Originally Posted by
linmid
I have the 12000 and have had nothing but trouble with it shredding thread somewhere from the needle and the up and down arm. In 70 minutes of sewing it shredded 3 times. I changed needle, changed thread, checked for something close to the up and down arm but nothing helped.
which brand of needle do you use?
once i switched from schmetz to organ brand, i had no thread shred problems with my 8900 [during free motion quilting.]
not knocking schmetz at all. great needles.
it's only that my horizon works better when i use organ - which is the company that also manufactures the needles that carry the janome brand.