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Howdy!

I recently purchased an experienced Juki LU 563.

As I have been acquainting myself with the machine, it has been working very well. Yesterday, as I was sewing some canvas and leather, the needle broke. This seemed to throw off the timing, as the bobbin hook isn't picking up the needle thread.

There aren't any repair guys within about an hour and a half from here, so I'd like to learn how to adjust this myself. Can anyone offer some pointers?

Thank you very much!

-Peter

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Thank You!

I'll give it a try.

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Make sure that the safety clutch is engaged. There is a little silver button on the bed of the machine that you must push in and hold as you turn the hand wheel. You will feel it snap in and your hook should now be in time. Try this first. Steve

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Steve Tayrien

Leather Machine Co., Inc.

2141 E. Philadelphia St. Unit "U"

Ontario, California 91761

1-866-962-9880

http://www.leathermachineco.com

cobra@leathermachineco.com

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Thank you all for your help.

Another issue is the doggone stitch adjustment mechanism.

No matter how much button pushing and wheel turning I do, the adjustment dial won't budge.

I don't know if it's seized, due to lack of lubrication or if it needs some other tweak.

Unfortunately, it's stuck on a real fine stitch setting and I need to move it to a more suitable stitch size for canvas.

The nearest repair guy is at least a hundred mile round trip, so it'd be a whole lot better to not have to entertain those two trips.

Thanks for your help.

-Peter

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A couple of the normal *gotchas* on that machine are (1) remember its the left button you depress for a stitch length change and (2) when the handwheel/adjuster has turned all the way to the minimum or maximum, you can only turn it back the other direction.

-DC

Machines: Juki LU-563, Consew 206-RB5, Singer 20U33, Pfaff 481, Mitsubishi CU-865-22, Consew 29B, Rebadged Juki LU-562,  Mitsubishi LS2-180,  Seiko SK-6, Juki LG-158-1

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BLESS YOU, DC!

The guy I bought it from indicated that the right button was the stitch button adjustment and the left one for the clutch.

Makes a big difference when you reverse those directions.

Many Thanks!

-Peter

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I have a Juki Lu-563. I set my stitching length to 1 and my stitching still very small and tight, why is that? I need help please.

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I have no 563 but a Singer 111 which is very similar. Are you sure the dial shows a 1 and not 10, 11 or higher number? 1 would mean 1 stitch per inch and that is not possible with this machine.

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The numbers on the dial frequently have little relationship to an exact number of stitches per inch, unless someone has set the dial to a known value. Mine have no number "1" on them, except as part of the numbers 11, 18 etc. Shine a good light in the hole and see if you have a situation like Constabulary described; Sometimes the numbers were painted white for contrast and one of the digits may have lost the pigment, making an *18* look like a *1* to a casual glance. At any rate, turning the handwheel towards the operator in the machine's normal rotation direction (with the left button depressed) increases the stitch length all the way to the stop at maximum, then you must turn the handwheel "backwards" to reduce the stitch length. I advise pulling the needle thread out of the needle anytime you rotate these machines backwards, btw.

-DC

Machines: Juki LU-563, Consew 206-RB5, Singer 20U33, Pfaff 481, Mitsubishi CU-865-22, Consew 29B, Rebadged Juki LU-562,  Mitsubishi LS2-180,  Seiko SK-6, Juki LG-158-1

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