Janome 300E Problems

Oct 02, 2005 2 Replies
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HI! I have a Janome 300E that I have had for about 4 months. Worke fine until about a month ago. It started with a looping problem in th design. I was monogramming 3 initials and there was about 30 "loops" throughout the design. I took it to the dealer and he told me t adjust the tension for Robinson Anton embroidery thread. I did tha and when the tension gets over about 1.5 all the white bobbin threa ends up in the design. I took it back again, this time I was told tha I could not use polyester embroidery thread on this machine. So I ge it back again and still there are some loops and the tension can not g over about 1.5 or there will be white thread in the design! Any hel would be great! Has anyone ever heard of this problem????


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Have you tried adjusting the bobbin tension? While my Husqvarna Lily

550 doesn't do full embroidery, I find that for some stitch pattern/fabric/thread combinations I need to adjust the bobbin tension rather than the top tension, and, occasionally, both.

Also, are you using home wound or pre-wound bobbins? I've never used the pre-wound ones, but I have heard that they are not good in some machines. Other comments have pointed out that they tend to be wound with greater consistency of tension than home-wound bobbins... YMMV.

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If it is looping on the top, and the tension is only 1.5, your bobbin tension is way too low. Before adjusting it you should check for fluff under the bobbin spring. Lift the spring gently with an old sewing needle and blow it out. Then check that the bobbin is threaded properly. Try sewing a wide zig-zag. You should just see a zig zag on the top and bottom, and they should be identical. If you see a -< effect on the top where the bobbin thread is pulling thro to the top, the bottom tension is too low still.

Roger.

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