dbams

I bring this thread forward for the benefit of our more recent joining members.  I'll look and see if I can find a source for the Schmetz SERV 7 needles, and if I can, I'll add that to the thread.  Regards.  Jim 

Thanks, Jim. The table was not square, and you are right - I had to loosen the bolts and "force" it to square it up. Thanks!
 

Are you talking square or level?  If it's square, then your frame is "racked" and needs to have the long corner pushed toward the short corner.  I don't know exactly how your frame is made, but I'd guess by loosening the bolts holding it together and forcing it toward square, then tightening the bolts, would do the job.  You can check squareness by measuring diagonally corner to corner.  Your table will be square when the two measurements are exactly the same.  
If you're talking about level, then adjusting the height of the individual legs should do the job for you.  Good luck.  Jim

Yes Sir.  I have been put in touch with someone who might can do this.  I was hoping not to as I'm certain to end up with a larger work space.  Looks like it could be my only option.  Again thank you for suggestion
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Tammy:  Used APQS machines are great.  Industrial quality, great factory support.  You can hardly go wrong buying a used APQS machine.  Start looking in the used machines for sale forum here.  Good luck.  Jim

Tammie:  Have you considered simply having your table cut down?  I think it's doable, and having it cut down may be easier than replacing it.  good luck.  Jim

I just jumped on apqs fb and did a search. I found out that the top of the baseplate has recessed screw holes. Solves my problem!

I have a 2008 Millie.  My leaders measure 103.5 inches.  The size of table was dictated by the size of my sewing room.  I would have bought a twelve foot table if I had the room.  In reality the ten foot has served me well and I haven't needed a larger frame.  I don't have a quilt business and haven't needed to quilt any king sized quilts.

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Well when all else fails turn the machine off and back on. Seemed to fix my problem. Yeah!

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This is the on board bobbin winder. Flip the lever on the black box down and it will shut off.

Mag collar is how the machine knows to stop at the correct needle up or down position.  If it is not properly adjusted you will have problems pulling up the bobbin thread. 
 
Nigel

Every year I tell myself that I need to finish three UFO (Unfinished Projects (don't know where the "0" fits in)).  This year I've set the goal at 3 completely finished projects for the year and my stretch goal is 6 fully completed projects for the year.  I've also committed to not starting any new projects until I completely finish at lease 3 UFOs.  
Well, my friends, it's only February 21, 2024, and I've already completely finished 3 UFOs.  *insert fireworks here*  
Okay, to be honest, two of the UFOs just needed binding, but they had been sitting around unfinished for a very looooooong time.  Now they are done.  
The other UFO I finished was a block swap quilt top with 25 different 12" blocks.  The top has been finished for several years, but I was never sure how to quilt it.  Well, I just put in on the frame and custom quilt each block, simple sashing and feather borders, roll over binding, and voila, it's done!  I'm so proud that I actually finished this one.  It has been intimidating me from the corner for far too long.  ; ) 
Now I'm working on two more UFOs.
#4 is a flannel pinwheel square in square baby quilt.  I need to make 8 more blocks (maybe more depending on how big the finished quilt will be).  Then quilt and bind. 
#5 is 30 embroidered inspirational blocks (27 were already done).  I've already embroidered one, just need to embroider two more blocks and then add sashing, borders, quilt and bind. 
#6 ????  ooooh there are sooooo many to choose from, but now that I'm on a roll, I'm really excited to get these old projects finished.  I started making an inventory of unfinished projects and it is a little daunting -- over 25 (mayby close to 40 or 50 quilt tops, but some of those were my mom's that I brought home with me after she passed), a dozen totes and other bags, half a dozen table runners and coordinating placemats, and a few miscellaneous projects.  I think I'll do at least two quilts for every three UFOs that I work on. 
Does anyone else out there have UFOs?  What is your strategy for getting them done?   

@Daniel Galiher  Posts do not get removed from the forum.  However, you can edit the original post to add the word "sold" in the title.   

I have had both - currently have an IQ on an older Millie (2008). I don't have any knowledge about the updated QuiltPath but I found the one I had very difficult to use for custom quilting. I also found it quite slow to do anything. One example would be that even when I set it for the fastest sewing speed, it was extremely slow.  Also, we were told to set the design up and send it to the system to sew. It would take forever to be ready to sew. We were told to go get a cup of coffee while we waited. This was unacceptable. I am hoping the system is more powerful now and can process faster. There is absolutely no wait time with the IQ. Also, I found the QP extremely difficult for me because the way you did things was not the way I think. IQ thinks like I do. Test both systems thoroughly - centering a quilting pattern inside a hexagon, a circle, a block, etc. Don't take it for granted that everything will be centered properly! How easy is it to split a design to fit your quilting area or change the design slightly? How easy is it to tweak your design to follow an area that might not be 100% perfect? It is quite easy with the IQ, it wasn't on the QuiltPath I had. Good luck with whatever your choice is but I do recommend quite strongly that you test both systems in operation to be sure you get what will work best for you. My mistake with purchasing the QP when it first came out was a very costly mistake for me.

Contact Angela Huffman at Quilted Joy in KY - she is an APQS Repr, very experienced in both (she sells both).  The systems use different technologies for the operating systems and depending on how you learn or like the operating system may help you decide. www.quiltedjoy.com
 
 

Thank you, dbams, I really appreciate your response, and agree.  I wouldn't need to expense anything I buy that I don't use in the business, either. That's probably the best route for matching revenues to expenses anyway.  I am curious as to why Rebecca's accountant hated it, but in my experience, most accountants are not also quilters.  My guess is that the level of detail needed to run the business is quite different from the level of detail required to do the tax return.

Thanks for the info, I also want to know it.

Sorry Betsy, I don't have a camera, nor a smart phone, so photos aren't an option.
What I did was to use the large wire spool guides that came with my Ult 2, and faced them backwards (toward the back of the machine rather than to the front as intended). I used the screws that held a cover on the back of my machine, to fasten them.  I had replaced the original wire guides with some Gammill ceramic eyed guides earlier so the wire ones were just laying around.  I took some heavy stiff wire, and bent a hook on each end that captured the wire guide eyes, made a large loop around the cord with a zip tie, then hooked a coil spring about 5 inches long, one end to the zip tie loop and the other to the wire between the two repurpaced thread guides.  The full length of the rig is short enough (actually adjustable by the size of the zip tie loop) to lift the cord up and keep it from dragging on the table.  The spring serves to provide movement and forgiving tension in the event the cord should get stuck on something.  The spring just happened to be one I had laying around salvaged off something else I had at one time.  It looks like a short screen door spring with the typical hooks on the ends.
Hope this helps you understand what I did.  Jim

Jim I think it is not that you cannot fit an IQ to a vertical wheel machine but they don’t have a kit for an APQS machine with vertical wheels.  Seems to me your Gammill has vertical wheels and I bet there is a kit for it.  I’m sure with your skills you could make the brackets if you spent enough time looking at some other installations.  

I have a 12 ft table and have been able to quilt king size quilts on it with no problems.  If I get a oversize king, more than 115", I wouldn't be able to do it because the backing would be larger than the top and it wouldn't fit.

Jim,  Patty Butcher https://www.katydids.net/index.html is both an APQS and Intelliquilter dealer.  Other than Myrna Ficken we hardly see any dealers on this site anymore.  Actually all the forums I belong to seem to be dying out.  I don’t do Facebook but I hear those groups are still very strong.