What is the purpose and use for feed balancing dial?

The Bernina Patchwork 140 does not do embroidery from a file (either built-in or external). You can do some free-hand embroidery by lowering the feed dogs. Depress the feed dog position button on the right hand side of the machine. It's below the balance dial and between the foot control socket and the power cord socket.

I hope this helps. ManualsLib has the manual for the Bernina 140; it's a shared manual with the Activa 130 and 131.

Cindy Wells

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/912164/Elna-6004.html?page=16#manual

Try adjusting balance... see page 14.


Elna International Corps. SA
When pattern "8" is sewn with the feed balancing dial D at the normal setting mark (?) the
sewn pattern should be as indicated in the mark 0 in the following figure.
1. Set the adjustable pattern mode.
(Turn on the power switch while pressing the reverse button. Choose pattern 8
within 2.5 seconds. Display screen should read "CHECK PATTERN 8").
2. Set the feed balancing dial at normal setting mark (?)
3. Depress the controller. (Eight patterns "8" will be sewn and stop automatically).
4. Remove the base. (See page 2).
5. Adjust the stretch stitch feed balance by turning the adjusting screw D in direction A or B.
6. Attach the base (See page 2)
Note: If you know the position of adjusting screw C, this adjustment can al so be made by
removing only the oblong metal plate on the base cover.

A set of feed dogs typically resembles two or three short, thin metal bars, crosscut with diagonal teeth, which move back and forth in slots in a sewing machine's needle plate. Their purpose is to pull ("feed") the fabric through themachine, in discrete steps, in-between stitches.


Feed dogs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_dogs Wikipedia

IF YOU HAVE A ZIG ZAG STITCH, SET THIS ON A LONG NARROW LENGTH AND USE THIS FOR STRETCHY FABRICS. ALSO USE A NEEDLE FOR STRETCH FABRICS OR A BALL POINT NEEDLE, IF YOU HAVE ONE, AS THIS IS BEST.

Either they are clogged with lint, or if you remove the base and find shredded gears (esp Singer)....not good

The knob on the left is the Pressure Foot pressure dial. Here is what the manual says about it: " This dial regulates how hard the presser foot is pushing down on the fabric. To little pressure may cause poor feeding of the fabric, skipped stitches, or difficulty in guiding the fabric as you sew. Too much pressure may result in one layer feeding ahead of another or feed teeth or presser foot marks on the fabric. For most fabrics set the dial at 2. For thicker fabric increase the dial to 3 and for thin fabric decrease to 1." The red dial on top, the far left one, is the tension dial. Just have to play around with that til you get it like you want. Hope this helps!

The feed unti dialed inside is seized , you can try removing the freearm plate and adding oil then manual turn the dial back and forth unit the feed dog drop. this will correct the problem for another 30 years

The little white button on the lower right front of the machine is the button that drops the feed teeth. If it is pressed in the feed teeth are down, push in a lift upward to be sure it's in the "Up" position. Then look on the left side of the machine, you'll see a dial, (NOT the dial facing you as you sit in front of the machine) make sure the red dot on the dial is lined up with the red dot on the painted part of the machine.
Finally look at the dial on the front of the machine. The one with the little button in the center of it. Put it on the number 3. If your machine doesn't feed fabric after doing what I've outlined then you need to take it in for service.

The question was regarding the Elna 2002 not 2007 and it wasn't a problem. I just do not understand how the pattern selection works. Thank you.

The 19233 hasn't got a presser foot regulator on it. Not all sewing machines do, especially the newer ones, although there is a Kenmore that is more expensive that does. I haven't needed it al all anyway, and am not used to it on any other machine. I used to have this on my Pfaff, but never used it.