IngeMK

I hit a dense spot making a pillow case and bent the needle on my Janome 6600. now it's making a scraping sound when I sew :thumbdown: . I guess it's time for a tune up anyway, so I'm taking it in next week. I just hope I didn't mess it up too bad :cry:

isnthatodd

:(

hopetoquilt

Dumb question but did you change the needle? Sometimes if you turn the machine off and on again it also "resets" iteslf.

I would also try cleaning out the bobbin area. Sometimes when I hit a thick area and the needle breaks, it is because the bobbin isn't moving properly b/c the bobbin area is full of lint.

AlwaysQuilting

Oh oh. I hope it's not anything expensively wrong.
Maybe you can find an answer here--
http://sewvacdoctor.com/cate.asp?categoryID=19

Painiacs

Good luck

annthreecats

What she said. I hope it doesn't need to go to the Dr.

Good luck.

kittenquilts

I had some problems with mine and thought I would need to take it in, but tried one last thing - rethreaded the machine. Works like a charm now!

sweetpea

it like haveing a sick kid when one of our machine is down. hope it got well soon.

rwquilts

So sorry! It's never a good thing when our machines aren't humming along beautifully, is it?

IngeMK

thanks for the tips! I had already changed the needle, turned on and off, cleaned the bobbin case. Just tried to rethread. Still scrapes. :-( :-( :-(
it's due a service anyway. I just wanted to wait for the right moment, I guess this is it :mrgreen: