I had been using Coats and Clark thread. My teacher said
that it was made of short lengths of thread unlike the more expensive
threads. Since that time, I use better thread and haven't had the
problem again.
08-07-2009, 08:13 AM
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Back in the early 1980's I bought a sewing machine at a yard sale . I thought cool it's only $20.00 ! Had a scrap of fabric under the needle where someone had sewed on it . Took it home , plugged it in . Nothing would move ! Crap ! Took the throatplate off and my god what a mess was in there . Pieces of thread , thread wrapped around the bobbin shuttle. But I started cleaning this out and a couple hours later . I kid you not a half a paper lunch sack full of lint and thread pieces ! Some of it was so compacted that it had gotten hard . After that a good oiling and it worked fine for a few more years . Also changed the needle . Annie
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