cblevins Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 Hubby is having a problem with Millie. The stitch is perfect in every direction except when he is pushing away (stitching from the front). It almost looks like each stitch is offset just a tiny bit from the previous one instead of running straight. He has cleaned and checked....any other suggestions?
zeke Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 Check your carriage wheels. You may need new ones if they are old. Sometimes we don't really notice if the wheels are starting to go bad or if the bearings are getting worn. Check for thread around the wheels and check if there is any grease seeping out of the seals. That's a good indication that the bearings are going bad. Regards, zeke...........................and it may be only one wheel causing this to happen.
Guest Linda S Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 Have you got the SR on? As Zeke said, check to see if there is anything stuck in your encoder wheel. If you don't have M&M wheels, I highly suggest them!
cblevins Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Posted September 8, 2011 Yes the SR was on. We have m&m wheels. I will go check for thread and stuff!!! Thanks!
LadyLake Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 It might be due to needle flex. The machine doesn't like to stitch backwards. Try slowing down in that direction.
Judy Ingram Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 The same thing happened to me once. It took a while, but the fine folks at APQS finally figured it out. It was a bad needle. The whole package went in the trash.
Katydids Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 Originally posted by LadyLake It might be due to needle flex. The machine doesn't like to stitch backwards. Try slowing down in that direction. ditto what Joan said. Sometimes if you turn the needle slightly it helps to "straighten" out the stitch.
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