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Posted by Juno on November 12, 2005, 9:09 am
Sarah Carter wrote:
> I've been trying to thread my overlocker for two days now without success
> and I'm about to go mad so I'm hoping that someone can tell me what is
> happening.
>
> It's a Janome Mylock and I never seem to have any problems threading it
> whatsoever so this makes it extra frustrating.
>
> The two threads for undernath seem to be fine. The two top threads which go
> through the needle however are driving me crazy!
>
> I thread everything up fine, and test it on a piece of scrap material.
> Everthing is fine. Even the tension is fine. I do another test to make
> doubly sure that is ok and then one of the needles is somehow not threaded.
> It isn't even the same needle each time.
>
> The first time it happened, it was on the needle which was using wooly nylon
> overlocker thread so I thought it must be a fluke accident where the thread
> had snapped and the tail got caught up with the 3 threads that were working.
> (the unthreaded thread is still moving along out the back of the machine
> with the 3 correctly 3 threads that are stitching fine)
>
> I tried again, and the needle using poly cotton thread did exactly the same
> thing as the wooly thread did.
>
> I tried it with just poly cotton thread. Same thing happened again with one
> needle at a time.
>
> This is a rethread afer one of my needles broke and I've changed both of
> them. I'm sure it can't be possible that the needles have a hole in then for
> the thread to escape, but it's the only think I can think of.
>
> I've got my husband involved in the threading of the needles to try and
> prove that I'm not actually going crazya dn he has come to the same
> conclusion as I have. The overlocker fairies are out to get me as it didn't
> like me making 3 skirts in one day, so the machine has gone on strike.
>
> Can anyone advise me? It's probably something so amazingly simple but after
> 2 days of trying to thread it, I need to catch up on my work, hence my plea.
>
> Sarah
> --
> i canb ty[p3 wei9th m6y n0s4e
>
>
MY MIllie MyLock was giving me simialr problems and lots of grief. Took
her to the shop I bought her at and after an hour of fiddling the nice
lady found that the needles were not quite in place. they took a great
deal of loosing of the screws and a good hard shove. That might be your
problem.
Juno
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