[amayausers] Re: Presser foot adjustment
- From: "Body Cover" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:08:58 -0700
I would think roll it down until it touches and then one click up.
My guess is about 4 to 5 clicks up from bottom is where you'll end up.
And Thanks for the letter to Cameron!
Ron Vinyard
Body Cover / Magic Stitches
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Rotter" <tsiemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:20 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Presser foot adjustment
> Ron,
> What presser foot setting do you think?
>
> Cheryl Rotter
> Team Sports Ink
> 5111 Grumann Dr. Ste #1B
> Carson City, NV 89706
> 775-884-3550
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Body Cover
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:24 AM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Presser foot adjustment
>
> YES!
>
> the little spring won't push down on the thread like it used to
> or in our case you drop it and it looks fine but you later realize it's
> out of round
> and the bobbin slightly rubs on one side creating all these weird
> tension variations.
>
> I think they are like $6 so we changed all 4 of ours out and was amazed
> how
> much better they worked,
> I think when we clean underneath the spring (flat thin metal band) they
> relax and don't keep consistent tension.
>
> Ron Vinyard
> Body Cover / Magic Stitches
>
> 1-888-435-0176
> 541-471-1504 Fax 541-471-0427
>
> 420 SW H Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526-2532
>
> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.bodycoverdesign.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cheryl Rotter" <tsiemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:18 AM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Presser foot adjustment
>
>
>> Ron,
>> Do bobbin cases wear out?
>>
>> Cheryl Rotter
>> Team Sports Ink
>> 5111 Grumann Dr. Ste #1B
>> Carson City, NV 89706
>> 775-884-3550
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Body Cover
>> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:56 AM
>> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Presser foot adjustment
>>
>> Sounds like a bobbin loosening up to me.
>> You might try switching bobbin cases from a good machine
>> to a bad one and see if the problem goes away.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> Ron Vinyard
>> Body Cover / Magic Stitches
>>
>> 1-888-435-0176
>> 541-471-1504 Fax 541-471-0427
>>
>> 420 SW H Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526-2532
>>
>> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.bodycoverdesign.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cheryl Rotter" <tsiemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:45 AM
>> Subject: [amayausers] Presser foot adjustment
>>
>>
>>>I need some advice. I am sewing a tech jacket (it looks like a knit
> but
>>> it isn't very stretchy, it might have neoprene underneath) from Ash
>> City
>>> that has no nap on the top but has a light microfleece lining inside.
>> I
>>> am sewing a jacket back with metallic thread from ARC. One piece of
>>> heavy cutaway, 75/11 sharp needle. The stitches are all satin
> stitches
>>> with density of 4.0 and a zigzag underlay. I digitized this myself
>> using
>>> the "convert to stitches" feature using a clean vector file from
> Corel
>>> Draw. Most of them have sewn ok, but I have had about 5 of the 34
>> sewing
>>> with loopy and loose stitches. From the back the bobbin looks too
>> tight.
>>> I first took off Actifed and went to a 7 material thickness, worked
>> for
>>> a while then loops started again. About two machines are sewing the
>> file
>>> great, the other 5 machines, not so great. I can't figure out why the
>>> two are sewing so nicely. All settings seem to be the same with these
>>> two and the other 5
>>>
>>> What presser foot setting would you sew? How about bobbin tension?
>> The
>>> reason I turned off actifeed was that one of my new 2005 XTs was
>> sewing
>>> the metallic thread at a 2. That did not seem right. Any help is
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> cr
>>>
>>> Cheryl Rotter
>>> Team Sports Ink
>>> 5111 Grumann Dr. Ste #1B
>>> Carson City, NV 89706
>>> 775-884-3550
>>>
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