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Posted by robb on April 10, 2009, 8:50 pm
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> My wife and I were just given this machine. When my wife
started to use
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> it she realized that it will not feed the fabric. The feet are
moving
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> forward and backwards but they are not moving up and down.
> Any help we could be given would be greatly appreciated.
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> Matt and Mandee
hello,
1. Lets start easy ...
Could just need some cleaning or lubricating around the feed dogs
or under the feed dogs. Could be lots of thread lint or maybe
some thread balls or anything like that that are stoping the feed
dogs from moving properly.
Have you removed the needle plate and checked for any gunk build
up under there and check for the feed dog movement up and down
with needle plate removed ? clean out all the lint and thread
wads ?
do the dogs move up and down now ?
2. Next ...
Are the feed dogs really moving forward and backwards properly ?
Or are they just kind of jumping and jittering some or a small
bit.
3. Next ...
Could need some lubrication if the machine has sat for a while ?
There is one screw that holds the plastic tray on under the free
arm. if you remove it you can see everything you need or want to
see to determine the problem with the feed dogs.
You can get some sewing machine oil and a little cheapy small
"artist" paint brush and dab some sew oil on any thing that moves
or looks like it should move.
4. Next ...
Could be the pastic gears have failed.
When you took the plastic tray off did a bunch of bits and pieces
of black plastic fall out ?
Having said all that...
First you need to decide if the machine is worth the trouble to
fix ?
The stylist are not fantastic machines. They are ok machines .
They have a few basic stitches. They have plastic gears that move
the feed dogs and other plastic gears that move the thread hook.
The gears almost always crumble some time late in there life (10+
years). The gears are cheap but it is tedious job to replace and
you !!will!! need a service manual to complete the job for timing
and adjustments.
The amount a sew shop will charge you (? $80 ? ) to do the job
will greatly out value the machine.
share with us how it goes
hth
robb
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> started to use it she realized that it will not feed the
> fabric. The feet are moving forward and backwards but
> they are not moving up and down.
> Any help we could be given would be greatly appreciated.