Help with Cowboy 4500

[nylonRigging]

52 minutes ago, AngryDick said:

And it doesn't really whine like a bearing whine, It's more like the sound of the electric motor turning on but turning real slow for a couple seconds before fully takes off. Kinda like a GRRRRRRRRR and then goes.

the sound is normal . I kind of prefer the 1st stitch crawl slow on the 1st stroke of the stitching . you need to find a down-load of the manual anyway to see all the setting choices ..

but ( imho ) , I would just leave that program set the way it is . It is always nice to see the needle slowly plunge exactly where you want it, before it takes off on the run .

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[AngryDick]

18 hours ago, kgg said:

You have a electronic brush-less motor with a digital control panel where as a the brush type servo motors have a speed dial mounted to the motor.

I would first check your manual as it my have a slow start programmed for initial startups. The solution would be to reprogram the control panel settings.

If the motor has a odor like something burnt then the servo motor setup needs to be replaced.

The whining or a high pitched noise properly indicates a bearing problem due to lack of proper lubrication or wear which may have been caused by to much belt tension being place on the servo motors drive pulley. The solution would be to replace the servo motor setup with a good 12 coil brush-less servo motor setup (more internal coils the better performance) or a brush type with a simple rheostat speed control dial mounted on the motor.

kgg

 

 

 

 

17 hours ago, nylonRigging said:

the sound is normal . I kind of prefer the 1st stitch crawl slow on the 1st stroke of the stitching . you need to find a down-load of the manual anyway to see all the setting choices ..

but ( imho ) , I would just leave that program set the way it is . It is always nice to see the needle slowly plunge exactly where you want it, before it takes off on the run .

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You guys are correct, I fiddled with the motor and figured out the settings. It has 3 different modes, 1-you can adjust speed, 2-you can adjust rotation direction and 3- you can adjust slow start from 0-9 with 9 being the slowest start and that was what it was set on. 

Thanks for your help Guys!