What the heck is it?
07-09-2014, 08:48 PM
#25
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Not Here
Posts: 3,817
I bet it's the bobbin winder that comes with your quilting machine / frame.
Still no luck getting it running? Did nothing we suggested work? Have you tried it off the frame yet?
The main reason I insist on a house call with quilting machines is that there are too many variables when things go wrong. If the machine is healthy, but the quilt is on a torture rack (racked way too tight) for instance, it will seem like the machine is misbehaving.
Which bobbins does your quilting machine use? I bet the center hole is larger too than a regular bobbin. (an L bobbin for instance)
Normally no noise means no power. So it could be the brushes, or a wiring problem. Check the brushes first. The winder will be important if your machine doesn't have a winder on it, and many (most?) industrials don't.
Still no luck getting it running? Did nothing we suggested work? Have you tried it off the frame yet?
The main reason I insist on a house call with quilting machines is that there are too many variables when things go wrong. If the machine is healthy, but the quilt is on a torture rack (racked way too tight) for instance, it will seem like the machine is misbehaving.
Which bobbins does your quilting machine use? I bet the center hole is larger too than a regular bobbin. (an L bobbin for instance)
Normally no noise means no power. So it could be the brushes, or a wiring problem. Check the brushes first. The winder will be important if your machine doesn't have a winder on it, and many (most?) industrials don't.
07-10-2014, 06:39 AM
#27
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Oregon High Desert
Posts: 137
I purchased a Kenquilt KQ622 in 1995. This is the bobbin winder that came with my machine. Did the lady give you a mechanical Kenquilt? I still use mine. Both the quilting machine and the bobbin winder. The machine is mechanical so even if it doesn't turn you can free it up and get it going. The bobbin winder is the same way. Works great. The tracks of my machine wore out so I rebuilt them. That's easy to do. I purchased aluminum angle iron and laid it with the corner up for the wheels of my machine to run on. I used my machine for business for 5 years so it has had many, many, many quilts finished on it. Good luck.
04-29-2020, 05:31 PM
#28
Member
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 2
KenQuilt622
Originally Posted by HiDesertQuilter
I purchased a Kenquilt KQ622 in 1995. This is the bobbin winder that came with my machine. Did the lady give you a mechanical Kenquilt? I still use mine. Both the quilting machine and the bobbin winder. The machine is mechanical so even if it doesn't turn you can free it up and get it going. The bobbin winder is the same way. Works great. The tracks of my machine wore out so I rebuilt them. That's easy to do. I purchased aluminum angle iron and laid it with the corner up for the wheels of my machine to run on. I used my machine for business for 5 years so it has had many, many, many quilts finished on it. Good luck.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
marsye
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
19
01-09-2011 06:59 AM
CompulsiveQuilter
Main
13
11-04-2010 08:47 PM
