I'M SO CONFUSED! SERGER

Have you tried with a different spool of thread?? Yours might be old?? Is the tension correct?? It can do that if it is set too tight........you should be able to pull it through the looper with the presser foot up.............check to see if there is a piece of thread stuck in the tensioners that should not be there?? Others will have more ideas, I am sure, but I hope this will help some.

I was using the tread that came with it but I have other unopened cones. I set the tension on what the video told me to. who knows what mailing it did to it. the left side of the casing came loose & I had to pop it back in place & tighten the screw there.

Make sure the needles are fully inserted.

Check the needle plate to make sure the needle(s) or finger the stitches form around/over are not broken or gouged.

Rethread everything from the start, making sure to thread everything in the proper order:

Set all the tensions at 3.

If this doesn't get you going, you may have to take the serger to a shop where they give lessons on sergers and/or make repairs.

gwh

Whenever you re-thread a serger, you must unthread the needles before re-threading the loopers. If you don't, the looper thread keeps breaking.....

Teri

Yeah, threading sergers is a bear. I've had mine for about 2 years now, and I still rarely get it threaded properly the first time around every time that I have to change threads. The message about unthreading your needles is important (aka pulling those threads out from the looper threads). Also, at least on my machine, you've got to pull the upper looper thread to one side, and the lower looper thread to the other side, as otherwise they'll break. I think that this is probably what I most frequently do wrong. I hope you can figure it out as I know it's incredibly frustrating.

Jenny

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