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petthefabric 08-04-2013 10:53 AM


Originally Posted by ghostrider (Post 6214615)
Not something I'd want at all. I sew through paper, metal leaf and foil, mesh, screening, plastic and all sorts of oddball stuff in addition to just plain fabric. I'd much prefer to set the tension however I want it. What about cotton fabric fused to very stiff interfacing? My machine is smart, but I don't want it to 'assume' what I want it to do. Just my personal feeling on auto tension.

You sound like an artist.....wanting to try everything possible. And fearless.....we'll just need some adjustments.
I applaude you. Keep pushing the limits.

Hulalulu 08-05-2013 08:59 AM

Love the auto tension on my Viking -- do make adjustments to the pivot height and foot pressure settings, which I change when doing fmq and putting on bindings, etc. It might be possible to change the thread tension instead of these -- having found the settings on these which work for me, there is no need to adjust the tension. One thing about the fine tuning is that these are easily changed by small increments, have numerical indicators, making it easy to note and save for future use.


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