Glad to give some things that worked out for me, never turn down help, you never know it may work, LOL Painters tape is great comes right off and no sticky stuff to mess with. What kind of long arm do you have? I have Tin Lizzie18LS (lS means lizzie stitch in case you don't know)My frame is Tin lizzie 12 ft. too. Wonderful machine and so love it now, but there were some pretty awful names going on in my basement for awhile. You get so frustrated at the darn thing and really it isn't the machine it's the operator and not knowing HOW, WHAT, WHERE and WHY DID I Want this thing. I'm amazed at what I know now and how I suffered that first yr. But it all was worth it now. All of a sudden it makes sense and you say to yourself "I KNOW THAT STUPID!!! Because that's how you feel. What thread are you using? I know we emailed about that but that is one thing I found out my machine made the decisions on that. Had to use KING TUT and a lot of my problems were solved with the thread. The thickness of the thread and all that stuff we don't usually have to consider on our regular machines, HUH? Always some little thing we don't think about making that much difference. One time my needle wasn't in all the way or something like that and that machine would have 1/4" jumps and sometimes even longer, you know I could not think why this now, I had broken a needle and when I replaced it I must have had it turned just a hair off and my thread kept breaking too plus the long stitches, I'm not a swearing lady but that day I'll say howdy with some words that came out of a machine shop somewhere, LOL, couldn't believe that was me...My DH is a machinist so I know those words I heard those guys say. AWFUL ones!!
Well, my dear keep in touch, like I say I'm only an email away.
Good Luck sweety Shirley/Tn. (jigs1354)
Originally Posted by misoop
Thanks for the painters tape tip. I had thought about fingernail polish, but the tape is better. Can be removed and reset, etc. Yes, I had about an hour altogether of instruction....sounds like the same scenario. The rest has been by trial and error. If I go in and ask, it's always the same answer, "you don't have it threaded right or your tension needs adjusting".....well, DUH!! I KNOW THAT! And, I always check my threading. Thanks again.