Got My Boss Today-Merry Christmas

[mlapaglia]

Thanks Mike,

In a way I'm glad it was broken. I was beginning to think I was being too picky but Ben said it was broken. I should have it by Friday.

I have that article bookmarked. I was reading it while i was trying to get the old machine to work. One thing I noticed it its possible to have the top tension set at a few different places and have the stitch look right. Since you can compensate with the lower tension you can have the tension set way to tight or loose and still make the stitch look correct. The problem is you then get into dropped stitches and tensions that are so tight its difficult to move the handle. I figured out how to set the shuttle tension with a 1 lb water bottle and a loaded bobbin. Once I had that set and the top tensions reset to factory setting I made small turns on the top tension and was able to dial it in without a lot of other issues.

Thanks

Michael

[Tree Reaper]

What was the final result, did you get the new machine and is it working for you?

Did they tell you what was wrong with the machine you returned?

Thanks.

Kevin.

[mlapaglia]

What was the final result, did you get the new machine and is it working for you?

Did they tell you what was wrong with the machine you returned?

Thanks.

Kevin.

New Machine arrived Monday. I ship the other back tomorrow. The new one is working very well. I adjusted the thread tension arm to improve the quality of the stitch line but other than that it worked great out of the box. The advantage of starting out with a dead machine for the first 8 days is that I can take this one apart in my sleep now.

I can say that the problem is somewhere is the shuttle area. On the broken one the bobbin loop that forms actually goes around the shuttle and locks up against the needle thread. On the new one the bobbin thread never gets close to the needle thread at the shuttle level. Instead it forms above the shuttle where it should. I am not sure if I will hear what was officially wrong with the first one.

The whole thing was caused by holiday timing more than anything. I purchased it the Mon before Christmas. Bad weather kept it from being delivered. I picked it up from UPS on Sat 12/24. Discovered it was broken on the 24th. THey were closed for the holidays til the 2nd. If you cut out the holiday and weather time , the actually time involved was less than 4 days including shipping of the second unit. I am still impressed with Tippmanns customer service and happy with the Boss.

Michael