Q&A: Time janome sew machine?
Question by diver8718: Time janome sew machine?
machnical person.:Machine was sewing heavy matiral when thead started bunching stopped. asume timing problem, is there
repair manuals for janome ?
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Answer by kay
Most likely the machine was threaded improperly or the seam started improperly or you’re using the incorrect needle size and type. — timing problems are actually fairly rare in my experience, and often heralded by loud noises and broken needles. Dismantle the mess and pull out the bobbin and then compare what you’re seeing during a stitch cycle to this:
http://sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine_Repair/Sewing Machine Hook Timing.htm Timing is something typically not set by the user– if you really want to try, I recommend getting someone to teach you. No, specific repair manuals for end users are not available for most machines.
What needle size and point style, thread type and size and fabric were you sewing? How many layers of fabric?
Here’s proper threading and seam starting:
I’ll bet the back looks like the ones in these two albums:
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/vi… or http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/vi… and you’d like to get it to look like: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/vi…
(red thread in the bobbin, blue thread on top).
Those are samples of the exact same sewing machine and I didn’t do a thing to any of the adjustments. The first mess, with the tangles of thread on the back, I did by not getting the top thread into the upper tension *and* I didn’t hang on to the thread tails when I started the seam. The second sample was solely not getting the thread into the upper tension.
So here’s what you’re going to do to fix your machine, after you take all the thread off of/out of the machine, and give it a quick brushup because there’s probably some bits of stray thread caught in the bobbin case area by now.
A) Raise the presser foot lever. This automagically opens the top tension disks so you can get the thread between them when you thread the machine.
B) Rethread from scratch, top and bottom.
C) If you’e been playing with the upper tension setting, set it back to 4* — that’s pretty typical for most stitches, most fabrics.
D) Fetch up the bobbin thread and pull the bobbin thread and the top thread behind and under the presser foot, and leave 4-6″ as tails.
*usually, if you have to set the tension lighter than 3 or heavier than 5 to get good stitching, something’s odd… misthreading, thread wrong for the needle size, odd fabric, unusual technique, machine needs cleaning.
Now you’re ready to start the seam:
1) With the needle fully raised AND the thread uptake lever (the thing that rises and falls and hits you in the eyebrow if you get too close) also fully raised, place your fabric under the needle. (Some machines automagically leave the needle and thread uptake lever up, others you have to use the handwheel to raise them.)
2) Use the handwheel (or foot control on some machines) to lower the needle into the starting position on the fabric.
3) Drop the presser foot.
4) Hold the tails of the thread behind the presser foot while you take a couple of stitches.
5) Drop the thread tails and sew normally, using both hands to guide.
You’re going to do A through D every time you thread your machine.
You’re going to do 1 through 5 every time you start a seam.
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