Sewing machine question

Are you having his problem on the new one, or the last of the old ones that work? =20

Did you try a different spool of thread? Maybe you have a 'bad' ond. Also...change the needle, different bobbin, etc?

-Irene

-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20

--Mae West=20

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Hi Cindy,

Sounds like the two pieces of fabric are not beiong fed at the same rate through the machine. On a normal domestic machine the recommendations to solve this problem are (a) maybe a rolling foot) or (b) maybe a walking foot - which may or may not be avialble for your industrial or (c) maybe reducing the pressure on the presser foot as its your top piece that is growing.

You could try pinning and / or basting but that will take time. I'd be inclined to give taut sewing a go to see if that helped out.

You may also want to ask this question on alt.sewing (if you haven't already - I haven't checked that group yet this morning!) as it is by far the busier group and I know there are some industrial machine users that read the group that will be able to help you far more than I can.

And if you're sewing with a seger - try playing with the differential!

Sarah

In article , Cindy Schmidt of uttered

It's "presser", not "pressure" ... and you might need to back it off a touch.

Try pinning the fabric occasionally at right angles to the seam before you sew. This might take slightly longer, but not as long as sorting out the discrepancy at the end of the last seam!

Don't have time to pin as I have orders of 500-1000 pieces per order.

Thanks anyway.

Cindy from MO

Problem is on the new one only. It has been known to happen on the old ones when I found myself pulling on the top piece but I know for a fact that I haven't pulled on that many pieces since using the new machine.

Thanks for the help.

On the Pfaff sewing machines, there is a integrated dual fabric feed system which keeps fabric moving at the same rate of speed to prevent this problem. I understand a walking foot, which can be purchased generically for most machines would solve your problem. Emily

Problem is that I have two other machines that I've sewn the same fabric on and they have the same foot as the new one. A new foot is not going to help me. Guess I will adjust the presser foot and see what happens.

Thanks anyway.

How much extra fabric do you need to ease in? If it's not so much, flip the piece to put the longer fabric on the bottom.

It ranges anywhere from 7-10 inches.

So what are you sewing these on ? If it doesn't have a walking foot, then you're making life hard for yourself. When time is money, you need one.

I use a few machines, generally either a Pfaff 1222 domestic or a big Pfaff industrial. I can feed _anything_ with these machines by throwing it carelessly at them from across the room -- because they all have walking feet, and that's why they were bought.

The Pfaff "dual feed" is cute but it's limited to slow speeds with light materials. The industrials have true two-part walking feet, where both parts move. That's what you need for speed.

I have a Consew 206RB-5. Like I stated before, I have 2 of these that have worked fine but weren't maintained properly before me taking possession of them. So am now running into problems right and left. Figured since they were so good in the past, I would just order the same one, but for the life of me, can't figure out what in the world the problem is. The new one has the same foot as the other ones and I've never had this problem.

Maybe the new one actually has something wrong with it. Have you called the company support line?

-IRene

-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20

--Mae West=20

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That info sheds more light on you situation. You never did mention before what machine it was. That machine also has an adjustment for the height of the feet for different work. Look over the top on the back near the presser bar lifter and there is a wing nut. Moving it one way or the other will raise or lower the height of the presser feet. It may be set to low for your thickness and is dragging on the material.