Wondered Why the Machine Was Being Balky...DUH!!!
09-13-2011, 03:29 PM
#61
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I have made a habit of cleaning my machine every time I replace the bobbin! It is a habit that get great results. When I take it to the shop every May, they question how much I use it, because it is fairly clean inside! Sure is nice.
09-13-2011, 05:22 PM
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ROFL.....that was so funny
Originally Posted by quilting.addict
I never thought about cleaning my Viking. Of course, I had never quilted before. So seven years go by and my sweet machine starts acting up. I take the bobbin area apart...lo and behold, I had enough to lint to make batting for a baby quilt!!! LOL
09-13-2011, 10:26 PM
#66
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Originally Posted by jljack
My modern Brother machine had been very trouble free for the 18 months I have had it. It was great and had 80 decorative stitches, was a strong stitcher, etc. I had no complaints about it at all.
About 3 weeks ago it started acting really strange, tangling bobbin thread, breaking top thread at the feeddogs, not moving the fabric through right. I set it on the floor and took out my vintage Singer 301 and Featherweight and finished a couple of projects.
Last night DH helped me get the needle plate off to take a look. Well, goodness!! No wonder it was acting strange!! I realized not once had I taken that plate off, and every single nook, cranny, spring, space, crack, feeddog track and all was packed solid with lint.
DUH!!! I just hadn't thought about it, since it's a drop in bobbin in front of the foot.
SO....CLEAN YOUR MACHINE!! I should post that over my thread rack on the wall. Sorry, little Brother machine....I promise not to neglect you again!!
About 3 weeks ago it started acting really strange, tangling bobbin thread, breaking top thread at the feeddogs, not moving the fabric through right. I set it on the floor and took out my vintage Singer 301 and Featherweight and finished a couple of projects.
Last night DH helped me get the needle plate off to take a look. Well, goodness!! No wonder it was acting strange!! I realized not once had I taken that plate off, and every single nook, cranny, spring, space, crack, feeddog track and all was packed solid with lint.
DUH!!! I just hadn't thought about it, since it's a drop in bobbin in front of the foot.
SO....CLEAN YOUR MACHINE!! I should post that over my thread rack on the wall. Sorry, little Brother machine....I promise not to neglect you again!!
09-14-2011, 03:27 AM
#70
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Location: Lower Michigan
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I try, but don't always remember to brush my bobbin area out after each project. If I'm working with a linty fabric I try to remember to do it during construction of that project. Some people I know brush out after each bobbin change.
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