Sewing machine help.

[esantoro]

Grunt,

When you talk to Steve, could you take notes and post what you find out here? The info would be a nice addition to the forum.

Ed

[neelsaddlery]

Nick:

Yes, if you can, please let us know if the suggestions worked or not. I personally know of no adjustment inside the machine other than what I mentioned that can make the reverse feed line up with the forward feed in cases where it does not on the 441 clone style machines, other than doing some serious disassembly and changing the geometry of some parts by machining.

If there is some special adjustment that can be made, please let us know about it.

Kindest Regards,

Ryan O. Neel

Neel's Saddlery and Harness

Cowboy Sewing Machines

Edited April 6, 2009 by neelsaddlery

[Art]

Hi Ryan,

The original (and subsequent) Juki 441 didn't line-up either. Neither did the Adlers. That's where the washers and then the "wedge" came from, and when that didn't always work they came up with the adjustable wedge, which works. The only adjustment inside is for tightening the friction required to move the stitch length arm.

Art

Nick:

Yes, if you can, please let us know if the suggestions worked or not. I personally know of no adjustment inside the machine other than what I mentioned that can make the reverse feed line up with the forward feed in cases where it does not on the 441 clone style machines, other than doing some serious disassembly and changing the geometry of some parts by machining.

If there is some special adjustment that can be made, please let us know about it.

Kindest Regards,

Ryan O. Neel

Neel's Saddlery and Harness

Cowboy Sewing Machines

[neelsaddlery]

Hi Ryan,

The original (and subsequent) Juki 441 didn't line-up either. Neither did the Adlers. That's where the washers and then the "wedge" came from, and when that didn't always work they came up with the adjustable wedge, which works. The only adjustment inside is for tightening the friction required to move the stitch length arm.

Art

Art:

That is pretty much what I thought. In all my experience with these machines I have never found any method inside the machine which allows for adjustment of the reverse mechanism. Outside the machine you can do the "wedge" shimming or some variation on this, but that is all I ever knew you could do, with the exception of complete disassembly and re-machining of parts.

Kindest Regards,

Ryan O. Neel

Neel's Saddlery and Harness

Cowboy Sewing Machines

[CowboyBob]

I had the same problem once years ago when I sold a harness plate to a customer that bought a Juki 441 from me yrs ago.I must of spent 5 hrs on it (shimming front cover & etc)& put the standard plate & feed dog back in it & that cured it.

My theory is the slotted plate too much drag in rev.

Bob Kovar

[SteveBrambley]

Hi Ryan,

The original (and subsequent) Juki 441 didn't line-up either. Neither did the Adlers. That's where the washers and then the "wedge" came from, and when that didn't always work they came up with the adjustable wedge, which works. The only adjustment inside is for tightening the friction required to move the stitch length arm.

Art

Hi,

The earlier Adler 105 and 104 machines have independent adjustment for the forward and reverse stitching and, with a bit of patient 'fiddling', can be made to line-up. Unfortunately, the later 205 and 204s don't, and are therefore a bit of a pain trying to make a neat back-tack.

Steve