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    Old 02-21-2012, 10:31 AM
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    good info. Thanks for sharing. So the thread can wrap itself over and over on a part of my machine it is NOT supposed to be, but break at a crucial time when it is where it IS supposed to be?! Well, glory me! Now I have to pay attention to thread. Lord knows what that will do to my 1/4" seams I've been concentrating on!
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    Old 02-21-2012, 02:23 PM
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    Thanks for the warning! I've had some strange things get incorporated with my sewing from time to time. I could see how this could happen fairly easily.
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    Old 02-21-2012, 06:16 PM
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    That is really good advice. I will make sure to keep all my thread away from my machine.Thanks.
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    Old 02-22-2012, 05:27 AM
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    Sorry to hear about your mishap- I dont keep cones on my table, I dont like to use a cone on my brother, theres too much drag- so I use gutterman or coats n clarks star thread, which fit on the machine, if its a cone, it goes in a drawer, and most of the time, it has a plastic sleeve.
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    P.S. your note about clearing the table more often......NAHHH!
    good luck
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    Old 02-22-2012, 07:16 AM
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    WOW thanks for pointing that out. I just got a new machine and if I reck another machine my hubby said I am done sewing and will be doing hand work!
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    Old 02-22-2012, 07:53 AM
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    The Brother 1500 is so easy to take the housing off and see everything inside. I do not take the handwheel part off. It's possible but aggravating to get back on in the right spot. I can see everything in that area when the housing is off without taking the turning part off. I don't recall plastic moving parts in the machine. I'll have to take notice the next cleaning I do for it.
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    Old 02-22-2012, 08:23 AM
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    I had this happen to me many years ago with my Bernina, only the thread got into the motor and wrapped around motor shaft, it was still under warranty as it was brand new. I learned my lesson about using cone threads.
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    Old 02-22-2012, 09:42 PM
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    Man sorry this happened to you but thanks so much for the warning I do this all the time. I'll be more deligant from now on, thanks for the post.
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    Thank you. I am so bad about leaving thread setting around on my sewing space.
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    Old 03-04-2012, 04:09 PM
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    Originally Posted by MisDixie
    Hi, I had a cone of thread sitting on my sewing table. It was sitting on the cone holder. Some how the thread got caught around the fly wheel of my Brother 1500. As I sew the thread was winding off and wraping around the drive shaft. It cracked the plastic hand wheel cover. My dealer has told me that the part can't be replaced unless the whole drive shaft is replaced. So if you use cones be sure not to leave one on the sewing table. Lucky for me the Brother is still working and the thread didn't get into the machine.
    What a bummer, thanks for sharinng.
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