[amayausers] Re: Bobbin Tension ??

  • From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:44:15 -0600

Hi Aaron,
Only in advanced tech training last week in Denver and it was awesome! We will be on the road with a tech call and trip to Portland this week but can't wait to get home and play with it more.
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Linen Barn" <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Bobbin Tension ??


>I have to agree with Sharon here. I use the plastic sided NEB bobbins and
> very rarely have to adjust the tension on the bobbin with very little lint.
> I find running them a little tighter than recommended works best, but I have
> been doing that for years, even on the conventional machines.
>
> By the way, is anyone running the upgraded software with the Auto Material
> Thickness feature? What do you think of it?
>
> Aaron Sargent
> The Linen Barn
> linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Medford, OR
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 9:17 AM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Bobbin Tension ??
>
>
>> After reading your post Roland, I'm beginning to think machines just must
>> be different. We have never used anything but NEB bobbins (plastic sided)
>> and in the nearly 3 years we have been sewing on our machine(s), I can
>> count
>> on one hand the times I have had to adjust our bobbin for tension. Our
>> machine sews best with a bit tighter bobbin tension--it takes a snap of
>> the
>> wrist and it falls slightly.
>>
>> As for the cleaning, we check it by running a business card corner under
>> it and in 3 years have actually found something under it once---maybe
>> twice.
>> Not using the cardboard sided bobbins seems to be our saving grace. With
>> the plastic there is no lint. When we did find something, it was a very
>> tiny piece of thread. If we see bobbin coming up to the top we just
>> increase the material thickness until it stops. Bobbin adjustment just
>> doesn't seem to be an issue--we set it and forget it.
>> Sharon
>>
>>
>>
>


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