Re. my walking foot
09-09-2011, 08:27 PM
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I found out the walking foot I bought from the Brother dealer at the same time I bought my machine is wrong. Today at my quilting group I tried a friends Janome walking foot. Mine has the fork thingy (real tachie here) that the set screw for the needle sets into, hers has a bar that sets on top of the set screw. I used hers all morning, not one tiny stitch. :thumbup: . Never did hear back from the Brother support group.
09-09-2011, 08:57 PM
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I got a walking foot at the same time I bought my Singer many years ago. After several tries I stopped using it because it just wasn't doing the job. It wasn't until about a year ago I looked more closely at it and realized it was the wrong foot! I bought the correct foot and it works perfectly. I'm being very generous here -- apparently the salesperson didn't know any better!
09-09-2011, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by woody
My brother walking foot (for a Brother NS30) has a fork thingy too and it has always worked fine. Can you take it back to the dealer and ask them??
09-09-2011, 10:07 PM
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An addendum to my previous post: The Singer salesperson sold me the wrong foot -- the slots in it did not match up to the feed dogs of the machine; there was almost an eighth of an inch difference! Check to be sure the feed dogs fit correctly into the slots of the walking foot.
09-09-2011, 11:56 PM
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I bought a new darning foot and these people were very knowledgeable and helpful:
http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/
if you give them the make/model of your machine, they will probably be able to get you the correct walking foot.
http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/
if you give them the make/model of your machine, they will probably be able to get you the correct walking foot.
09-10-2011, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by hopetoquilt
I bought a new darning foot and these people were very knowledgeable and helpful:
http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/
if you give them the make/model of your machine, they will probably be able to get you the correct walking foot.
http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/
if you give them the make/model of your machine, they will probably be able to get you the correct walking foot.
09-10-2011, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by hopetoquilt
http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/
if you give them the make/model of your machine, they will probably be able to get you the correct walking foot.
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