sewing with FW for the first time

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08-10-2019, 06:22 AM

#11

KalamaQuilts

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Join Date: May 2011

Location: SW Washington USA

Posts: 4,397

Quote:

Originally Posted by juliasb

I changed needles and oiled every part in the manual from the motor to the bobbin case and every thing underneath.
r.

eek, I hope that was a mistype, you don't oil the motor you use lube.

08-10-2019, 06:56 AM

#12

Jordan

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Flagstaff, Arizona

Posts: 9,475

I just purchased a FW from a friend and her husband had replaced the cord and she had bought a 1/4" foot for the machine so I feel so good about getting it out of the case and start sewing on it.

08-10-2019, 07:23 AM

#13

Quiltlady330

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: Paradise, Texas

Posts: 916

The fact that the owner can adjust the FW is one of the things I love about them. I have 2 and wouldn't trade them.

08-10-2019, 08:54 AM

#14

Onebyone

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Southern USA

Posts: 15,954

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When the tip of the hook meets the top of the eye of the needle, there should only be a thread's distance between them.

This is why the correct needle spec is so important.

08-10-2019, 09:14 AM

#15

krisgray

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: MO

Posts: 297

When I've removed the stitch plate and cleaned my featherweight, I've failed to get the bobbin case hook, not the case but the apparatus that it fits into, lined up properly. It skipped stitches like crazy. There's a photo of the correct alignment for the hook assembly in the manual.