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Posted by Jack Schmidling on March 27, 2006, 10:25 am
I purchased a walking foot attachment for my Brother and was delighted
how well it worked. However, after studying exactly how it works, I am
thinking that the placebo effect might has snookered me.
I was under the impression that it was pulling the top fabric through
the machine but it seems that it only goes up and down with the needle
and rides back as the dogs pull from the bottom then rises and springs
back forward.
There is no pulling at all on top. If I put the embroidery plate over
the feed dogs, there is no movement at all.
Is this the way they all work and if so, what good are they?
How about the machines with the walking foot built in?
Thanks,
js
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Posted by Kate Dicey on March 27, 2006, 11:42 am
Jack Schmidling wrote:
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> I purchased a walking foot attachment for my Brother and was delighted
> how well it worked. However, after studying exactly how it works, I am
> thinking that the placebo effect might has snookered me.
>
> I was under the impression that it was pulling the top fabric through
> the machine but it seems that it only goes up and down with the needle
> and rides back as the dogs pull from the bottom then rises and springs
> back forward.
Yes, this *is* how they work - BUT: the double nature of the foot
pressing down means that it *does* grab the fabric on the top and stop
it sliding forwards with the pressure of a normal foot. One part holds
it down while the other springs forward ready for the next stitch. Good
quality ones work very well indeed.
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> There is no pulling at all on top. If I put the embroidery plate over
> the feed dogs, there is no movement at all.
This is correct. They will work against each other. If you want to use
the embroidery plate, do freemotion embroidery or quilting: with the
darning/embroidery foot, you can move the fabric in any direction. You
just need to learn to control it so that the stitches are even sizes...
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> Is this the way they all work and if so, what good are they?
I find mine are VERY useful for quilting, on velvet and polar fleece and
other piled fabrics, for keeping checks matched up, and for many
multi-layer projects.
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> How about the machines with the walking foot built in?
Some folk swear by them: many of the Pfaffs have this feature, but I
find the rest of the controls so awkward to use that I am better off
with the Husqvarna and the walking foot! :)
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> Thanks,
>
> js
>
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Posted by jack@schmidling.com on March 27, 2006, 12:32 pm
Thanks Kate,
I feel much better about it now. Guess I just didn't understand the
problem.
Since getting it, I have used it for everything but button holes,
zippers, bar tacks and buttons.
I am just learning to make trousers and it really is great on the long
seams. They end up exactly where I put them to start.
My ref to the embroidery plate was just to eliminate the feed dogs to
prove the point I thought was a defect.
Interesting though, when I set the stitch length at zero, it does make
a tiny stitch which creeps along slowly. Don't know why but I had this
problem when trying to make zig-zag bar tacks on the back pockets. I
could not get a satin finish so I had to remove the WF to get it right.
js
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Posted by Ron Anderson on March 27, 2006, 2:02 pm
You should not use the Walking foot for zig zag, unless you want to replace
it real often
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> Thanks Kate,
> I feel much better about it now. Guess I just didn't understand the
> problem.
> Since getting it, I have used it for everything but button holes,
> zippers, bar tacks and buttons.
> I am just learning to make trousers and it really is great on the long
> seams. They end up exactly where I put them to start.
> My ref to the embroidery plate was just to eliminate the feed dogs to
> prove the point I thought was a defect.
> Interesting though, when I set the stitch length at zero, it does make
> a tiny stitch which creeps along slowly. Don't know why but I had this
> problem when trying to make zig-zag bar tacks on the back pockets. I
> could not get a satin finish so I had to remove the WF to get it right.
> js
> --
> PHOTO OF THE WEEK: http://schmidling.com/pow.htm
> Astronomy, Beer, Cheese, Fiber,Gems, Sausage,Silver
> http://schmidling.com
>
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Posted by Kate Dicey on March 27, 2006, 2:59 pm
Ron Anderson wrote:
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> You should not use the Walking foot for zig zag, unless you want to replace
> it real often
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Ron, I think it depends on the make and machine, and exactly which
stitch pattern you are using. I wouldn't use the Singer style cheap and
cheerful with a zigzag, but the Husqvarna one if fine for it, and there
are instances in HV's instructions that tell you to use it for certain
swing needle processes (like the wavy line quilting stitch). I wouldn't
use it on any of the denser things like satin stitch, but it works a
treat with a lot of the rows of flowers and things when I'm doing them
on polar fleece or quilted items.
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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> how well it worked. However, after studying exactly how it works, I am
> thinking that the placebo effect might has snookered me.
>
> I was under the impression that it was pulling the top fabric through
> the machine but it seems that it only goes up and down with the needle
> and rides back as the dogs pull from the bottom then rises and springs
> back forward.