Please help with not stitiching
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Bobcaygeon,On./ Bonita Springs, Fl
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Please help with not stitiching
A friend in my charity group broke a needle in her machine. Said she tried everything then brought to group for me to get working. Well oiled /new needle / bobbin area clean / same thread top and bottom but needle goes down and does not catch the bobbin thread to make the stitch. Sounds fine --no idea where to look and no service place close. Really need her with machine as we are a small group.
Machine info -maybe not vintage but thought best place to post --Kenmore 30 stitch model 385-1884180
She 's owned it since new -says very old . Not old to us members.
Machine info -maybe not vintage but thought best place to post --Kenmore 30 stitch model 385-1884180
She 's owned it since new -says very old . Not old to us members.
#4
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Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 613
I second the knocking it's timing off when it broke the needle. I've done it before on one of my machines. With a little fussing i retimed it. If you're not sure about cracking it open and fixing it yourself then it's probably best to get it serviced.
#7
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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I get them needle in wrong, full of lint, thread strung around moving parts, tensions messed over - simple stuff but it all takes time to figure out.
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