Troubleshooting
Problem
Needles break
Thread breaks
Stitches are omitted
Stitches are irregular
Seams cause wrinkles
Material is not cut off cleanly
Material edges ruffle themselves
Cause
• Needles are bent, blunt or damaged at the
points.
• Needles are not correctly inserted.
• You have pulled the material too heftily.
• Yarn has not been correctly threaded.
• Thread tension is too high.
• Needles are not correctly inserted.
• Needles are bent, blunt or damaged at the
points.
• Needles are not correctly inserted.
• Yarn has not been correctly threaded.
• Thread tension is not correct.
• Thread is trapped.
• Thread tension is too high.
• Yarn has not been correctly threaded.
• Thread is blocked.
• Differential feed motion not adjusted.
• Blades are blunt or improperly fitted.
• Too much material in a stitch.
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Solution
• Fit new needles.
• Insert the needles into the retainers correctly.
• Carefully guide the material with both hands.
• Thread the yarn correctly.
• Reduce the thread tension.
• Insert the needles into the retainers correctly.
• Fit new needles.
• Insert the needles into the retainers correctly.
• Check the course of the individual threads.
• Correct the thread tension.
• Check the course of the individual threads.
• Adjust the thread tension.
• Thread the yarn correctly.
• Check the course of the individual threads.
• Correctly adjust the differential transport.
• Exchange the blade or reinsert it correctly.
• Altering the seam width.