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Posted on May 20, 2009

My machine will not sew

It will go real slow and sounds funny, the needle seams to get stuck down in the bobbin and I did do all the things that were in the manual clean the bobbing and put a drop oil in there and cleaned the feed dogs and changed the needle. This started when I was sewing some medium weight fabric that has a lite rubber backing. was going along good and the needle started to get caught down in the bobbin and some trouble getting in out but I did and cleaned items listed above.

  • Jim Goldsmith
    Jim Goldsmith May 11, 2010

    your machine dogging shaft set screw has slipped due to the heavier material do you know how to retime your machine?

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When sewing anything that is rubberized you should use silicon spray this will help the fabric move along and will keep the needle from accumulating the rubber buildup and sticking in the bobbon casing.

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Why does the needle keeps getting stuck in the bobbin

Sounds like you've got a thread jam going on. Take the bobbin and bobbin case out, take the needle plate (=throat plate) off the machine, and clean all the lint and bits of thread and other gunge out of there. Reassemble. Rethread with the presser foot up. Fetch up the bobbin thread and pull bobbin and top thread ends under and behind the presser foot. Then start each seam like this:
1. Fabric under the presser foot; lower needle with handwheel or needle up/down key into the beginning of the seam.
2. Drop the presser foot.
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See also the last pair of photos here: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22521551
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Sounds like it may be a bad solenoid or clutch inside. When it tries to reverse direction to rewind is sounds like it's getting stuck. The lights comming on might be an indication that the machine detects a problem. You could try to open it and see if any of the gears are broken or out of place or if any of the teeth on the gears are missing. But I would get it serviced if you're not comfortable with opening it up.
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Is the bobbin winder on? If so, turn it off.
Otherwise, is there power to the machine?
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You seem to have done everything as correctly as expected.
There are some minor things that could be disturbing yet.
Make sure that needle is exacly correct in her place and that the thread isthread from the correct side. One thing I knowworks wellwhen sewing thick parts is to hold the fabric in such a way that it is a bit streched under the needle and to let the machine go slowly over the thick bits.
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Turn off the machine and remove the needle.

Lift the presser foot and remove the inner hoop and then the rest of the hoop.

Move the fabric to one side and cut the threads with a seam ripper.

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Remove the bobbin and bobbin case.

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You should repeat the last three steps routinely as lint and thread snips can accumulate in these area and cause mis-stitching.

Replace the bobbin case, bobbin and needle plate.

Use a new needle.

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