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Posted by Polly Esther on October 8, 2009, 7:06 pm
A warning on that one - if you take off the needle plate to clean or just
have a look around, please replace it and cover it before you do attempt to
remove/replace a needle. Dropping a loose needle down into the innards of a
SM is awful. We had to pick up my Bernina and tilt her just every whichaway
to retrieve a dropped needle. (Is whichaway a word?) Polly
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John" <wrote, in part>If you take off the needle plate and expose the
workings it
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> will become apparent what has to happen when the needle goes up and
> down, to make the thread take up happen.
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Posted by John on October 8, 2009, 9:49 pm
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> A warning on that one - if you take off the needle plate to clean or just
> have a look around, please replace it and cover it before you do attempt =
to
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> remove/replace a needle. =A0Dropping a loose needle down into the innards=
of a
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> SM is awful. =A0We had to pick up my Bernina and tilt her just every whic=
haway
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> to retrieve a dropped needle. =A0(Is whichaway a word?) =A0 Polly
> John" <wrote, in part>If you take off the needle plate and expose the
> workings it
> > will become apparent what has to happen when the needle goes up and
> > down, to make the thread take up happen.
Actually on that model, it would drop down into the bottom of the
case, and be easily accessible from the fold down trap door of the
access point. The bobbin sits at the end of a shaft and there are few
other "things" around it to get stuck on. It is really a rather simple
mechanism, and totally unlike the normal domestic machine. Not too
much to worry about on that score. But just in case, I suggest you use
a clamping type of tweezers. I use medical hemostats, and they work
great. They are also useful for many other things, in the sewing
studio, I would suggest everybody have a pair.
John
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Posted by Polly Esther on October 8, 2009, 10:11 pm
Maybe I need some hemostats, John. Too often, I have to get my little
pliers to remove the foil seal on new jars and bottles in the kitchen. My
fingers have a heap of mileage and just aren't as strong as they used to be.
What brand, style, model whatever do you recommend? I had to use baby food
bananas for nut bread and had a mean time trying to get the little
containers open. Boy, was I glad I didn't have a hungry baby yowling at me.
Polly
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"John" <wrote, in part> But just in case, I suggest you use
a clamping type of tweezers. I use medical hemostats, and they work
great. They are also useful for many other things, in the sewing
studio, I would suggest everybody have a pair.
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 9, 2009, 3:49 am
Polly Esther wrote:
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> A warning on that one - if you take off the needle plate to clean or
> just have a look around, please replace it and cover it before you do
> attempt to remove/replace a needle. Dropping a loose needle down into
> the innards of a SM is awful. We had to pick up my Bernina and tilt her
> just every whichaway to retrieve a dropped needle. (Is whichaway a
> word?) Polly
I had to strip off all the covers from the looper area of the Brother
serger to extract a dropped needle... Not exactly fun, but at least I
know how to do that now! And keeping the needle plate on for changing
the needle didn't help. It fell through.
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Posted by Julia in MN on October 9, 2009, 9:40 am
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> Polly Esther wrote:
>> A warning on that one - if you take off the needle plate to clean or
>> just have a look around, please replace it and cover it before you do
>> attempt to remove/replace a needle. Dropping a loose needle down into
>> the innards of a SM is awful. We had to pick up my Bernina and tilt
>> her just every whichaway to retrieve a dropped needle. (Is whichaway
>> a word?) Polly
>
> I had to strip off all the covers from the looper area of the Brother
> serger to extract a dropped needle... Not exactly fun, but at least I
> know how to do that now! And keeping the needle plate on for changing
> the needle didn't help. It fell through.
My Babylock serger has a little drawer to catch any needles that fall
through. Handy because serger needles aren't real easy to change without
dropping. I do have a little needle holder that helps a lot.
Julia in MN
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