Congrats on your blue ribbon. We are proud of you.
Glenn |
Originally Posted by Charlee
That's terrific Jan! Congrats on the ribbon, are you going to post pics? :)
Texas Jan |
Originally Posted by Glenn
Congrats on your blue ribbon. We are proud of you.
Glenn Texas Jan |
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Originally Posted by Charlee
That's terrific Jan! Congrats on the ribbon, are you going to post pics? :)
Texas Jan |
Moving on to my next problem child machine. I have a 15 clone. Some times it goes 1 or 2 stitches and snaps the thread then if I'm lucky it will go 3 inches and snap. SO I re-threaded left to right and right to left... which ever - one of them doesn't work. Then I played with the upper threading - I think I've had everything right from the start. I put in a new needle - experimented with which way it goes. I had it right. I played with the tension. Then I swapped a face plate off another machine. It is not tension. It is not threading. It is not the needle. Then I took out the bobbin hook. I polished it with a crumpled up piece of aluminum foil just to make sure there aren't any burrs. Still snaps thread. I took off the presser foot. The needle does not hit the plate but it comes close. That needle hole looks like a star from all the needle hitting going on. I'm wondering if it is tearing up the thread at that spot. I can't seem to see it happen. I left my long screw driver at the shop and the screw is in too tight to get with a skinny little Susy Homemaker screw driver. I was thinking maybe pull the plate and swap it out with the other clone or maybe polish it up a bit - stuck until I come up with some other brilliant idea. The Singer manual I found on line does not match my machine. I wonder if I need a service manual to figure out how to center the needle a bit better in the hole. That needle all but hits the hole.
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Miriam it could also be a problem with your needle clamp or the needle bar twisted out of alignment.
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
I own a Free No.5 too. The treadle is broken and I haven't gotten around to fixing that yet. I'm slowly cleaning and fixing the broken machines/treadles. I love the decals on the Free No. 5. I really should bring that machine into the house and have it also decorate my bookcase along with my other machines, since I can't use it right now.
Nancy, owns a Free No.5 that she treadles. My piecing machine now is my National Two Spools, though! The Two Spools runs so much longer with the 'two' spools of thread as opposed to a bobbin, plus the regular foot of the Two Spools is exactly 1/4"! Nancy :-) |
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Originally Posted by BZ quilting
Originally Posted by Glenn
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by Glenn
Thanks Vintagemotif I could not think Tiffiney. I knew it was a 66 but could remember the name of the decal
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Originally Posted by Glenn
Miriam it could also be a problem with your needle clamp or the needle bar twisted out of alignment.
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Open the face plate and the needle bar should have a screw to loosen the shaft so it can be turned but make sure it does not slip up or down. It may be a allen type screw. It will be very tight to get loose
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