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10-05-2011, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Blinky
My husband got the pressure bar unfrozen with the help from everyone! Thanks so much! So relieved! :thumbup:
10-05-2011, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltdoctor
Originally Posted by Charlee
It's nothing more than a side table if it doesn't stitch!! Don't need another side table, so it HAS to stitch! :lol:
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Wait!! If I tell you that you can come get her, wouldja? Even if I tell you that I might change my mind by the time you get here????? ;) :lol: (Thinking of ways to get you here for a visit! :lol: )
10-05-2011, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Originally Posted by quiltdoctor
Originally Posted by Charlee
It's nothing more than a side table if it doesn't stitch!! Don't need another side table, so it HAS to stitch! :lol:
Texas Jan :-P
Wait!! If I tell you that you can come get her, wouldja? Even if I tell you that I might change my mind by the time you get here????? ;) :lol: (Thinking of ways to get you here for a visit! :lol: )
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10-05-2011, 04:59 PM
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I got a Singer 241-12 a while ago. Got her all unstuck and moving nice. Put her to the test. NADA. Her tension was wonky. Then the shuttle wouldn't loop. I put her on hold and had a bout of PI and broken toe etc for the summer. OK so I got her out - fixed the tension in 3 minutes. YEAH I won. Then started checking for burrs on the hook. NADA. Put the bobbin in and out in and out. NADA. That bobbin case had a screw missing. I replaced it a while ago. Seems like the dumb think is off. Won't hold in right. Then I got to digging around in my junk. None of the bobbin cases I have on hand match the hole. I'm not even sure the one that came with it was the right one. Now I'm thinking - order a new bobbin case. They range from 3 to 40 dollars. So if I buy the 3 dollar one will it work? Then I notice you can just buy the bobbin tension spring. That should be a clue... So I look over the bobbin case. EW. It was coated in rust - I got a bit of oil and a bit of aluminum foil and polished it up. Poked it in the bobbin hole - NADA. It makes a loop but add fabric and it balls up something awful. Has to be that tension spring. I'm beating my head against the stupid wall on this one.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
10-05-2011, 05:24 PM
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I know some of you have an Elna SU that you say isn't the best for quilting. Is it the 62C model that you have? Or another model?
10-05-2011, 05:36 PM
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Oh man....I have 4 Yorkies! Love them!
10-05-2011, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
I got a Singer 241-12 a while ago. Got her all unstuck and moving nice. Put her to the test. NADA. Her tension was wonky. Then the shuttle wouldn't loop. I put her on hold and had a bout of PI and broken toe etc for the summer. OK so I got her out - fixed the tension in 3 minutes. YEAH I won. Then started checking for burrs on the hook. NADA. Put the bobbin in and out in and out. NADA. That bobbin case had a screw missing. I replaced it a while ago. Seems like the dumb think is off. Won't hold in right. Then I got to digging around in my junk. None of the bobbin cases I have on hand match the hole. I'm not even sure the one that came with it was the right one. Now I'm thinking - order a new bobbin case. They range from 3 to 40 dollars. So if I buy the 3 dollar one will it work? Then I notice you can just buy the bobbin tension spring. That should be a clue... So I look over the bobbin case. EW. It was coated in rust - I got a bit of oil and a bit of aluminum foil and polished it up. Poked it in the bobbin hole - NADA. It makes a loop but add fabric and it balls up something awful. Has to be that tension spring. I'm beating my head against the stupid wall on this one.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
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10-05-2011, 09:23 PM
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Candace, I have the Elna 62C that I prefer not to use to quilt. Someone else may not feel that way. It's the best stitching machine I've ever seen, but, IMO, she just wasn't made to quilt.
10-06-2011, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by jlhmnj
Originally Posted by miriam
I got a Singer 241-12 a while ago. Got her all unstuck and moving nice. Put her to the test. NADA. Her tension was wonky. Then the shuttle wouldn't loop. I put her on hold and had a bout of PI and broken toe etc for the summer. OK so I got her out - fixed the tension in 3 minutes. YEAH I won. Then started checking for burrs on the hook. NADA. Put the bobbin in and out in and out. NADA. That bobbin case had a screw missing. I replaced it a while ago. Seems like the dumb think is off. Won't hold in right. Then I got to digging around in my junk. None of the bobbin cases I have on hand match the hole. I'm not even sure the one that came with it was the right one. Now I'm thinking - order a new bobbin case. They range from 3 to 40 dollars. So if I buy the 3 dollar one will it work? Then I notice you can just buy the bobbin tension spring. That should be a clue... So I look over the bobbin case. EW. It was coated in rust - I got a bit of oil and a bit of aluminum foil and polished it up. Poked it in the bobbin hole - NADA. It makes a loop but add fabric and it balls up something awful. Has to be that tension spring. I'm beating my head against the stupid wall on this one.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
Needle tip of the day: The needle curf goes toward the bobbin when you put in the needle - industrial machines have round needles - no flat side.
Jon
10-06-2011, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Candace, I have the Elna 62C that I prefer not to use to quilt. Someone else may not feel that way. It's the best stitching machine I've ever seen, but, IMO, she just wasn't made to quilt.
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