Machine froze up, I found the problem

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08-29-2010, 05:46 AM

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Minnesewta-sam

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Way to go. Good thing it was a flower head pin so you could see it. A regular pin head might not have been visible in there.

08-29-2010, 08:41 AM

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littlehud

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Wow, that is amazing. I never would have guessed a pin. Great job fixing it.

08-29-2010, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by crella boudon

I have the same machine but that has never happen to me i love the brother 1500 do all my piecing on it.
good job crella

It was easy, just remove the screws, one is hidden under the handle and two are hidden on bottom under the bobbin area, the rest are in plain sight. The housing is simple to put back on.

One thing I do know when you tighten screw/bolts, always tighten in opposites. ex: tighten one on left (not all the way tight) then one on right, then next one on left and so forth. Then tighten them all the way tight.

08-29-2010, 12:20 PM

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SueDor

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Great!

08-29-2010, 12:25 PM

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Carol J.

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Amazing that a long pin got into that area and stopped the machine. I have a machine that wouldn't run and discovered the thread from the spool for winding a bobbin somehow got wound onto the shaft for the big wheel on the right side. Different colored threads were there so this had been going on for some time. Now I know better than to leave a spool of thread on that holder. It was just packed so tight, we had to cut it off. Pays to know your machine inside and out.
Carol J.

08-29-2010, 04:54 PM

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mshawii

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I would be afraid of taking my machine apart like that. The only one I do that with is my featherweight, because the book has such good instructions about oiling.the machine and you need to take it partly apart to do it . But good for you. That probably saved you big bucks. :)

08-29-2010, 05:02 PM

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I congratulate you on having the gumption to jump in and take it apart. I do all my own maintenance (after the warranty has expired of course!) Sometimes I even work on other machines for people but only if I am confident I won't cause more problems than I can fix. Computerized machines are where I draw the line!

08-29-2010, 06:23 PM

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Good for you. You ae now a quilter and a quilt machine repair person. Isn't it nice to save money because you decided to look at it yourself first and now you realize how little it actually costs to sometimes repair a problem. You are right. It probably would have cost you about $200.00.