Total despair....have had enough
09-23-2011, 08:41 AM
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I love this board. So many good people that offer their advice and direction. I have a 6600P and have had problems with FMQ so I stopped using it for that. Pretty expensive machine for just piecing. Now I am going to try FMQ with the feed dogs up. Thanks
09-23-2011, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Sierra
Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
I set my 6600 to feed dogs down & default for stitch. I do have to crank the tension up to 8-9, though. I wonder if you just need to figure out how fast to sew in relation to haw fast you are moving the quilt around. That is the hardest thing for me to do.
09-23-2011, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fallonquilter
I had the same problem when I first bought mine. I had it back to the place where I bought it (they do service work on machines too) two different times and I was still having the same problem.
They ended up calling the manufacturer of the machine and found out there was a glitch in the manufacturing.
To fix the problem you have to put the feed dogs up before you turn your machine off. Then when you turn it on again you make one reg. stitch then drop the feed dogs and start quilting.
This has worked for me for the last 2 years and I've quilted about 20 quilts since then with no problem. Try it. Hope it works for you too. Bonnie
They ended up calling the manufacturer of the machine and found out there was a glitch in the manufacturing.
To fix the problem you have to put the feed dogs up before you turn your machine off. Then when you turn it on again you make one reg. stitch then drop the feed dogs and start quilting.
This has worked for me for the last 2 years and I've quilted about 20 quilts since then with no problem. Try it. Hope it works for you too. Bonnie
The reason I haven't gone back to the dealer is that I bought it second hand from a Husqvarna Viking dealer and don't think they would really know too much about it....and felt it was safer that they didn't mess with it.
09-23-2011, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
I set my 6600 to feed dogs down & default for stitch. I do have to crank the tension up to 8-9, though. I wonder if you just need to figure out how fast to sew in relation to haw fast you are moving the quilt around. That is the hardest thing for me to do.
Sorry about the confusion.
P.S. I have NEVER adjusted the bobbin tension. It's been just fine, no matter what thread I'm using in the bobbin or on top.
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