Jack F4 sewing machine problems
Hello to all you happy quilters
I recently purchased a new Jack F4 sewing machine. It hates me.......
I have problems with all kinds of threads (good quality). If it's not skipping stitches, it's shredding thread, poly and cotton alike, especially hates the Glide thread that is not supposed to break as much.
I quilted on it for a week with no problems. I removed the feed dogs and am using an adapted/free motion foot. The feed dogs don't drop.
I am using the Juki 14/90 needles that came with it. Seems that the get dull very quickly.
it does seem to be a needle problem. Is there a better needle out there for quilting on this machine? If so could you give me the proper numbers for them, I looked on the Organ site and there are so many to choose from, it's confusing.
I just want to quilt, I am spending way too much time troubleshooting, my head is going to explode.
Thank you for any advice.
Linda