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It does pay to know how your machine sounds! A screen pops up on my machine when it needs oil - usually I have already oiled it just prior to the pop up. Also can tell by the sound if I need to change a needle - even if it hasn't been used much.
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Same goes for your car..... I've told my children when they get a car, they need to drive it for a couple hundred miles with the radio off so they know what it sounds like when it's healthy.
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So glad you found it!!!!
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You should check the foot, shuttle hook and the needle plate for burrs when ever you break a needle. The burrs can cause the thread to shred or break. Burrs can be polished off.
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Originally Posted by bellaboo
(Post 6164283)
how true! I was using my walking foot on my bernina yesterday and it was making a clacking sound, not alarming but different sound then what i was use to. I took it off, cleaned and oiled the foot, found a piece of thread wound inside the foot. Installed the foot and the sound was gone. If your machine doesn't hum when sewing something is out of kilter.
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What sort of machine do you have that you have to oil every three bobbins? I brush mine out with each bobbin change, but don't take it apart and clean or oil. That's all I would be doing!
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
(Post 6164254)
Keep taking it apart until you find the problem! I am busily working on my Judy Niemeyer quilt and it was time for the "every 3 bobbin fulls" clean and oil. So I take out the hook assembly, clean all the lint out, oil rewind 3 more bobbins and put her all back together again. Put everything back together, correctly this time, put in a new needle and she sews fine but oh my what a horrible noise she is making. My Bernina usually is very quiet.
Glad you found the needle tip and didn't mess anything up. I, too, have a Bernina -830 LE and I always do the maintenance after 3 Bobbins. Once in awhile, I'll have to do it earlier, but I can hear when it starts begging me for oil. Then I feed it & it purrs like a Kitten until the next time. My dealer told me that 75% of his service work is due to machines not being cleaned & oiled on a regular timeline. :) |
Thanks, for the info. I just finished opening and cleaning my machine. I try to do this often.
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Felins fanatic. I have just been using my janome and it started to make a noise. Bump bump bump every time needle went down. I eventually found the screw in the plate was not tight . Screwed it up noise gone.
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