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I have a Bernie 830, so I took a peek at the winder tension unit. It looks
like it would be a fairly simple job to remove it to see what might be gunking it up if the waxed dental floss trick doesnt do it for you. There is a small nut inside the top case lid that a few turns or more would disassemble. Its worth a try. Just remember which way it goes back together! Diana -- Queen of FAQs Royal Peace Maker http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Lobo" wrote in message news:qFhNb.66763$xy6.125348@attbi_s02... To: Subject: Bernina bobbin trouble I have a Bernina 830 which is giving me a lot of trouble winding the bobbin. The local repair guy said it was unfixable (the next nearest recommended shop is 50 miles away, and I will take it there if you guys don't have any tricks for working around the problem). The thread is tightening at the pre-tension (this is the manual's name for the little thing on the left top of the machine) when I wind a bobbin. It tightens regardless of whether the thread is drawn around the pre-tension in a figure 8 (as the instructions direct) or just looped around it counter-clockwise. The thread works its way up to the top, gets between the "lid" of the pre-tension and the bottom part of it that moves and drags there. To solve this, I've been holding my fabric pusher (pointy thing like a screwdriver, except it has no threads) vertical on top of the machine near the pre-tension and drawing the thread around it instead of the pre-tension. It doesn't wind too evenly, but at least I'm not having to hand wind it. TIA for any advice. Lobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Congratulations on being a former smoker. I haven't quite made it yet. Your treadle machine won't sew? Probably it's something simple, like the needle is in backwards - or the bobbin thread is going the wrong direction. Unless nothing happens when you step on the treadle, in which case it's something else - either the pitman or the belt. Keep that lung inflated - remember to breathe. -- thanks on the congrats. i really wasn't planning on quitting, but believe that i had no other choice. after 30 years of smoking, guess the lord told me it was time to quit or i will have to pay for it later. I'm doing more research on the net for treadles, and have found a few things that may be the problem. haven't checked the needle though, will look into that. I know the bobbin is in correctly, but not sure if the bobbin case is in correctly, still looking for pics on that. this 1 I'm working on now has the long bobbin in the vibrating shuttle. my other is like the newer bobbins, just need to oil it up, and make sure everything is in working condition. it did come with it's own motor and lamp, but want to make it into a treadle, so when the power is out, I can do some sewing. I have 2 electric machines, 1 only a few years old, the other is an old straight stitch Kenmore, green in color and haven't had any problems with that machine. my dad bought that green Kenmore from some lady when I was a teen, and just adore that he did that for me back then. well he knew I loved to sew. my mom started me on sewing when I was about 10, and in a couple years was working with patterns, so when I took sewing class in jr high, I already knew what to do, just had to laugh at my fellow classmates, because they had no idea what a sewing machine did. Thanks for the few ideas...Maine-iac Rose |
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Kate Dicey wrote:
Pogonip wrote: nana2b wrote: Hi Pogo, I did exactly that. When I got my FW I read the book, took him all apart and cleaned and oiled everything. Runs like a new machine. Not terribly difficult either. Nana Not only that, but it's fun, isn't it? Then there's the feeling of accomplishment. I like the sense of competence. As in "this is my machine and I can maintain it." You should have heard me crow when I dismantled, cleaned, and reassembled the tension on my Singer 15-88! Yay me! ;D When I was in high school, back when the dinosaurs were dying out, girls took home ec., boys took auto shop and wood shop. So, as a young adult, I signed up for wood shop and auto shop in the Adult Ed. night classes offered in my school district. It was highly satisfying to me to find that I could do both at least as well as the average male student. I was the first woman in the area to do the auto shop (told you this was a long time ago, didn't I?) but after I finished the classes, the instructor set up a class for women. There were a lot of women in the wood shop class already, one pediatrician was making herself a 4-poster bed with all the posts turned on the lathe. A work of beauty. For me, working on the sewing machines is a continuation of this. If I run into a major problem, I have no trouble taking a machine to a sewing machine mechanic, but I will no longer be put off with esoteric language about my sewing machine, anymore than I can be about my car. -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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Maine-iac Rose wrote:
I'm doing more research on the net for treadles, and have found a few things that may be the problem. haven't checked the needle though, will look into that. I know the bobbin is in correctly, but not sure if the bobbin case is in correctly, still looking for pics on that. this 1 I'm working on now has the long bobbin in the vibrating shuttle. my other is like the newer bobbins, just need to oil it up, and make sure everything is in working condition. it did come with it's own motor and lamp, but want to make it into a treadle, so when the power is out, I can do some sewing. I have 2 electric machines, 1 only a few years old, the other is an old straight stitch Kenmore, green in color and haven't had any problems with that machine. my dad bought that green Kenmore from some lady when I was a teen, and just adore that he did that for me back then. well he knew I loved to sew. my mom started me on sewing when I was about 10, and in a couple years was working with patterns, so when I took sewing class in jr high, I already knew what to do, just had to laugh at my fellow classmates, because they had no idea what a sewing machine did. Thanks for the few ideas...Maine-iac Rose When you get deeper into it, if you have any problems or questions, there are several of us here who have treadles and other old sewing machines, and what we can't answer, we can generally point you in the right direction to find answers. Treadling is very soothing, and is a gentle exercise as well. Anyone who has made drapes or curtains on a treadle can attest to that. Or a quilt. I am not much into aerobic treadling, myself. But it can be done. -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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When you get deeper into it, if you have any problems or
