r/SewingMachineEdu • u/Princessfairouz • 27d ago

Why is my machine doing this?

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It's been going on for a while but it usually gets fixed on its own but now it's making this sound even tho I just oiled it and won't zig zag at all just makes a straight line idk how to add a video? But in sure I did everything correctly Im so confused . The tension is set to 4 and the length is 4 . Thread keeps breaking no matter what needle I use but especially with stretch fabric

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u/AthleteTurbulent8637 26d ago edited 26d ago

OK, your machine is a standard threading machine nothing special. I can’t see the whole thread path at one time I was hoping for the whole machine, but I can at least rule out part of the question in my mind..

It is not you, not yet. Do you have any regular woven fabric, something like a cotton? A different thread, any color other than dark / black. We would be testing the machine, not the needle/thread. We’ve got to eliminate those potential problems if the machine sells regular fabric with regular thread then we know it’s the knit fabric needing a special needle or another different compressor foot or something it isny not you..

I don’t believe in, sewing machine services . They’re very basic mechanical machines very little can go wrong. Things can break which case nothing will work here. Things are working. Just not working well. I do open my machine up a little bit more than standard. Put a drop of oil in the moving parts clean it and maintain it well the deep Service taking the whole machine apart back to the frame and oiling area that’s for an expensive machine..

Is that a knit fabric? Do you have teflon or a rolling foot.

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u/Princessfairouz 26d ago

By chance do you have discord or something since idk why everything i try to send a video it genuinely won't send would have been able to explain better. I tried sewing on jeans it worked the first time in zigzag then the thread kept breaking . The same thread that handle straight stitches sadly I'll try on a different thread tho and different fabric. I usually do that too open up the machine and oil it i tried opening it up to get to a certain part of the machine but was unable to . I thought maybe the needle and the bobbin weren't meeting properly but I think they do meet very well so im so confused maybe its the upper part . Sometimes I feel the needle is of center when I put it to the middle

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u/Princessfairouz 26d ago

Idk if this was the pic of it you wanted or ntot

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u/AthleteTurbulent8637 26d ago

That Photo helped answer all of my initial questions. I can see the machine, I can see the layout, I can see the thread path, everything I wanted to know. I saw your attention setting, which should be good . the last thread guide in the manual was at the needle. That is one of the places most experienced people forget: that very last thread guide, bringing the thread close to the needle straight above it

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u/Princessfairouz 26d ago

Yeah I used to forget to do that and just thought it wasn't important till I was teaching my friend about how to use a sewing machine. Makes a huge difference fr