Sewing machine question

[Speicher]

Thank you Spinney and Numbnuts.

I now think the cause may be a strange combination of a less than ever so sharp needle (also changed) using fairly thick material, and uneven unwinding of the thread as it was getting near the end.

I have read elsewhere in the instruction booklet, that no oil is needed in the machine. It was serviced about 18 months ago.

It is a New Home SW2018, Numbnuts, also twenty five years old, and you probably would not see the felty bit, unless you took out the bobbin housing (aka hook race).

TBM and Ap - I will sort you out later.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

some machines have felt pads in them, generally to retain grease or oil within the machine. Old Singers certainly do, so do old Janome's and some newer Brothers. Neither the lovely Helen's Toyota, nor that of the #1 son appear to.

Try googling the make and model you may find something in a sewing forum or a pdf of the manual/handbook.

 

[Speicher]

Engineers tend to use felty type material to prevent metal-on-metal contact, and the associated rather harsh sound. Tolerance build-up issues may mean that it isn't necessary on all machines, just on a statistical few.

Hence, don't worry about it. It'll be an NVH issue, affecting the consumer experience on a small number of machines.

However the large amount of oil on it, and the possible subsequent loosening of the item could be a bigger issue.

There could only be the equivalent of a few drops of very light oil on the flety bit. Just sticky at each end. How do I get it back in then. Would a new piece be firmer?





Oi, TBM, stop it!
You have the mind of a sewer!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Wha...

 

[Speicher]

some machines have felt pads in them, generally to retain grease or oil within the machine. Old Singers certainly do, so do old Janome's and some newer Brothers. Neither the lovely Helen's Toyota, nor that of the #1 son appear to.

Try googling the make and model you may find something in a sewing forum or a pdf of the manual/handbook.

I still have the manual. www.sewingonline.com has a man I could ring, on a telephone call out fee. I might see how it goes while I finish the item in progress. This is an old New Home machine, which IIRC is now Janome. How long ago did the name change?

 

[Aperitif]

You are getting stitched up 3bm.

 

[Speicher]

I seam to be on the wrong tack.


(We had our 12 yet Speich?)

I decided to cut and baste his reply.

 

[TheDoctor]

Yesterday, my sewing machine, rather elderly, decided to completely mess up the stitches and jam.

Only just cottoned onto this thread.
Why were you using it to make jam?
Or are you just spinning us a yarn?
*confused*

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'd given up on this thread - it's all doom and loom.

 

[Aperitif]

If you can't find a suitable piece of felty stuff to go around the sewing machine gears Speicher, you'll just have to canvas a pinion...

I'll get my Coates

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I still have the manual. www.sewingonline.com has a man I could ring, on a telephone call out fee. I might see how it goes while I finish the item in progress. This is an old New Home machine, which IIRC is now Janome. How long ago did the name change?

Mid 90's. If the manual makes no mention of said felt pad I'd have a quiet word with whoever serviced it and canvass (right that's enough) them.

 

[Speicher]

Yes, Greg, you could be right there. He is a very helpful sort of chap.
Or I could wait until the felty bit dries out, and try and put it back in?

If I do phone him, I shall be very tackful.

 

[Aperitif]

Yes, Greg, you could be right there. He is a very helpful sort of chap.
Or I could wait until the felty bit dries out, and try and put it back in?

If I do phone him, I shall be very tackful.

I should buttonhole him Speicher.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Bit late now - he's probably weft for the evening.

 

[Speicher]

Have we all plaid enough now?