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Posted by CaroleD on November 14, 2009, 1:28 pm
I saw your reply, Sandy. Thanks. I might end up posting later. As you
might have read, while my normal stitching is going fine now, I can't get
the feed dogs to lower to try free motion. The button presses in easily but
won't stay. It springs right back out. The feed dogs won't stay down. I
called the Sewing Center but nobody is there today who knows enough to look
at it, so I'm supposed to bring it back on Tuesday when the repair guy is
there. None of the ladies in the shop had ever heard of this problem.
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CaroleD - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW GA >^..^<
My quilts, crafts, pets, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle/
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Posted by Sandy on November 14, 2009, 1:56 pm
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> I saw your reply, Sandy. Thanks. I might end up posting later. As you
> might have read, while my normal stitching is going fine now, I can't get
> the feed dogs to lower to try free motion. The button presses in easily but
> won't stay. It springs right back out. The feed dogs won't stay down. I
> called the Sewing Center but nobody is there today who knows enough to look
> at it, so I'm supposed to bring it back on Tuesday when the repair guy is
> there. None of the ladies in the shop had ever heard of this problem.
Carole, I'm so sorry you're getting such a dismal introduction to
Berninas! :( I've never heard of this problem, either, and I'm beginning
to think that perhaps the machine should be replaced with one that works
as it's supposed to.
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by J* on November 14, 2009, 4:29 pm
if this is a new machine and having more than one problem,
i'd ask at what point in time i'd be getting another machine
as this one is obviously having some real issues.
taking it back and forth for fixing is a big inconvenience to you and you're
not getting all the sewing done as you'd anticipated when you bought a new
machine.
if its a lemon for cry'n outloud they oughta just give you a new one that
works properly.
j.
"Sandy" wrote...
Carole, I'm so sorry you're getting such a dismal introduction to
Berninas! :( I've never heard of this problem, either, and I'm beginning
to think that perhaps the machine should be replaced with one that works
as it's supposed to.
"CaroleD" wrote:
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> I saw your reply, Sandy. Thanks. I might end up posting later. As you
> might have read, while my normal stitching is going fine now, I can't get
> the feed dogs to lower to try free motion. The button presses in easily
> but
> won't stay. It springs right back out. The feed dogs won't stay down. I
> called the Sewing Center but nobody is there today who knows enough to
> look
> at it, so I'm supposed to bring it back on Tuesday when the repair guy is
> there. None of the ladies in the shop had ever heard of this problem.
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Posted by John on November 13, 2009, 6:21 pm
On Nov 13, 3:40=A0pm, Carole-Retired and Loving It
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> PROBLEM SOLVED!!!! :) =A0I did have to take the machine down to the
> Sewing Center, and luckily the repairman was there and looked at it
> right away. =A0He had to do some "surgery" on the bobbin case. =A0The
> spring wasn't correctly seated and was about to fall out. =A0Once he did
> that, he sat down and sewed some beautiful straight lines. =A0Then he
> had me totally re-thread the machine to make sure I was doing it right
> (I was) and had me sew for a bit. =A0It worked fine.
> So now it's back home and set up again. =A0I've started with another
> thread, another freshly wound bobbin, and it still works! =A0I even
> played around with a lot of the decorative and specialty stitches, and
> the small alphabets. =A0Total success.
> Next step - adjusting to use Bottom Line thread in both top and
> bottom, as that is how I was already quilting the quilt-in-progress.
> I'm straight line stitching some of the motifs, so I'm going to try
> out the walking foot.
> Step 2 - Experiment with free-motion with the BSR.
> Step 3 - Open the box with the embroidery module and experiment with
> that.
> These steps may take weeks or months! :)
> Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia
> My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more -http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle
Glad they could deal with it, and get you up and running. Have fun!
John
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Posted by Sandy on November 12, 2009, 9:06 pm
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> I finally decided to get a Bernina 440 QEE. I've never owned a
> Bernina. I was happy with the store model. However, I'm having a
> !!$#@##!! time with the new one now that I'm home. I haven't even
> gotten to the embroidery module or the BSR. I'm just trying to get a
> nice, normal, straight stitch. I've carefully followed the threading
> diagrams for top thread and bobbin thread. It will sew normally for
> about an inch or so and then the bobbin thread starts creating big
> loops on the bottom.
>
> If it were incorrectly threaded, I'd think those loops would start
> right away and would continue, but this is an off/on kind of thing.
> I wound a new bobbin, put on a new spool of thread, and changed the
> needle and it still won't work. I'm SO discouraged. The dealer is 32
> miles away!!!
>
> Do any of you other 440 owners have any helpful suggestions for things
> I could try? I'll call the store tomorrow afternoon but I have a
> feeling they'll want me to make that drive again and bring it in. I
> SO don't want to have to do that! (My first class is scheduled for
> Dec. 19th but I don't want to wait that long to be able to sew!)
>
> (My Elna Quilter's Dream is in that same store for service, so I'm
> machine-less at the moment. It will be there for a couple of weeks
> because the service guy only comes once a week.)
>
>
>
> Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia
>
> My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle
Carole, have you looked closely at your bobbin case? I found that one of
mine (I have a Bernina that's very similar to yours, though it doesn't
have the embroidery module) was allowing the thread to move from between
the two little "hook-like" things that poke down into the hole where the
thread exits the case. I hope that was at least semi-clear. Anyway, my
dealer simply replaced the case, and the problem stopped.
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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