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Janome Machine will not feed material !!

I have a front bob on Janome Sewing Machine picked up at an Auction I have been trying to sew but the material will not feed through, I have to really pull the material very hard to enable the material to move I just cannot find what is going on, please can someone help me?

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If the fabric is not feeding, the feed dogs are probably not operating properly. Check that they have not been dropped below the needle plate (which is done when darning or free motion quilting). In this setting, the feed dogs never rise above the needle plate to grab and pull the fabric.

The other issue could be that the feed dogs are defective or perhaps seized.

Since you did not provide a model, I can provide only this assistance. It would be helpful to locate (search for make model manual) for your machine.

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