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yes stitching the piping first with a big stitch and not close to the piping

The foot in your link is a zipper foot, my feet are in the pictures above Thanks

Its a Brother LS2-B837 compound feed. Please pictures Many thanks

Hi, any tips for getting leather piping nice and tight to top and border, just can’t seem to get the stitch close enough. Piping is 1/8" nylon, I tried 5/16" and 1/4" piping foot but the piping still doesn't seem close enough Making a car seat cover, luckily just using scraps of leather at the moment Thanks

The material is canvas with vinyl piping. Piping is 3mm plus the thickness of the fabric. I use a 5 1/16" piping foot to start and finish with 1/4" (I had the same problem with leather but never used the Carnauba for that job)

I tried the corner notches but didnt make much difference

I am having a problem when attaching piping when it turns corners, its basically leaving a crease on the piping on the inside of a 90 deg corner. I wondered if anyone else had this problem and have any tips to stop this happening please

Also thank you for the needle/thread link

Thanks for the advice, I will be giving what you suggested a go. The coats thread is Terko Satin is a cotton wrapped polyester core spun thread with a satin finish

Bit of a problem if anyone can help please. I am sewing acrylic canvas and occasionally get a loop on top and getting a bit of pucker too, please see picture. I have adjusted tension, checked hook timing, stitch length etc I am now wondering if there may be a mechanical problem with the machine or is there something I'm missing. The machine is a Brother LS2 B837. Needle is a 19/120. Thread is Coats Tkt 036 Many thanks

I thought VFD's were to control 3 phase motors if only single phase was available

Thanks for the info, does your new motor creep in like a clutch motor

Hi, I have a Brother LS-B837 industrial machine and added a sevo motor which is great apart from when starting to sew, the motor doesn't come in slow and smooth like the old clutch motor used to. When its running its slow enough but would like a smooth start instead of it jumping straight into the slowest speed which is quite slow. Does anyone know of a mod that will acheive a smooth slow start like a clutched motor does Thanks

Thank you, yes I agree both Cechaflo and Sailrite are great channels but I am trying to French seam the top plate where it meets the boxing, so basically a top stitch on the top and a top stitch on the side boxing with the twin needle, maybe its not possible

I am trying to French seam the border(border and top plate) of a seat cushion which is square. The problem is that when I get to the corner the stitches end up misaligned and don't go around the corner parallel so look rubbish. I wondered if anyone had some tips on this, its easy doing a 90 degree turn on a flat piece but this driving me mad at the moment. I am using a twin needle with split bar 3/8" gauge.

Just to update that the bonded nylon thread solved the problem. thanks to the helpers here

Thanks for your help, I have ordered some bonded nylon cones

I must admit the left hand thread doesn't look or lay as nice as the right hand Some suppliers are saying use bonded nylon because its multi directional?

Thanks for the info, I had no idea about that, I will try to get some

Hi All, My Brother LT2-B835-3 is sewing ok but sometimes roughly every 10th or 20th stitch I get quite a big knot showing on the left hand underside, right side is fine. does anyone have any ideas what could possibly cause this please. Many thanks

Thanks for your input everyone, much appreciated

Hi, does anyone know what size drill and tap would be used for a Brother B837. I want to fit a binder attachment to the bobbin plate, some holes already in the bed seem to be the same thread as the presser foot screw but I can find the info. Many thanks

Nice one fibersport such a simple thing causing so much grief. My machine is a large bobbin top loader but the cover plate is flat, no bumps. I am waiting for a new timing belt because it looks like it might be the original and has a bit of slop in it, I'm hoping this will help. The machine is not stitching too bad now but still has to have a lot of upper tension and very little in the bobbin.

The base of my Brother B837 looks a bit different to the 211g156 but there must be something similar to adjust but cant see which bit Thanks everyone

Thanks Quade, I have adjusted the reverse lever stop to make a bigger stitch but this doesn't make any difference. Still not the same as forward. I still cant find the adjustment to equalise forward and reverse stitch length