Janome 300E Problems

HI! I have a Janome 300E that I have had for about 4 months. Worked fine until about a month ago. It started with a looping problem in the design. I was monogramming 3 initials and there was about 30 "loops" throughout the design. I took it to the dealer and he told me to adjust the tension for Robinson Anton embroidery thread. I did that and when the tension gets over about 1.5 all the white bobbin thread ends up in the design. I took it back again, this time I was told that I could not use polyester embroidery thread on this machine. So I get it back again and still there are some loops and the tension can not go over about 1.5 or there will be white thread in the design! Any help would be great! Has anyone ever heard of this problem?????

amysweetpeas wrote:

HI! I have a Janome 300E that I have had for about 4 months. Worked
fine until about a month ago. It started with a looping problem in the
design. I was monogramming 3 initials and there was about 30 "loops"
throughout the design. I took it to the dealer and he told me to
adjust the tension for Robinson Anton embroidery thread. I did that
and when the tension gets over about 1.5 all the white bobbin thread
ends up in the design. I took it back again, this time I was told that
I could not use polyester embroidery thread on this machine. So I get
it back again and still there are some loops and the tension can not go
over about 1.5 or there will be white thread in the design! Any help
would be great! Has anyone ever heard of this problem?????


Have you tried adjusting the bobbin tension? While my Husqvarna Lily
550 doesn't do full embroidery, I find that for some stitch
pattern/fabric/thread combinations I need to adjust the bobbin tension
rather than the top tension, and, occasionally, both.

Also, are you using home wound or pre-wound bobbins? I've never used
the pre-wound ones, but I have heard that they are not good in some
machines. Other comments have pointed out that they tend to be wound
with greater consistency of tension than home-wound bobbins... YMMV.

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amysweetpeas wrote:
HI! I have a Janome 300E that I have had for about 4 months. Worked
fine until about a month ago. It started with a looping problem in the
design. I was monogramming 3 initials and there was about 30 "loops"
throughout the design. I took it to the dealer and he told me to
adjust the tension for Robinson Anton embroidery thread. I did that
and when the tension gets over about 1.5 all the white bobbin thread
ends up in the design. I took it back again, this time I was told that
I could not use polyester embroidery thread on this machine. So I get
it back again and still there are some loops and the tension can not go
over about 1.5 or there will be white thread in the design! Any help
would be great! Has anyone ever heard of this problem?????


If it is looping on the top, and the tension is only 1.5, your bobbin
tension is way too low. Before adjusting it you should check for fluff
under the bobbin spring. Lift the spring gently with an old sewing
needle and blow it out. Then check that the bobbin is threaded
properly. Try sewing a wide zig-zag. You should just see a zig zag on
the top and bottom, and they should be identical. If you see a -
effect on the top where the bobbin thread is pulling thro to the top,
the bottom tension is too low still.

Roger.