Examples of what we see when we start to clean a customer's machine (Ok, so this isn't pretty)
Cleaning your machine in this area is something you can do. Use a can of air but be careful you don't blow dirt and thingys to the right and back into the machine. The safe thing to do is to work from behind the machine and blow the dirt to the front
.Check your owner's
manual before doing the following:
Every brand of sewing machine is different in this matter, even different
models from the same manufacturers.
The picture below relates to certain Berninas.
The red arrow points to a release catch that keeps the hook door closed. If your machine doesn't have a release catch then forget the following and go to another interesting place on our web site.
This is a normal cleaning procedure and if you haven't done this before then it is time you did. But first, if you haven't pulled this apart before, study how it sits there so you have some idea what it looks like.
(The hook door is the silver thing the red arrow is sitting on and it goes around the bobbin case. A black plastic piece is connected to the door. Take your bobbin case out then push the catch to the left. The hook door will fall out and the hook will fall out. Your instruction manual will give you guidance as to how to get things back together but it isn't difficult.
when everything is apart you'll see a little circular groove and it's probably full of black, compacted fluff. Take an old needle and gently run the point in this groove. You'll scrape the fluff out. Blow it away from the machine. Then reassemble everything. When you close the door you'll hear two clicks as the catch goes back into place. Before you close the door make sure the hook is in the correct position: The hook driver is a bright metal haf moon. The hook fits around it and into the groove area you just cleaned and is the other half of the moon. We advise turning the handwheel manually at this point to make sure everything is together correctly and nothing is scraping or hitting. Do this with a needle in the machine. Then sew slowly to make sure all's right.
Check your owner's manual before doing this.
