Grrr ... Janome 6600 jamming
Argh!! I was sewing and all of sudden ka-chunk ka-chunk! It was all my fault, I was making a turn (straight stitch quilting) and wanted to put the needle down just slightly behind where the stitch ended. So I lifted the presser foot slightly, repositioned my fabric, dropped the needle then the foot - now note there was a slight loop of thread because I backed up - then started sewing. Yeah, yeah yeah ... I was in a hurry because I was just doing a practice sandwich and I didn't think much of it. 2 or 3 stitches in and ka-chunk ka-chunk and it siezed. Naturally I had a rats nest on the back of the fabric.
Ripped the machine apart, cleaned the machine out (I had cleaned it out fairly recently - less than 1/2 bobbin ago), found a few pieces of thread from this event - had to pull one out with a tweezers. I even got the flashlight and magnifying glass out.
I've looked and looked and looked and it's still seizing. I can't even pull the thread up from the bobbin after loading - I can feel it getting caught in the works just to the left of the needle.
I'm wondering now if the initial seizure it had threw something out of whack. I may have to take it in to the dealer!!!
SOOO FRUSTRATING!!!
Ok ... wait. Back to basics. I'm going to go back in there now, take spool of thread off the machine, re-thread it, re-thread the bobbin, and see if it works.
fingers crossed ......