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Posted by Shirl on October 27, 2008, 12:29 pm
Hi all.
I have a Bernina 180 and I'm ready to throw it from my window :-(
In embroidery mode I can't get a design finished without the needle breaking
once or twice. I have looked on google at all the likely causes such as.
Wrong foot, wrong shuttle or bobbin, thread catching etc and its none of
these.
Another option was that maybe the needle is catching on the needle plate and
causing it to snap. Now I've looked closely at the needle whilst lowering
it with the handwheel and it does seem very close to the front of the needle
plate. Is this something I can fix myself and is it really a likely cause
or does anyone have any ideas on what else I can try as I can't afford to
keep going through needles at this rate.
I've tried pushing the needle plate more forward with a screwdriver but this
hasn't helped and I just want to get on with some designs.
PS I haven't had a needle break whilst in sewing mode however I haven't done
a great deal of sewing as the machine is new to me and i've only really done
test sewing.
Any help gratefully received.
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Posted by Liz Hall on October 27, 2008, 2:22 pm
What needles are using, I must admit I threw my machine out of the window, I
didn't have software and it was useless embroidering without and I couldn't
get the hang of that dreadful front loading bobbin.
Liz
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> Hi all.
> I have a Bernina 180 and I'm ready to throw it from my window :-(
> In embroidery mode I can't get a design finished without the needle
> breaking once or twice. I have looked on google at all the likely causes
> such as. Wrong foot, wrong shuttle or bobbin, thread catching etc and its
> none of these.
> Another option was that maybe the needle is catching on the needle plate
> and causing it to snap. Now I've looked closely at the needle whilst
> lowering it with the handwheel and it does seem very close to the front of
> the needle plate. Is this something I can fix myself and is it really a
> likely cause or does anyone have any ideas on what else I can try as I
> can't afford to keep going through needles at this rate.
> I've tried pushing the needle plate more forward with a screwdriver but
> this hasn't helped and I just want to get on with some designs.
> PS I haven't had a needle break whilst in sewing mode however I haven't
> done a great deal of sewing as the machine is new to me and i've only
> really done test sewing.
> Any help gratefully received.
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Posted by shirl on October 27, 2008, 6:39 pm
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> What needles are using, I must admit I threw my machine out of the window,
> I didn't have software and it was useless embroidering without and I
> couldn't get the hang of that dreadful front loading bobbin.
> Liz
Hi Liz
Right its beaten me tonight. I did one design of 12000 stitches and went
through seven needles. I kept going, trying different remedies each time to
no avail. In the end i've run out of embroidery needles so with two minutes
left on the design i've abandoned it :-(
I'm using Schmetz Embroidery 75 and 90 mix. I've tried using polyester and
rayon. I've tried taking the thread from the stand and moving it away from
the machine as I've read that can be helpful. I've slowed the machine right
down. Everything I can thing of. But now I'm out of embroidery needles so
thats it until I can get to the shops.
I just don't know what else to try
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Posted by Herb on October 27, 2008, 7:13 pm
shirl wrote:
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>>What needles are using, I must admit I threw my machine out of the window,
>>I didn't have software and it was useless embroidering without and I
>>couldn't get the hang of that dreadful front loading bobbin.
>>Liz
>
> Hi Liz
>
> Right its beaten me tonight. I did one design of 12000 stitches and went
> through seven needles. I kept going, trying different remedies each time to
> no avail. In the end i've run out of embroidery needles so with two minutes
> left on the design i've abandoned it :-(
>
> I'm using Schmetz Embroidery 75 and 90 mix. I've tried using polyester and
> rayon. I've tried taking the thread from the stand and moving it away from
> the machine as I've read that can be helpful. I've slowed the machine right
> down. Everything I can thing of. But now I'm out of embroidery needles so
> thats it until I can get to the shops.
>
> I just don't know what else to try
>
>
The needle might be hitting the bobbin case. If the bobbin case turns,
it has to be synchronized with the needle coming down - once they're
out of synch - broken needles. There's supposed to be a way for YOU to
fix the timing - try contacting ken at this email address:
drivewithken at blueyonder.co.uk
[replacing the at with no spaces and an @ ]
Or, it could be out of alignment - particularly if "new to you" means
that it's been previously used. A stop at your local dealer should help.
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Posted by Shirl on October 28, 2008, 4:32 am
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> The needle might be hitting the bobbin case. If the bobbin case turns, it
> has to be synchronized with the needle coming down - once they're out of
> synch - broken needles. There's supposed to be a way for YOU to fix the
> timing - try contacting ken at this email address:
> drivewithken at blueyonder.co.uk
> [replacing the at with no spaces and an @ ]
> Or, it could be out of alignment - particularly if "new to you" means that
> it's been previously used. A stop at your local dealer should help.
Many thanks Herb.
Yes you are right, new to me means I recently purchased it from a dealer but
the machine is probably five to eight years old.
I will try the contact you mentioned thank you. I will also have a chat
with the dealer.
If I can get hold of more needles today I will also have a go at a design
that is built into the machine. My thinking is that if the internal designs
stitch out fine then its clearly me doing something wrong. Its not at the
same time that the needle breaks you see, sometimes I can be twenty minutes
into a design whilst last night I couldn't even get more than a few stitches
in.
Thanks again
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> I have a Bernina 180 and I'm ready to throw it from my window :-(
> In embroidery mode I can't get a design finished without the needle
> breaking once or twice. I have looked on google at all the likely causes
> such as. Wrong foot, wrong shuttle or bobbin, thread catching etc and its
> none of these.
> Another option was that maybe the needle is catching on the needle plate
> and causing it to snap. Now I've looked closely at the needle whilst
> lowering it with the handwheel and it does seem very close to the front of
> the needle plate. Is this something I can fix myself and is it really a
> likely cause or does anyone have any ideas on what else I can try as I
> can't afford to keep going through needles at this rate.
> I've tried pushing the needle plate more forward with a screwdriver but
> this hasn't helped and I just want to get on with some designs.
> PS I haven't had a needle break whilst in sewing mode however I haven't
> done a great deal of sewing as the machine is new to me and i've only
> really done test sewing.
> Any help gratefully received.