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presser foot
mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP
-- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. |
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LOL, Diana. Really, - with tears, just struck me so funny.
I have never had a pressure (presser? whatever) foot that wouldn't stay down. No idea what to do. Sometimes mine gets confused when I'm doing several thicknesses of denim but other than that, I've never run across the problem. Polly "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Bad presser foot..bad!!! Down, Stay!!! Did it help? No? ok.. is there a knob that controls the presser foots pressure ... look in the manual if you have one. If not.. um... then I cant help..sorry. Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "AlenasMom" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. |
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That's just it. It reaches all the way to the machine! It just doesn't hold
the fabric... any kind. Cotton, flanelette, towels.... nothing. "IMS" wrote in message ... Is this a foot you've used before? Or a new one you are trying? If it doesn't reach all the way to the machine bed when the foot is lowered, it's the wrong type of foot for your machine. Low shank - Most popular, all makes where foot height is 2cm. Slant shank - Singer Slant needle machines only. High Shank - Some older models 15+ years. and a few types for specific machines such as industrial models. On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:29:45 GMT, "AlenasMom" wrote: mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP |
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Bad presser foot..bad!!! Down, Stay!!!
Did it help? No? ok.. is there a knob that controls the presser foots pressure ... look in the manual if you have one. If not.. um... then I cant help..sorry. Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "AlenasMom" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. |
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Have you checked to see if the feed dogs, those little toothy things under
the presser foot are up or down. Don't know what SM you have so don't know if the feed dogs can be lowered or not. My feed dogs do not lower but was having the same problem a while back and found the feed dogs had come loose. Kate T. South Mississippi "AlenasMom" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. |
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Could it be that your feed dogs are dropped? That would cause the
pressure foot to stop working cuz there is no contact with the dogs. Laurie G. AlenasMom wrote: That's just it. It reaches all the way to the machine! It just doesn't hold the fabric... any kind. Cotton, flanelette, towels.... nothing. "IMS" wrote in message ... Is this a foot you've used before? Or a new one you are trying? If it doesn't reach all the way to the machine bed when the foot is lowered, it's the wrong type of foot for your machine. Low shank - Most popular, all makes where foot height is 2cm. Slant shank - Singer Slant needle machines only. High Shank - Some older models 15+ years. and a few types for specific machines such as industrial models. On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:29:45 GMT, "AlenasMom" wrote: mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP |
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They can't be lowered, so maybe the feed dogs are loose. I've got a Kenmore
"Kate T." wrote in message ... Have you checked to see if the feed dogs, those little toothy things under the presser foot are up or down. Don't know what SM you have so don't know if the feed dogs can be lowered or not. My feed dogs do not lower but was having the same problem a while back and found the feed dogs had come loose. Kate T. South Mississippi "AlenasMom" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. |
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Trust me, my friends, there's more loose about Kate T. than her feed dogs.
Have I ever told you about the time Kate . . . Polly "Kate T." wrote in message ... Have you checked to see if the feed dogs, those little toothy things under the presser foot are up or down. Don't know what SM you have so don't know if the feed dogs can be lowered or not. My feed dogs do not lower but was having the same problem a while back and found the feed dogs had come loose. Kate T. South Mississippi "AlenasMom" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. |
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Polly Esther wrote:
Trust me, my friends, there's more loose about Kate T. than her feed dogs. Have I ever told you about the time Kate . . . Polly "Kate T." wrote in message ... Have you checked to see if the feed dogs, those little toothy things under the presser foot are up or down. Don't know what SM you have so don't know if the feed dogs can be lowered or not. My feed dogs do not lower but was having the same problem a while back and found the feed dogs had come loose. Kate T. South Mississippi "AlenasMom" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. Phew! Thank goodness it wasn't me she was talking about! ;P -- Kate XXXXXX (Hiding inside the REEEELY BIG purple jumper!) Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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There should be an adjustment to make the pressure on the pressure foot
"harder". Check your manual for the pressure foot pressure adjustment. HTH, Pati, in Phx AlenasMom wrote: mine won't stay down enough to hold fabric! HELP -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending. |
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