Old 01-25-2016, 09:57 PM
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ArchaicArcane
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Originally Posted by sewbeadit View Post
Right now I am trying to figure out how my tension should be reassembled on my 31-20. It is funny I was just on your site one minute ago.lol I don't have a lot of problems with tension, but I do know that people will sell their machines because they can't get it right. so many times in ads people will say that the machine works but needs to have tension adjusted. So I know it is a big problem for some people and some machines.

My dealer sends your machine home with stitches stitched out on cotton sandwiched with heavy pellon in the middle so the stitches look great, you get it home and have to change the tension when sewing on normal fabric, not all of us use pellon while quilting or making clothing.lol

I would think it would be neat to have machines to look at with different problems with the tension and then explain what you are seeing and how to fix it.
Ha! That's great! If your 31-20 is the same as my 31-15, it's a pretty basic tensioner. What did you need to know?

I agree. I see a lot of machines advertised as needing tension help. I feel bad for the machine that replaces it because it will likely go out the same way!

Your dealer uses Pellon? That stuff is expensive! Test sews in general make me crazy. They're rarely indicative of real world. They're an indication of how well the person making the sample knows how to manipulate the machine. A lot of people who don't "get" tension yet will never get those results. Plus, there's no proof it was made on any given machine.

I just show people why a test sew reads the way it does so that they know what to expect in the real world use of their machines.

I'm not going to have enough time to set up and show a lot of machines but I'm thinking of bringing the test sews of several borked (<-that's a technical term. ) tension set ups that I can pass around.

Originally Posted by Tartan View Post
No fear in changing tension settings if you take a picture. Don't pull your thread to test the tension if the pressure foot is up. When removing thread from the machine pull it off from the spool side rather then pulling out from the needle. Make sure when winding a bobbin to go through all the thread guide to get a properly loaded bobbin. A too tight or loose bobbin can cause problems. Discuss stacked threads and crosswise threads and how they should go on the machine to feed properly.
Some great suggestions Tartan!! Thanks!
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