questions, there are several of us here who have treadles and other old sewing machines, and what we can't answer, we can generally point you in the right direction to find answers. Treadling is very soothing, and is a gentle exercise as well. Anyone who has made drapes or curtains on a treadle can attest to that. Or a quilt. I am not much into aerobic treadling, myself. But it can be done. -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. I was going to put up a post, if after doing a few checks, and it still isn't working right. I did have a treadle as a teen, it was in a box type cabinet, and I loved using it back then. but then something happened to it, and I think it got thrown to the dump. I kept the cabinet for a while until that was falling apart also. didn't realize back then that it could have been fixed, sure do wish I had that one, but do have 2 of them now. both are singers, one is the model 127 or 128, and I think the other is a model 66. thanks for the post on that, but seen we have gotten off the subject of helping Lobo with this. I just started by mentioning how I got ripped off from a sewing machine dealer, and if I had looked at my 1960's singer, and saw that screw loose, I would have saved myself $300 back then, and wouldn't have had to lug both machines back. again thanks for the post, when I feel that I can handle the treadle without getting out of breath, I'll see what I can get done on my own, and if I can't figure it out, I have seen other posts about treadles here and another group. Maine-iac Rose P.S. Sorry Lobo, hope you get your machine back in working order. |
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"Polly Esther" wrote in message
nk.net... Lobo, I am wondering if you are like I am and need adult supervision to do something more mechanical than assembling a coffee pot. If that's the case, consider calling the guy 50 miles away and tell him what you have told us. A phone call might save you some time and $s. He may say that he thinks he can I have fixed lots of things, I'm proud to say. I disassembled (and reassembled ... ; ) the tension on my FW, and I can even program a VCR! I will call the guy though ... excellent idea and might save me that drive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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"Pogonip" wrote in message
... I don't have this particular machine, but I wonder if the pre-tension just needs a thorough cleaning. Perhaps with unwaxed dental floss to clean it all the way down as far as thread will reach. Or it might be possible to remove it, take it apart and clean it that way. Good idea. I'm going to try that. I got a couple other ideas elsewhere too. 1. Run the thread around a knitting needle. Holding it point up will be more stable than using my pointy tool. 2. Put the thread on the far right spool pin and then run the thread around the left spoon pin and then on to the bobbin winder. Thanks all! Lobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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AHA! The floss did something ... it's working better!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Lobo" wrote in message news:vCHNb.62722$sv6.142190@attbi_s52... "Pogonip" wrote in message ... I don't have this particular machine, but I wonder if the pre-tension just needs a thorough cleaning. Perhaps with unwaxed dental floss to clean it all the way down as far as thread will reach. Or it might be possible to remove it, take it apart and clean it that way. Good idea. I'm going to try that. I got a couple other ideas elsewhere too. 1. Run the thread around a knitting needle. Holding it point up will be more stable than using my pointy tool. 2. Put the thread on the far right spool pin and then run the thread around the left spoon pin and then on to the bobbin winder. Thanks all! Lobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Program the VCR? Oh, wow. I'm just real proud to play a movie. Still can't
understand why the VCR remote won't control the volume. Or why the tv has to be on channel 3 for VCR and on channel 1 and then "down" one channel that doesn't exist to play a game. I think they set the whole thing up just to annoy me. There. I said it and I feel much better. Polly "Lobo" wrote in message news:YQFNb.61346$Rc4.219363@attbi_s54... "Polly Esther" wrote in message nk.net... Lobo, I am wondering if you are like I am and need adult supervision to do something more mechanical than assembling a coffee pot. If that's the case, consider calling the guy 50 miles away and tell him what you have told us. A phone call might save you some time and $s. He may say that he thinks he can I have fixed lots of things, I'm proud to say. I disassembled (and reassembled ... ; ) the tension on my FW, and I can even program a VCR! I will call the guy though ... excellent idea and might save me that drive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Lobo wrote:
AHA! The floss did something ... it's working better! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's good. Usually, the thread runs from a spool pin either on top of the arm of the head, or on the bottom right corner of the bed, and runs through something like your pre-tension. So that the thread travels in a path before getting to the bobbin. Do you have the manual for this machine? -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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