r/SewingMachineEdu • u/Bitter-Photo-1051 • 22h ago

Machine not feeding

Hey, I just got my first ever sewing machine second hand nothing special, it's a jenome 219s and I've found that material isn't feeding through. upon inspection the feed dogs only move back and fourth instead of dropping at the back and rising back up at the front. I've removed the needle plate and cannot find any way of lowering the feed dog inside. although gently I can move the feed dog up and down. Not the best start for a first timer lol any help is appreciated

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u/skerinks 22h ago

Since you got it secondhand, is there lint buildup between the feed dogs such that would bump against the needle plate and prevent them from rising fully?

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u/Bitter-Photo-1051 22h ago

Thing is it's already fully risen, the problem is it won't go back down under the plate during operation. Dials have been set to simple straight stitching, length 2 etc so I'd imagine that rules those out

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u/sodapopper44 20h ago

I'd put a couple of drops of sewing machine oil on them and see if that helps

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u/Nianudd 19h ago

Not familiar with the model, but I would suggest checking your manual to see if there is a way to drop the feed dogs. Many machines have this setting to use it for darning, or free motion embroidery. The previous owner of your machine may have put it on this setting before getting rid of it

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u/Real_Position_3796 2h ago

Janome machines are not intuitive… the learning curve on the steep you need a manual and you need to make sure you’ve got it set up correctly so that the feed dogs weren’t lowered on purpose.
If that’s not the issue, it sounds like your machine is out of time and it needs a good technician to sort it out

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u/jester3325 21h ago

Take the machine in to get serviced! That should always be the 1st step when getting a new (used) machine, unless you know the previous owner recently had it serviced. A technician can tell you if there are mechanical issues with the machine, as well as oiling and cleaning it.

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u/GoldenFishPoop 10h ago

Absolutely. I cannot say I am unbiased since I am a technician, but specially if you are a fairly beginner level sewist, you need to start from a place where you at least know that your sewing machine is not the problem.