My new favorite quilting tool that saved my sanity
03-18-2014, 05:33 AM
#21
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I, too, have always been concerned about the needle being up high enough. I have been doing the fingernail thing (and I do not have long fingernails), but the pin-in-the-eye way may be easy enough, too. Thanks for the tip.
03-18-2014, 07:30 AM
#25
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I often have this problem also and have changed the needle, putting it in as high as I can. But I never realized it may still not be going up into place. Thanks so much for this tip. I will definitely be using this on all my machines.
03-18-2014, 12:15 PM
#28
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Ya!!! So glad you found the answer!!!
Originally Posted by PlanoDebbie
I had been having a problem with my longarm skipping stitches and thread breaking for about two weeks now. I have changed the needle 4 times, checked all of my upper and lower tension and pretty much everything I could think of.
Today, I decided to thread a piece of dental floss in the needle to help make sure I was getting my needle pointing in the right direction as well as all the way up in the needle shaft. I pulled up on both ends of the floss to hold the needle as high in the shaft as possible before I finished turning the screw holding it in place.
S H A Z A M ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Apparently my needle wasn't seated as high as possible which was causing my skipped stitches and thread breakage.
I had already been searching on Google trying to find a Longarm dealer in my area that might take it in as a trade.
Dental floss saved my life today!!!
Today, I decided to thread a piece of dental floss in the needle to help make sure I was getting my needle pointing in the right direction as well as all the way up in the needle shaft. I pulled up on both ends of the floss to hold the needle as high in the shaft as possible before I finished turning the screw holding it in place.
S H A Z A M ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Apparently my needle wasn't seated as high as possible which was causing my skipped stitches and thread breakage.
I had already been searching on Google trying to find a Longarm dealer in my area that might take it in as a trade.
Dental floss saved my life today!!!
03-18-2014, 02:39 PM
#29
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Arizona
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Terrific idea!! I know on my Gammill if the round/pregnant side isn't just 'so' I have lots of problems. I don't know why they don't make industrial machines with a flat side to the back instead of round all the way at the top.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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