RunningThreads
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You are right the power cord and switch is at the back on the left side of your machine. Actually I think maybe our second fuse holder may have been near the on/off switch just above or beside. I had to change the second fuse a couple of times in the early years. We’ve since sold the machines and I don’t have any manuals to refresh my memory. Also please confirm your machine was first delivered to Canada. If it wasn’t turn the machine on in manual mode and give the flywheel a little spin. If it starts you probably need to blow out the dust and replace the brushes (make sure there are no quilts anywhere near as the carbon dust gets everywhere).
Nigel
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Does this help? Canadian machines have a second fuse under the top cover.
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Ok that is probably timing especially if it the first time you have done it. The first time I timed my machine I had to do it a few times before I got it correct. Now I could time a machine in five minutes. I find the biggest problem with the instructions is when they say the needle should kiss the hook. Are we kissing an old aunt or a lover? The answer is somewhere in between. Sorry not much help.
Nigel
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The word SOLD is in the heading.
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Rotate the machine with the hand wheel and see what the needle is hitting. It is possible to rotate the needle plate 180 degrees and install the screws. If you did that the needle and the hole in the plate won’t line up. So is the needle installed as high as it will go with the groove facing forward? It was about six years in before I installed a needle incorrectly.
Nigel
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I don’t think many machines have gone back to the factory for service compared to the number of machines sold. The APQS machines are professional quality and are intended to be serviced by you in your studio. Pretty much any issue you could have APQS will send or email detailed instructions with colour pictures on how to fix. It’s pretty hard to wear out one of these machines, the mid nineties Ultimate 1 that I bought used 12 years ago still gets used daily in the new owners business. The Millennium my wife had was used full time in her business for about 12 years before she sold it to another quilter. Between the two machines we probably didn’t spend more than a couple of hundred dollars in parts other than the replacement wheels.
Nigel
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Can the Ultimate 1 and Ultimate 11 be compatible with a computer such as the quilt path.
Not compatible with Quilt Path. Ultimate 1 with the single stitch was compatible with Intelliquilter.
What years were these Ultimate made and did the tables come with quilt glide and quilt advance? Is bliss available to these machines?
I believe the Ultimate machines were made until around 2000 when the Millennium came out. The ultimate 1 continued as the Freedom until that machine became stitch regulated. The power advance was an option with the later Ultimate 1 machines .Im told stich regulation does not come with these machines?
Correct. Some machines had it added aftermarket. Intellistitch was the most common but no longer available. At one time APQS would take Ultimate 1 machines in on trade and then when they had enough the would rebuild them to Millennium spec and call them Green Millennium machines, also no longer available.
Would this be a good machine to purchace for a 1st time quilter or would it be to difficult to learn on? I am totally green on this. What would be a fir price for these with a 14 ft table? Thankyou for any advice you have for this newbie.
If you have done any free motion quilting on your domestic machine you already understand how to control the stitch length by keeping your movements consistent and smooth. If not may spend some money and take a lesson with someone and their long arm and try it out in unregulated mode. Nothing wrong with an Ultimate 1 if you can get it cheap enough, like maybe a thousand dollars. A few thousand more would probably get you a stitch regulated Lenni.
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A price, location and contact info would probably help you sell.
Nigel
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Donna
Clic on Christine’s avatar and you will see a link to send a message. That will go to the email she used to join the forum. She hasn’t been here since the day she posted the machine for sale. Let us know if you get it.
Nigel
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Don
In my opinion nothing special is required for the air line or nozzle, you are providing an economical option to canned air. The five dollar air gun and a 1/4 in coiled hose from Harbor Freight or Princess Auto is sufficient. I used to hang my air gun off the knob on the end of my backing roller and had a coiled hose to my compressor that was under the end of the table. My pressure was at 100 psi but anything over about 60 would be sufficient. Just drop an airline near the end of the table that she likes to do her maintenance.
Nigel
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5 hours ago, DebF said:
Is George still available? How much?
The price and an email address is in the first post. I would expect a quicker response if you tried contacting the seller directly.
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Depends on which roller and which end you are looking from. In the following video from APQS at about 1:52 I think you will see what you are looking for.
https://youtu.be/zHM-sGEpQ90Nigel
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Good morning Jim.
Youtube is your friend there are at least half a dozen videos. Here is Dawn’s video and we used to do it similar except we would add the binding as we advanced the quilt and also do the final join on the domestic machine to get the mitred seam. It goes very quick once you get the hang of it and if I remember correctly we would charge about ten cents per linear inch but that was also five years ago. Also this is another I found on google. http://www.kimmyquilt.com/applying-binding-with-your-midarm-or-longarm-machine.htm
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Helen
I had the same issue with the deluxe table. You need to get the snappers behind the dead bar. We had a couple of lengths of fabric about six inches wide the we would baste to the backer with our domestic machine. Adding six inches to the top edge of the backer allows you to get the snappers behind the dead bar and if you load the top so you start just below the added strip you should have ample backer at the bottom of the quilt. If you use a basting stitch it is easy to pull your strip off when you are done and the you can reuse next time they are needed.
Hope this helps
Nigel
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That is one of the motor brushes that came out. Here is the video on checking them below. I think the ribbon cable only fits one way. Call or email APQS service and they can probably send you some instructions for that if you can’t figure it out.
https://www.apqs.com/motor-brush-maintenance-video/