My 401A hasn't been the same since . . .
#1
My 401A hasn't been the same since . . .
I loaned it to a friend because she wanted to make a summer quilt.
She said the needle broke on her and she replaced it but decided to buy her own machine. So they gave it back along with a new pack of needles.
I started to sew . . . broke the needle.
Cleaned and defuzzed the machine. Put a needle back in. Broke again.
Looked around to see if anything was hitting but couldn't see it.
Oh, it breaks when I zig zag.
Hoping someone out there has had this problem before and knows how to fix it.
She said the needle broke on her and she replaced it but decided to buy her own machine. So they gave it back along with a new pack of needles.
I started to sew . . . broke the needle.
Cleaned and defuzzed the machine. Put a needle back in. Broke again.
Looked around to see if anything was hitting but couldn't see it.
Oh, it breaks when I zig zag.
Hoping someone out there has had this problem before and knows how to fix it.
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I hit something with my Bernina and it knocked the timing way off, it had to go to the shop. First check to see if the package of needles are the right ones for that machine. If you've clean, oiled and done everything else, it might have to go to the doctor.
#8
I would slide open the bobbin cover plate, pull the needle plate off of the machine, and then slowly turn the hand wheel and watch what happens as the needle drops below the bed of the machine.
Seems like it should be fairly easy to see where the needle is getting hung up enough to break it, though as mentioned, it is likely in need of service.
Seems like it should be fairly easy to see where the needle is getting hung up enough to break it, though as mentioned, it is likely in need of service.
#9
here are a few articles I wrote in January about timing:
http://www.archaicarcane.com/excuse-...have-the-time/ - This explains timing
Here's how to check it...
http://www.archaicarcane.com/perfect-timing/
If you do find it out, let us know, and we can time it together. In theory, depending on what she did that broke the needle, it could be the hook or the needlebar that needs to be adjusted, but I'd like to know the result of the check first.
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