DH is TRYING to fix my machine!
12-20-2012, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
A jam like that can throw the timing off. Although it's possible to fix timing on some machines at home, it's a pretty touchy thing. Most people would have a technician do it. Timing has to do with how the needle interacts with the bobbin. Once that is thrown off, the needle won't bring the bobbin thread up.
The repairman I use has a policy that if the machine has been taken apart by the husband...he charges by every piece he has to reassemble. One older man brought his wife's old Singer in for repair in a shopping bag...lots of loose parts. It took the repair man hours to reassemble the machine.
Hope that your husband was able to fix it himself....
12-20-2012, 07:30 PM
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I'm so happy for you to get your machine fixed without having a big repair bill! That's a great Christmas present! Recently, I broke the screw off that you tighten to put in a new needle! The screw broke half in two. It only cost me $132.00 to get repaired and I was thankful about that because they said if he couldn't get the broken screw out, he would have to replace the whole arm-y thing the the needle holder is attached to and it would cost $400-500 dollars. So I think I was really blessed that it only cost $132. 
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12-21-2012, 06:47 AM
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I'm glad he got it fixed and you didn't need a trip to the repairman. I have an inexpensive Brother, can't remember the model, but I got it free at the town incinerator where people brought things too good to throw out. A man was carrying it up the stairs, I asked if it worked, he said yes but my wife doesn't sew any more, so I took that gift home and she comes in very handy when my Janome acts up,or worse yet, has to go in for a tune-up. I've found that the Brother actually does a better satin stitch. I intended to give it to my daughter, but I don't think she's going to get it any time soon. LOL
12-21-2012, 06:54 AM
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It sounds like it may have jumped time. If He don't know how to time it He can't fix it. I was sewing on one of my machines, I think it was the ESE2 and hit a hoop, well it knocked it out of time and had to take it in and have it times and relined. Works great now for sewing and emroidering. Good luck
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