Sewing over pins!
#62
Yes, pins can throw timing on a machine, so can overly dense stitches (think an embroidery pattern sized too small, and the thread builds up, or satin stitching, same problem) It's way more common to throw timing on a "newer" machine if only because they have rubber or plastic gears that can flex, or crack. The older machines were metal gears, so they are harder to flex out of the way, or force apart.
a machine with a timing can skip stitches - but so can a needle in the wrong way. Sometimes it'll do it only on some fabrics and not others, which can be hard to figure out.
it can not pick up the bobbin thread or only does it sometimes
it can, if the timing is far enough out, smash needles on parts of the hook
I'd say if your machine is working OK, it's probably not out of time.
If you want to know more about timing, and how to check it, in layman's terms, I wrote a series of articles on it in January, they start here: http://www.archaicarcane.com/2013/01...have-the-time/
#64
Haha, not sure if I have interpreted correctly but it sounds like you are describing how I always put pins in because I am left handed! Lol. Mine are put in the opposite of right handers. Guess that's one advantage of being left handed.
On that BOM, though she did sew over pins - one thing she did that I had never thought of before was HOW she pinned. Instead of having the pins sticking out over the edge, she had the pins coming from the inside out - meaning she started pinning maybe 1 1/2 - 2 inches on the inside with the "point" aimed at the to be seam of the fabric. Don't know how to explain it but it was quite neat. She said it gave her more stability in keeping the fabrics from shifting.
Marysewfun
Marysewfun
#65
When I bought my Viking (1998) the dealer told me never to sew over pins as it could cause a problem with the computerized board in the machine. So I either pin back from the seam line or remove them as I come to them.
#66
Try one of the decorative stitches and you will probably see what happens when the timing is off.
#67
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You don't need a new sewing machine to do this, I rarely pin and when I do I remove them before the needle, I butt up, make sure the stretchy (off bias part) is on the bottom and let the feet dogs eaise it in. Most of my quilt piecing and quilting is done with my 1934 White Rotary and Singer Featherweight, both of them do a far better straight seam and more dependable then my new sewing machine.
Last edited by caroloto; 04-08-2013 at 09:51 PM.
#68
Yes, that's how I found a small timing issue a couple of weeks ago. The machine would straight stitch like a dream, but even a zig zag stitch would skip all of the right side stitches.
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