Judi F. Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 We have just set up our new Millennium and discovered the thread cutter doesn't work. What should we be looking at to troubleshoot the porblem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 Call APQS, it could be a fuse or wire, etc.... Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi F. Posted July 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 Thank you, I will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 My thread cutter stopped working a short time after I got my Millie. I was on the phone with Amy on another matter and asked her about it. She said to turn the two screws that are inside the circle cutout of the acrylic plate (to the left of the needle) a tiny bit. Righty tighty, lefty loosie. This fixed my problem. I have had to do it a couple of times since. Don't know if the machine vibration causes them to come loose a little, but this fixes the problem for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 mine hasn't worked in two years, so guess I will try that Carmen. I have thought about taking it clear off but don't know how to do that and I kind of use it for a small base sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I took off the cover for the thread cutter and found it has a small v shaped chip out of it probably when we broke a needle which hardly ever happens. I need to get a new knife and try to install it myself. Any help would be appreciated. I plan on attending a quilt show put on by Mancuso in Oaks PA on Saturday unless we close the pool that day. Maybe if I call and see if the can get me a new knife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnCavanaugh Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Marion, that little notch you see is supposed to be there...you didn't do it:). the part that actually cuts the thread are two blades under the clear plexiglas cover. The piece you are seeing is not the blade. It's actually a "sweeper"....the arm grabs the thread, and the thread slides along that arm until it gets caught in that little notch you see. That pulls the thread taut so that the arm can pull the thread between the two blades under the plastic cover. As Carmen mentioned, if the cutter won't "cut" then the blades may be slightly misaligned. Those two blades are kept apart by tiny "wave" washers that keep the blades apart, but allow the thread to be cut. If their alignment is off, the cutter may not slice the thread. Tightening each of the little screws just a tiny bit will cause those wave washers to compress a little, exposing more of the slicing blades. This should help make the cutter "cut"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnCavanaugh Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 QuiltMates, does the thread cutter not "activate" at all or is it simply not slicing the thread? Let us know as we have a couple of different solutions depending on your answer:). give us a call in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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