Proper way to remove thread from your machine
#1
Proper way to remove thread from your machine
I just found out today that I shouldn't just pull the thread backwards through the tension disks when removing the spool. Apparently you risk damaging delicate tension disks, cut the thread between the spool and the tension lever and pull downwards from the needle area.
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We just had a machine repair guy come to our last guild meeting who gave a presentation about machine maintenance and he said the same thing! Most of us had never heard this either, but I have been cutting my thread at the spool and pulling it out the needle now.
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I have yet to be convinced that it makes any difference so long as the foot is raised to release all resistance as the thread passes between the tension discs. If the tension discs are disengaged, how can something as thin as a piece of thread passing untouched between them cause a problem?
I think a more logical rule would be this one...foot down, cut up; foot up, cut down.
I think a more logical rule would be this one...foot down, cut up; foot up, cut down.
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I have yet to be convinced that it makes any difference so long as the foot is raised to release all resistance as the thread passes between the tension discs. If the tension discs are disengaged, how can something as thin as a piece of thread passing untouched between them cause a problem?
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