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Posted by Polly Esther on November 12, 2009, 9:11 pm
Now that you mention it, Sandy - my 440QE arrived with what seemed to me to
be the wrong bobbin case. Might not have been but didn't look right to me.
Of course, I bought mine one dark and stormy night out behind the
laundromat. Polly
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> wrote:
>> 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.
> --
> 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 Sandy on November 12, 2009, 10:17 pm
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> Now that you mention it, Sandy - my 440QE arrived with what seemed to me to
> be the wrong bobbin case. Might not have been but didn't look right to me.
> Of course, I bought mine one dark and stormy night out behind the
> laundromat. Polly
ROFLOL! Polly, there you go again with the funny post and no spew
warning! ;)
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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 Polly Esther on November 12, 2009, 10:28 pm
I just talked to Carole on the phone - she speaks southern so we were able
to communicate just fine. She had realized that she needed to question the
tension on the bobbin case - the case wasn't sliding at all when she held it
by the thread. Sorry about the spew warning. We don't have dealers here
since Katrina and my SMs truly have come from some very strange places.
Polly
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>> Now that you mention it, Sandy - my 440QE arrived with what seemed to me
>> to
>> be the wrong bobbin case. Might not have been but didn't look right to
>> me.
>> Of course, I bought mine one dark and stormy night out behind the
>> laundromat. Polly
> ROFLOL! Polly, there you go again with the funny post and no spew
> warning! ;)
> --
> 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 Carole-Retired and Loving It on November 12, 2009, 11:08 pm
Sandy, I've taken that bobbin case in and out so many times I'm sick
of it. The thread has always been between the two hooks, but it does
act like something isn't right there. I experiment with the tension
screw and got it so that it will sew longer stretches before it starts
the problem, but I still can't get it to sew consistently.
I talked with Polly and she gave me some other things to try to, but
so far, it still isn't sewing properly.
wrote:
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>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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Posted by Polly Esther on November 12, 2009, 11:35 pm
How I wish I could send Carole a dozen or so gators to take with her back to
that Bernina dealer. THey should not have let that SM leave the store until
they were sure it was prepped and Carole could at least thread it and
straight stitch. My golly! Grrrrrrr. Polly
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> Sandy, I've taken that bobbin case in and out so many times I'm sick
> of it. The thread has always been between the two hooks, but it does
> act like something isn't right there. I experiment with the tension
> screw and got it so that it will sew longer stretches before it starts
> the problem, but I still can't get it to sew consistently.
> I talked with Polly and she gave me some other things to try to, but
> so far, it still isn't sewing properly.
> wrote:
>>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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>> 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.
> --
> Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
> sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
> http://www.sandymike.net