So I picked up my new Janome 8900 this week - I went to QuiltCon last weekend and they had a deal just too good to pass up. I'm just now getting some time to really work with the machine, and I noticed something last night. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if there's a problem here, but the bobbin winding is absolutely horrible. I think a 12 yr old could wind it by hand better! Surely I'm doing something wrong - is there some trick to this I don't know? I'm using the bobbins that came with the machine, and regular quilting thread, if that makes a difference ...
Also, I was surprised by how much noise this machine makes compared to the Brothers I've had in the past. A couple of times, it sounded (and felt) like something in the bobbin area was smacking up against the plastic casing, but I never could see anything. Never having used a Janome before, it might just be that I need to get used to it, but it sort of made me nervous.
Any Janome owners have words of advice & wisdom for a newbie?
