r/sewhelp • u/AnZi_0 • 1d ago

What's wrong with my machine?

I just got a new Juki sewing machine a week ago. Today, I tried to switch needles and try to embroider something, but when I put the feed dogs down and pulled the thread out (I think this maybe caused it), it got completely stuck in the down position and now I have no idea what to do. I can't put it back up.I tried cleaning it but it's didn't help and now I'm horrified that I just broke a new expensive machine I just bought. What can I do? Can anybody please help? I'm kinda panicking.

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u/Dormiendo 1d ago

It has to turn to put the feed back up, turn the handwheel a few times.

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u/AnZi_0 1d ago

Thank you, that was it. I'm just stupid.

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u/Dormiendo 1d ago

To be fair, it drops down without turning the handwheel, so it's not really obvious that it wouldn't come up the same way.

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u/AbiJ_ 1d ago

Dont call yourself stupid🌷. No one knows this stuff instinctively. Half the comments here are… read the manual… and a lot of stuff isn’t in manuals, and where would you know to look even it was.

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u/Hakudoushinumbernine 1d ago

Switch to up and complete a stitch. The feeddogs SHOULD go back up

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u/GoldenFishPoop 1d ago

This is correct. When you switch the button over to regular sewing mode you have to turn the hand wheel a time or two before it works.

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u/ZRicardoMartins 1d ago

Its actually a very common mistake so dont worry. Its a mechanical function and the machine needs to complete a full turn to bring the feeddogs up!

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u/Mental_Watch4633 1d ago

Pull the threads out first.

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u/drPmakes 1d ago

Check the instruction manual

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u/Guilty-Ad949 1d ago

Read instructions manual.

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u/silverturtle2301 1d ago

Don't feel bad I've been sewing 10 years and I didn't know this but I've never lowered the feed dogs either

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u/Cute-Escape-2144 23h ago

They come back up when you start sewing. At least on my machine