[amayausers] Re: new machine owner troubles
- From: "Beverly Thompson" <beverlyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:56:05 -0500
I think i remember having that problem if the presser foot was not down. I
don't have the XT but you have to have the presser foot raised up for caps,
and if you forget to lower it for flats you can get thread breaks.
Hope this helps
Beverly Thompson
Perdido Beach Embroidery
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> HELP!!!!!!!!!! I'm bbaaaack!! The saga of my sister-in-laws new
> machine has deepened since I last wrote. I mentioned last night that her
> new XT was having problems with needle number one constantly breaking it's
> thread. Well, looks like things have worsened today. I went down to her
> home in Bloomington, In. and after we turned it on, cleaned and oiled the
> hook; reset a new design,centered the design, checked all the needles,
> centered and hooped up the fabric, set the tension and hit the start
> button, it would only go about 5-6 stitches, just enough to catch the
> bobbin thread,then stop and show the thread break window. Well, the thread
> wasn't broken, but still tight in the fabric with the bobbin thread still
> attached. If you hit the start button once again, it would continue to do
> the same thing, again and again. We looked under the fabric for any stray
> threads, checked the bobbin for threads and to see if it was threaded
> properly; tried going to a different needl
> e and still would only go about 5-6 stitches and stop a bit lower down the
> fabric than where it last stitched, which would cause the thread to pull
> real tight. She has only had the machine since Tuesday and had actually
> stitched out 3-4 big shirt-size designs. The only thing she had done
> differently right before the problem started was to move the hoop arms to
> the outer holes so she could use the big hoop. I don't know if this could
> somehow be involved in the problem, but she did notice that one of the 2
> big flat-head screws on the hoop arm had popped off cuz she didn't have it
> tightened enough. I sure hope someone can help her cuz she can not use
> her machine at all and she needs to get a lot done this week due to a show
> coming up this weekend. THANKS!!! Debbie SORRY FOR THE LONG POST!!!
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