How many of you actually use your automatic threader? I get the foot down, the thread up, hook it, pull it across push the lever-- and it won't thread! I have gone over the directions many times and usually end up threading it by hand. I was just curious. I must be doing something wrong!!

I use mine ALL the time!!

It may help to know the make and model of your machine.

I have a Janome 1000 and have never had problems with the automatic threader. I do exactly what you do and the magic happens.

All the time. I don't think I could thread it manually anymore.

i have it on my new Sapphire and i like it but i agree it did take a bit of practice ...

Love mine! Is your needle all the way up?

ditto :thumbup: :thumbup:

I use mine all the time too... but it took several tries to figure out exactly where the needle needed to be in order to be successful.

Get your manual out and walk thru the steps slowly. Don't give up... once you figure it out... you will love it.

What kind of machine do you have?

I was having an issue with my new Brother PE770 and realized I wasn't getting it into one section right. As soon as I figured that out, it works slick.

You need to have the pressure foot up when you are threading the upper part of the machine and only put it down just before you pull the lever down.

i have 3, the brother and the emb machine work great. the Juki does not work well - but it is on the frame and that might make the angle awkward. i love needle threaders due to my vision

That is my problem too...it hardly ever works...I thought it was just me.

I have a Janome and have never figured out how to use the threader. I even watched a You-Tube video on my model and still can't do it. LOL!!

Yes, I use mine all the time.

On my Janome there is a up/down button. If you hit that button to bring your needle down and then back up, it sets the needle in the correct position.

I use mine on both my Pfaff's and could not live without... I don't do it the way the directions say to though...

I use mine all the time. It is automatic now, I am not even sure how I do it. I do remember figuring out that it worked better if the presser foot was down.

I have a fully automatic one on my Brother SE270, and a manual automatic on my Brother 1500, and I use both of them ALL THE TIME.

What kind of machine do you have?

I have the same trouble, but I haven't gotten out the book and really studied how to do it yet. I'm sure we just need to practice a little more.

Yes, I use mine all the time too - but the little hook on yours may be missing - mine broke about 2 weeks ago and the dealer replaced it free of charge.

thank you for that info. I have a Janome and have only had hit 'n miss luck with the auto threader. Never even thought about using the up/down button.

I depend on mine fully!! Mine gets it right 99.99% of the time, and if it doesn't, it's because I got it wrong. That and the thread cutter. Couldn't live without them.

I did have a Janome loaner, and that threaded was very very picky.

The little wire that pulls the thread thru might be bent and not hitting the eye of the needle. I had to work on mine to get it to work.

At my age, I couldn't live without the threader!

I had to take my Babylock to the dealer and have the automatic threader adjusted. I was doing everything correctly; it needed adjustment. It works wonderfully now. The one on my Brother 2500 works like a dream. I can't seem the darn holes in the needles anymore - bought the machines because of the automatic threaders more than any other feature!

All the time, I also use the automatic thread cutter! Told my DH I was spoiled by using both.

I use mine on my Bernina. The only problem I have had was my needle was not positioned just right, I just hit my up button, and it worked. Once you get the hang of it, you won't want to be without it.

I use mine all the time on my Bernina 440.

Take your needle out and put it back in making sure you have it in there correctly. Or try changing to a different needle. I could not get mine to work once, the problem was the new needle's eye was a bit lower then normal. Not sure why.

I have it on my Bernina and my Brother and love it. With it was on my HQ. The older you get the harder it is to see what your are doing.

Make sure the take up lever is in it's most up right position before trying to use the threader. On my Bernina, you just hit the button. Does your machine have a button? If the needle eye is not in the exact position it will not thread and you can damage the threader or the wire.

I use it all the time on the machines that have it... my Brother works 100% of the time, my Singer 80%--my vintage machines--have to get out the old reading glasses :lol:

I use mine all the time. Look at the part of the treader that that comes and goes thrugh the needle down real close. You may not be placing your thread in exactly the right place for the little bitty hook to catch it and pull it back through the needle.

I used to use mine a lot on my Bernina, but then I had cataract surgery and now I don't need/use it anymore...much faster by hand. :lol:

On my Elna, I have bent mine and then bent it back. It also refuses to find the eye of anything smaller than a 12 size needle so I'm sure it needs adjusted.

My Singer works every time for my husband but just seems too complicated for me or I'm not holding my mouth right or something so I bought a needle threader for it.

I had to find the exact combination of moves to make this thing work! Took about a year.
I now to do this in order:
Presser foot down
Needle up
Presser foot up
thread machine
Presser foot down
Push automatic threader.
In that sequence it works every time.
my machine sometimes likes to make my like complicated.

I can still thread a needle without aids, easily, but the threaders on my Berninas, my Quest Plus, and my kids' Brother HS 2000 all work great, ONCE I got the hang of each. Clotilde also sells machine threaders, a tiny wire on a stick that you insert through the needle from behind, grab the thread, and pull through. I bought several to put with each of my vintage machines, just in case. Works like a charm.

I have a 10 yr old Pfaff that won't thread unless i push it with mi finger from the back. I learned how to make it work. I couldn' live without it. My new embroidery is a Pfaff too and gets it 100% right. The hight of the needle is the trick. must be up and foot down.

always use mine...love it...with old eyes its so easy

I had one on my pfaff 1222 from 1977 and when it was time to replace the machine, that feature alone weighed heavily on the choice of my new pfaff 1475 around 1005--2000... they have merged with janome/new home and even singer so now the feature is available on a wide variety of machines... i absolutely love it...that and the little light that shows me when i have 3 ft of thread left on my bobbin...

I have had problems using the threader also. It probably does take pratice and I am sure its me! I need to spend more time praticing on it.