Oh, Halp! Fabric won't feed on my Bernina!
#35
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Pleasant Hill CA
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Read the little instruction book and clean the machine completely using the instructions there. This should be done fairly frequently if you are using the machine a lot or whenever using soft linty materials. Any machine...not just a Bernina.
#36
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SC
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Hey! I have the Bernina 1008...mine has a knob on the right hand of the machine, near the bottom...that knob drops the feed dogs on mine and it may do the same thing on yours. And it's easy to have them dropped for something and then forget to raise them up again...and it won't move! If it's not that, I agree with checking the feed dogs to make sure they're not lint-impacted; next step would be a call to your dealer. And I hear your "sigh"...mine has to go in this week for a bobbin holder problem. Good luck!
#37
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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Don't feel too bad, I've done it myself from time to time. Now I try to clean the lint out when I can see lint in this small open space by my feed dogs. This happens frequently when I have been sewing a lot. I don't have a Bernina, so I thought I couldn't help, but reading this comment, I had to comment to you that I've been there done that, as my Janone did the same thing. Have a great sewing day.
#40
Originally Posted by CorgiNole
Also - if you haven't already done so, open it up and clean the lint out.
My 801 started making clicking noises with each stitch. Changing the needle and cleaning it out made all the difference and it is purring again.
I hope it is an easy fix for you.
Cheers, K
My 801 started making clicking noises with each stitch. Changing the needle and cleaning it out made all the difference and it is purring again.
I hope it is an easy fix for you.
Cheers, K
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