Problems with Tin Lizzie?
10-31-2010, 09:27 AM
#32
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: SW Iowa
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Well maybe just use manual if you think it is the stitch regulator. My LS was racing. Could be dust. Also make sure set at 11:00 when using speed. I have not been able to use my Lizzie for three months but I am back on my feet now and cleaned her yesterday and hope to try soon.
10-31-2010, 09:29 AM
#33
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Originally Posted by mwergeland
It is a Tin Lizzie but has a Husqvarna label on it. I don't think under those circumstances Ernie will want to talk with me. Although my sales rep has called them, and was told they aren't supposed to deal with him.
The sales rep was told they aren't suppose to deal with him? I think the sales rep is not being up front about that. Start raising a stink, a big stink!
10-31-2010, 09:55 AM
#34
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Kirkland, WA
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Hi Karen,
No problems with the cords.
I have used several different types of threads in different price ranges and am moving to poly because it performs well.
At a recent show, I chatted with Sharon Schamber, and she gave me a lot of info on the TL--she's familiar with it. Two tips are to put weights in the carriage--I used ankle weights because I could spread them out and they're low--and to mount the micro handles behind the machine. I haven't done that yet, but she's correct in saying that mounting the micro handles in the front obscures your view of stitching.
Also, I purchased a package of her size M bobbing genies and find that I have fewer problem with tension and smoothness.
If you can afford the Ansley, I think you'll like having more quilting room and less messing with the poles.
You might be interested in this review. http://artisanssquare.com/sg/index.php?topic=7597.5;wap2
Sharon
No problems with the cords.
I have used several different types of threads in different price ranges and am moving to poly because it performs well.
At a recent show, I chatted with Sharon Schamber, and she gave me a lot of info on the TL--she's familiar with it. Two tips are to put weights in the carriage--I used ankle weights because I could spread them out and they're low--and to mount the micro handles behind the machine. I haven't done that yet, but she's correct in saying that mounting the micro handles in the front obscures your view of stitching.
Also, I purchased a package of her size M bobbing genies and find that I have fewer problem with tension and smoothness.
If you can afford the Ansley, I think you'll like having more quilting room and less messing with the poles.
You might be interested in this review. http://artisanssquare.com/sg/index.php?topic=7597.5;wap2
Sharon
10-31-2010, 04:26 PM
#36
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Kirkland, WA
Posts: 8
Hi,
I hadn't read the review before I bought my machine, but I thought you might be interested. Frankly, I've had only one problem with the stitch regulator, and that was when I had the encoder problem. It has otherwise worked great for me.
I'm pleased with my machine and now only wish I'd thought to buy the Ansley so that I wouldn't have to keep rolling the quilts so often.
Sharon
I hadn't read the review before I bought my machine, but I thought you might be interested. Frankly, I've had only one problem with the stitch regulator, and that was when I had the encoder problem. It has otherwise worked great for me.
I'm pleased with my machine and now only wish I'd thought to buy the Ansley so that I wouldn't have to keep rolling the quilts so often.
Sharon
11-01-2010, 09:33 AM
#37
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Waller, TX
Posts: 14
Hi, Karen. I think the machine is a good machine, and yes, affordable. People seem to love Ernie, and he's very accessible. However, I bought mine from Husqvarna and the techs didn't have all the training that the Tin Lizzie people did. So, with the many issues I had the support wasn't satisfactory. I was using a QBOT with it, which I had bought at the same time and loved. But the support with Husqvarna and QBOT doesn't exist any more. Finally, I was sent a brand new Tin Lizzie ] right out of the box (after so many repairs on my other) with a Shirley Stitcher because it is supposed to be more compatible. I wasn't happy with the Shirley Stitcher. The software wasn't what I wanted and the designs that came with it weren't as nice. I like to draw my own and let the machine stitch them out. It was a lot more difficult and expensive to do. QBOT had spoiled me. I loved their software. I'm selling my machine and hope to get something that's a better match for me.
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