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Bernina springs?

It was bound to happen. The moon and all the goblins lined up and I smashed a needle tonight. I was using the finest skinny pins imaginable but I just had to stitch over them to hold the flying geese wings in place. I was stitching very slowly. No matter. KerPow! Bent that pin into a Z shape. Half the needle missing. We've recovered all parts of the needle. And . . . ?. . . one wee tiny spring from the innards of where the bobbin case lives. I tried stitching by turning the handwheel. All is just fine. Tried stitching with the motor; still all is just fine. Pretty stitch. Still . . . I wonder if the spring is a vital part and operating without it will damage my dear Bernina or if it's just something that holds the flap for opening the door to remove the bobbin or what? Any thoughts? Naturally, something like this would happen when the nice Bernina guy is out barbecuing watermelons or whatever they do for fun on holiday weekends. Polly

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Polly Esther
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You don't say which machine you have, but mine has a spring that holds to cover over the bobbin assembly. I would guess that as long as the bobbin case fits in snugly you have nothing to worry about. You may find that the bobbin falls out when stitching at top speed.

L>It was bound to happen. The moon and all the goblins lined up and I smashed

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witchystitcher

I do hope it's nothing serious. Would you be able to ask the question on the Bernina USA site?

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I don't know if I would chance it. Then again, I'm a chicken when it comes to my baby. I don't recal my Bernina (older model 1090) having a spring. Reading this is contributing to my wanting/needing another machine. It's in the shop and do I miss it! My brother will be picking it up for me and bringing it down hopefully by next weekend. Good luck!

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C&S

Hmmm. That's an interesting thought. If the bobbin comes dancing out, I'll know why but I don't think I ever go top speed anymore. The Bernina I 'sprung' is a 155. Just curious, I peered around in the bobbin area of the Bernina 1230 to see if there was a similar tiny spring but don't see one. This is a very good example of good reasons to have a backup SM. Friends, stay alert to a really great buy. I'm enjoying reading about the Pfaff discovery that Nightmist has made. Polly

"witchystitcher" wrote > You don't say which machine you have, but mine has a spring that holds

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Polly Esther

Thanks for the encouragement Poly! :oD

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C&S

Hi Polly, When I first got my 153QE I found a tiny spring at the bottom tray outside the machine. The machine still ran just fine, but I took it in anyway. It did fall from inside at the top somewhere in the tension area. Mine did not result from hitting a pin, so yours just might be a coinkydink.

Linda in Tx

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nana2b

"nana2b" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

I thought you all were talking about a place! What we meet in Bernina Springs??!! Where is that??? :o)

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mini Mini

A slight correction on the spring thing. After thinking about where that spring, sprung from, I now remember it was part of the knee lift mechanism. HTH, Linda inTx

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nana2b

I was able to speak with a Bernina tech today and she says it has to do with the uptake lever which will eventually work loose but it won't harm the SM to gently stitch. Since I have the backup, we will just wait a while. With the gators and tourists all out on the highways, I think I'll just carry on with the Bernina 1230. That old girl's got a million miles on her and sometimes she switches to an original fancy stitch of her choice. Other than that, we'll be okay until things quiet down a bit. Thank you all, Polly

"nana2b" wrote >A slight correction on the spring thing. After thinking about where that

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Polly Esther

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