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dog foot problems sugrifin 03-25-2006
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Posted by sugrifin on March 25, 2006, 12:21 pm
Y'all,
I have a baby lock proline BL 6600 (I love it ) that is suddenly not letting
me sew over the occasional pin. It seems as if maybe the foot is pressing
too hard and bending the least little bit and it gets caught in the throat
plate.And the feet aren't moving the fabric through.very consistantly.
I have alot of sewing to do and I really DO NOT want to take it to the shop
if I can fix it.
IS it something as simple as adjusting a tension or throatplate position?
I haven't fiddled with it yet cos' I am not a good fiddler unless I am very
sure.
Thanks in advance,
Sue
Spring sewing makes me so happy!




Posted by small change on March 25, 2006, 12:32 pm
sugrifin wrote:
> Y'all,
> I have a baby lock proline BL 6600 (I love it ) that is suddenly not
> letting me sew over the occasional pin. It seems as if maybe the foot
> is pressing too hard and bending the least little bit and it gets
> caught in the throat plate.And the feet aren't moving the fabric
> through.very consistantly.
> I have alot of sewing to do and I really DO NOT want to take it to
> the shop if I can fix it.
> IS it something as simple as adjusting a tension or throatplate
> position?
> I haven't fiddled with it yet cos' I am not a good fiddler unless I
> am very sure.
> Thanks in advance,
> Sue
> Spring sewing makes me so happy!

how about not sewing over pins?


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Posted by Pat in Virginia on March 25, 2006, 12:58 pm
Sue: I do not sew over pins. I remove them as
I go. BUT, I had a similar problem, but the
solution was easy. I removed the throat plate
and installed it again more carefully. Voila
... problem solved. HTH. PAT in VA/USA
sugrifin wrote:

> Y'all,
> I have a baby lock proline BL 6600 (I love it ) that is suddenly not letting
> me sew over the occasional pin. It seems as if maybe the foot is pressing
> too hard and bending the least little bit and it gets caught in the throat
> plate.And the feet aren't moving the fabric through.very consistantly.
> I have alot of sewing to do and I really DO NOT want to take it to the shop
> if I can fix it.
> IS it something as simple as adjusting a tension or throatplate position?
> I haven't fiddled with it yet cos' I am not a good fiddler unless I am very
> sure.
> Thanks in advance,
> Sue
> Spring sewing makes me so happy!
>
>
>

Posted by Sally Holmes on March 25, 2006, 1:00 pm
sugrifin wrote:
> Y'all,
> I have a baby lock proline BL 6600 (I love it ) that is suddenly not letting
> me sew over the occasional pin. It seems as if maybe the foot is pressing
> too hard and bending the least little bit and it gets caught in the throat
> plate.

You're not really supposed to sew over pins, even though lots of us do
(and I learned it at a sewing machine class).

So let's pretend that you've promised to never, ever do it again, LIKE
I DON'T, and I'll suggest that you open up the bobbin area of your
machine and clean it out. You may have to remove the throat plate to
do it, or you may be able to get in after you take the bobbin out.
Break up the party that the fluff bunnies are having in there -
they're up to no good in the dark anyway - with a stiff paintbrush, if
you don't still have the little brush that came with your machine.
Don't use a pin or anything hard and sharp to prod them out. Find the
manual, and check whether you should oil the machine: if you should,
do it.

Give it a nice new needle of the size appropriate to your fabric and
see it it feels better.

You should really do this every time you finish a major sewing
project, about every 5 - 8 hours of sewing, or more often if you're
sewing something fluffy like flannel.

HTH

Sally Holmes
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

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