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QuiltFaerie

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  1. I haven't been on this forum for quite a bit but I wanted to give a huge shout out for APQS Service. My Millie is a 2005. I mainly quilt for myself. After finishing a charity quilt and loading my own, my stitch regulator decided to choke. I had movement from top to bottom but not left to right or right to left. I called service and also posted a message. Angie did a wonderful job of helping me to isolate the problem. In my case, my carriage encoder went bad. It took a number of emails back and forth with me including pictures and whether the test worked or not. Angie was patience and even put up with my twisted sense of humor through out. Angie mailed me a new encoder for my carriage and with the excellent instructions, I took off the old one and attached the new encoder. Instant resolution! It took a bit to get to the bottom of the problem but it was finally isolated and fixed. My Millie and I are happy to report that I am once again stitching. If you ever need service, just know that you will be in good hands. Gail S. aka Quiltfaerie
  2. Nope, neither suggestion worked but thank you for the good ideas to try. The encoder wheel is moving just fine. I tried unplugged and replugging the connectors. It almost sounds like the stitch regulator is "missing". I will call in the morning. I have the utmost confidence in this machine and company. It isn't the machine that is having an issue, it is the stitch regulator. I have made repairs on this thing before. I had to pull the mother and daughter boards out and ship for repair when I thought I had accidentally blown something on one of the boards and replaced the belt with the magnet that controls the needle up/down function. While it scared the pants off of me to be messing around in the guts of my machine, with APQS' help, I did it. Hopefully it is something minor. Gail S.
  3. Hello, Last time I quilted in December, my stitch regulator behaved perfectly. Today, it is giving me fits. It seems to work fine when moving the machine back and forth (standing at the back of the machine and pushing the head toward the front and back again). Left to right or right to left is a whole other story and is the problem. It either doesn't engage even though it is beeping or produces inconsistent stitch lengths and the stitch regulator does not sound consistent either. If I go really, really fast, it seems to be fine, it is just acting up at the lower speeds which I need to do a pantograph. My house is very dry right now but I do have the static clip on the machine (2005 Millennium, last serviced by APQS in January 2014). I have M&M wheels and did try cleaning the wheels. Still no go. Any ideas what has possessed my darling Millie? Manual mode works fine so it is definitely related to the stitch regulator. Thank you in advance. Gail S.
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