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Thanks for stating your position Mark. I know APQS is not afraid of being compared to the competition but I don’t see anything that makes me think this anything more than a competitor advertising on your forum. Nigel

It’s an ad for Innova

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Peach click on Daniel’s screen name and you will see a way to send a message. That will go straight to his email. Works for most online forums. Nigel

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Maybe tell prospective buyers where you are and contact info might help you sell your machine. Nigel

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Dawn, Try turning your pig tail guides upside down and rethread. It is common to get a groove worn Into them and the top thread will shred. If you turn them upside down and your shredding stops that is probably the problem. When we had our machines we would change the guides about every nine months. Nigel

In my mind no don’t scrap it parts are readily available and I don’t think the new ones really sew much better. Do you know the manufacturer of the stitch regulator and the computer? The most common aftermarket one was Intellistitch and Intelliquilter. If that is the case there is lots of support available. Let us know what you have or post a picture and we can probably send you in the right direction. My old Ultimate 1 is still going strong daily in someone else’s business, not bad for a twenty five year old piece of equipment. Nigel

Linda Do I assume correctly you are talking about the carriage wheels? If so, the preferred way would be to remove the take up and leveler bars and roll the head off the back of the carriage set it down on some blocks to protect the wheels. To remove the bars loosen the knob underneath the fabric advance motor and slide it off, loosen the Allen screw in the cog that remains on the take up bar and slide it off the remove the Allen bolt at the left end of the take up bar (should only be hand tight) and pull the bar out to the left with two people (it’s awkward by yourself) and place on floor now remove second bar. I don’t remember if any wires other than the encoder have to be disconnected but that only takes a few seconds. It took me longer to type this than it would taken me to remove the head. Or if you are just talking about levelling the table have someone hold the head while the adjustments are being made. I’m like Sue and have many times levelled the table with the head on. Nigel

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Did you try the email in the ad? She hasn’t been on here in six months. Nigel

Lora Are you talking about the aluminum axle being loose on the bottom of the head? From memory they are held on with two Phillips screws each and I think you can access them by laying on your back under the machine. Nigel

Thanks for the info. Obviously clean the wheels first but I bet you have already done that. Since you say it is the same in all directions it is unlikely both encoders are out of adjustment. I would look at motor brushes next. Here is the video for that. https://www.apqs.com/motor-brush-maintenance-video/ If that doesn’t help load a practice piece and confirm the machine moves well in manual mode. Then you will probably need to contact the factory and have them walk you through some diagnostics. They are very good at fixing machines over the phone. Nigel

Which model? How old? I assume you are talking about stitch regulated. What do you have the spi set at? Same issue moving left right and front back? Nigel

Did you read the post above yours?

We never had the Bliss but we would use an elastic band across the stylus handle and the mount. That would hold downward tension on the Circle Lord stylus and eliminate the stylus jumping out of the boards. Nigel

Probably here are the instructions. https://www.apqs.com/fuse-replacement-video/ Nigel

Click on Lynn’s name and send her a message, that will go directly to her email. She hasn’t been on the forum for 16 months so I expect she has sold the machine. If you get her please ask her to update the ad. Nigel

If you undo the four thumbscrews that hold the handle clamp on and let the handle hang. You will see a couple of Allen head screws holding the back part of the clamp to the head. Tighten them up and reassemble. Nigel

Try the phone number or email address in the ad. She hasn’t been on the site in over a year.

Sherri You can time it yourself. Here is the video from APQS. It probably will take a couple of tries the first time but once you have done it successfully it will only take five or ten minutes in the future. Nigel https://www.apqs.com/timing-apqs-machine-video/

On an iPad and I suspect it is similar with whatever machine you are using. Go to your original post and click on the three dots at the top right of your post and you will see the edit button. Then you should be able to edit the title to say sold and you will also be able delete all the text in your ad and replace that with sold as well if you like. Don’t forget to save changes. Nigel

Look at the picture Connie posted in this thread. I don’t know who first did this but it is brilliant and simple to do. https://forum.apqs.com/topic/43372-batting-storage/?tab=comments#comment-551487 Nigel