Knot Location on Juki 441 Clone

[fiserman]

I have an Artisan Toro 3000.  When I sew forward my knot is properly positioned in center of leather, when I sew backward my knot is on top of leather.

207 thread top and 130 thread bottom.  24 size needle. 8 oz English Bridle.

Is this normal or is there an adjustment to correct Issue?

[friquant]

I have heard folks on various machines say the tension is different in forward vs reverse.

One option is to turn the material around  instead of using the reverse feed.

[MikeG]

I recently had the opposite issue - in reverse, I got horrible looping on the bobbin side.  I was told to my needle was too small.  A larger needle corrected the issue.

Perhaps in your case try going to a smaller needle and see how this affects your stitch.  

[fiserman]

THANKS

[1hp]

maybe this helps:

TORO3000_3200_4000seriesOperatorsManualVerSeptember2014.pdf