Walking the floors...Bernina is at the Dr.

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06-19-2014, 03:36 PM

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Macybaby

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Hoping for the best - that is one of my fears as my main machine (over 30years old) has electronics, so I figure some day I'll go to turn it on and nothing will happen.

Had a bit of a heart stopper one day. I had wound bobbins and then went to sew and the motor would go but the needle would not. Shut it off and turned it back on = still no go . . . then I realized I left a bobbin on the winder. The machine has a little pin on the bobbin spool that disengages the drive when a bobbin is placed on it. Also realized I had the wrong bobbin in the machine. Wound one and then got distracted and grabbed a slightly different colored one sitting on the table next to the machine and put that one in the case instead of the one I just wound. (Ok so I'm over 50 . . .)

06-19-2014, 04:19 PM

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Sandra in Minnesota

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Hope she gets well soon.

06-19-2014, 04:53 PM

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Tink's Mom

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Originally Posted by tessagin

probably will be something minor like a piece of lint. Did you clean it before you took it to the dr?

Of course! I didn't clean it one time, and the old technician gave me a baggie back full of lint and told me it was all from my machine...
I checked it again as I was checking her in....still dead.

06-19-2014, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by J Miller

Probably blow'd a fuse. But, the question is, if the fuse did blow ..... why?

Joe

Would a mechanical machine have a fuse??? She isn't computerized...was one of the last mechanical machines...

06-20-2014, 05:57 AM

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Hope it's not terminal! I had a convenient diversion when both my machines had auto threader breakdowns last week....to the doctor while we went on vacation. All fixed upon our return. No down time ; )

06-20-2014, 06:01 AM

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I feel for you-- I just got my machine back after it did the same thing. All is well!

06-20-2014, 09:43 AM

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J Miller

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Originally Posted by Tink's Mom

Would a mechanical machine have a fuse??? She isn't computerized...was one of the last mechanical machines...

I honestly don't know which Bernina's are mechanical. But I do know that my wife's 930 has electronic components in it for the voltage transformer and needle up system even though it is mechanical and not computerized. It does have a fuse in it too if I remember right.
That's why I said that.

Also unless a wire came lose or motor problem occurred I've not had a machine just quit suddenly. Even with a severe thread jam you'll hear the motor try to drive the machine.

Joe

06-20-2014, 11:48 AM

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Carol34446

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Hoping for a quick recovery and return to perfect health.

06-20-2014, 01:38 PM

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can you stick a hand crank on it and keep going? I don't know much about Bernina machines.

06-20-2014, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by miriam

can you stick a hand crank on it and keep going? I don't know much about Bernina machines.

I finished the seam by using my hand on it. Don't know...but it is a good idea.
I haven't heard back yet...I have a feeling the owner is at the IQS show here in Chicago.