Champion Wide Throat

[welzmr]

my champion will not sew it seems that the thread loop is pulled but the shuttle fails to grab it as it goes by like the loop is opened to high i have no knowledge of sewing machines . any help welcomed. thanks mark

[dirtclod]

I don't know a thing about Champions. But i did this on a American straight needle i had when it did what your talking about.

Put a piece of scrap leather under the foot open the door where you see things if it has one. Then turn the machine by hand and watch what happens. Is their a hook that comes out and catches the thread ? If it does and misses try bringing the hook out or move it back till it does. Or maybe tilt it up or down.

Pictures would help to.

If none of that works maybe somebody smarter than me can help.

Edited May 9, 2010 by dirtclod

[welzmr]

I don't know a thing about Champions. But i did this on a American straight needle i had when it did what your talking about.

Put a piece of scrap leather under the foot open the door where you see things if it has one. Then turn the machine by hand and watch what happens. Is their a hook that comes out and catches the thread ? If it does and misses try bringing the hook out or move it back till it does. Or maybe tilt it up or down.

Pictures would help to.

If none of that works maybe somebody smarter than me can help.

as the machine rotates the hook brings the thread down then the loop spliter opens the loop and the hook grabs one side of the loop and pulls it over as the shuttle comes around to grab it it looks like the thread that is pulled over is just to high by a fraction of an inch for the shuttle to pick it up and carry it around to make the lock.

[CowboyBob]

You might want to check & see if the loop opener has play in it,you need to check when it's in the position where it starts moving to the right.If it has play then it's not opening the loop soon enough.

Bob

[welzmr]

You might want to check & see if the loop opener has play in it,you need to check when it's in the position where it starts moving to the right.If it has play then it's not opening the loop soon enough.

Bob

the loop opener hook is tight till it moves to the right once it starts to move there is a little play in the opener. if i turn the machine over by hand as the shuttle misses the loop if i just turn it back a hair it grabs the loop when it makes the second pass.