sewlinzi Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Please come up with your best suggestions in between turkey stuffing duty, pretty please.... I'm flying down to England for tuition with my first customer tomorrow but her machine has gone on strike! The needle up/down went mad, machine made a loud noise and jammed LOTS of thread tightly around the bobbin hook assembly. I have sent her directions on how to sort the #8 screw and suggested soaking the bobbin area in WD40 and using tweezers. She says it is just not shifting... we don't have a dental hook. Will the last resort be to take out the whole hook assembly the retime? The whole thing is jammed solid and not moving at all... Please come up with a magic wand solution!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Hi Linzi, One tool to have handy to get those pesky threads off (after a good soak in WD40) is to get some tweezers to grab and yank. I like to use the eyebrow tweezers that have the loops to put your fingers through. Good luck, best wishes. Was she able to get the needle removed? I know you can fix this and be the hero to your customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted November 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Thanks, Shana - I knew you had mentioned the dental hooks before - I must source some and send them to everyone! I didn't ask if she got the needle out... I think it will just be one of those fiddly jobs that will take some time - hope we get it done quickly so we spend time quilting, not fixing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I have a hunch it might be a blown fuse and with some cleaning and adjustments she will be back up and running. I bought a pack of those dental hooks on ebay. Do a search on "dental hook" and "dental pick" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted November 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 The weird thing is that I'm going to do some more tuition on Sunday for someone who works in a dental lab - looks like I may have to put in an order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Linzi, If you're very careful, you can use an exacto knife to cut through the threads wound around the hook assemby - I keep a blade with a curved edge in my kit just for that. But you have to do it VERY gradually. Once you make a cut, there will be some thread ends you can pull out, then another cut, etc. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Hi Linzi No more advice to offer, But hope you get it sorted quickly, Enjoy you trip down into England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Poor you. You may need to just carefully cut threads away and slowly pick azt the loose bits. Is she sure she hit the correct button? If her machine is very new she may just have hit go by mistake without realising. I'm sure I did. Hope its sorted before you get there. Yvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted November 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Fab - thanks for your support everyone... I think the thread jam is now clear - just hope we don't have to mess about retiming! I want the day to be fun and creative, not frustrating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 I keep an extremely small crochet hook on hand, it can help reach a lot of places. I even use it to pull up threads when frogging. Very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraG Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 My dentist saves his old dental hooks for me. I bought some before but the metal was soft. The ones I get from him are great. You just have to be careful not to damage your machine. Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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