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Posted by nobody but us chickens on October 1, 2006, 11:55 am
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> nobody but us chickens wrote:
>> ok, I tried playing with my new to me Kenmore serger this morning. I
>> don't
>> know what I'm doing wrong but the lower looper thread keeps breaking. I
>> kept
>> replaying the video & as far as I can tell it's threaded right but then
>> somehow
>> it came out. I was finally able to get a chain then I put a scrap piece
>> of
>> fabric
>> under & it serged for about 2" then broke!
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> Have you tried with a different spool of thread?? Yours might be old??
> Is the tension correct?? It can do that if it is set too
> tight........you should be able to pull it through the looper with the
> presser foot up.............check to see if there is a piece of thread
> stuck in the tensioners that should not be there?? Others will have
> more ideas, I am sure, but I hope this will help some.
>
I was using the tread that came with it but I have other unopened cones.
I set the tension on what the video told me to. who knows what mailing
it did to it. the left side of the casing came loose & I had to pop it back
in place & tighten the screw there.
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