Faults and

how

to remedy

them

 

 

Cause:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Machine skips

stitches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Needle

not

inserted

correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wrong

needle

used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Needle

bent

or

 

blunt.

 

 

 

Machine threaded

improperly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Needle

too

thin

for

thread

used.

 

 

2.

Needle

thread

breaks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

any of

the

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

above reasons

 

 

Thread

tension

too

high.

 

 

 

Poor-quality

or

knotty thread used,

or

has become too dry

by

 

thread

that

 

excessive storage

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remedy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Push

needle

up

 

as far

as

it will

go,

its

 

 

flat shank

side

facing

rear.

 

 

Insert

system 130/705 H

 

.

 

needle

 

Insert

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

new needle

 

 

 

 

Check

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

threading

 

 

 

 

Use

thicker

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

needle

 

 

 

 

See

par.

1

above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulate

thread

tension.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use

only

good

quality

thread.

 

 

3.

Needle

breaks

 

 

 

 

Needle

not

pushed

up

as far as

it

will

go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Needle

bent.

 

 

 

 

 

Needle

too

thin

or

too

thick.

 

Needle

bent and

strikes

needle

plate

because workpiece

is

pushed or pulled.

Bobbin

case improperly

inserted.

 

 

Insert new

needle

and

push

it up

as

far

 

 

as it will go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insert

new

needle

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Needle

Chart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let machine feed

the

 

 

.

 

 

 

workpiece

 

 

 

Only guide

the

material

lightly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When

inserting

the bobbin

case,

push

it

 

in as

far as it will

go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Seam

is

not

uniform

 

Tension out

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

of adjustment

 

 

Thread too

thick,

knotty

or

hard.

 

Bobbin

thread

wound

unevenly.

 

 

 

 

 

Kinks

appear

on

top

and

bottom

of

 

material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check

upper and lower

 

 

.

 

tensions

 

Use first-class

thread only.

 

 

 

During

bobbin

winding,

do

not

hold

 

 

the

thread

in hand,

but pass it

through

 

bobbin winding

tension.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thread machine

properly and check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

both tensions

 

 

 

 

 

 

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