Feed dogs
07-05-2023, 03:52 PM
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Feed dogs
Has anyone had a problem where their feed dogs won’t come up? There is a switch on the back of my Brother that raise or lowers the feed dogs. Mine are lowered and switch won’t make them come up. I have had a day today.
07-05-2023, 03:59 PM
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07-06-2023, 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by toogie
Has anyone had a problem where their feed dogs won’t come up? There is a switch on the back of my Brother that raise or lowers the feed dogs. Mine are lowered and switch won’t make them come up. I have had a day today.
07-06-2023, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltsfor
If the feed dogs were down because you were FMQ - did you perhaps set your stitch length at 0? On my old machine if the stitch length was at 0, the feed dogs would not come up even with the switch. I had to put a stitch length in again. I didn't think it would work that way, but my old machine did.
07-06-2023, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by lindaschipper
Have you unplugged the machine and let it rest for a couple of minutes and then plugged it back in? Sometims the brain needs to be reset.
