earthling33 Report post Posted June 2, 2014 About three months ago I bought a new Juki DNU-1541s. I've always wanted to make motorcycle seats, and I figured it was time to get started. I bought the machine unassembled from Winchester Sewing Machines. When it arrived, I thought I might be in over my head, but three days later, I had it assembled and working. I am basically teaching myself to sew. Yesterday I decided to change bobbins, and when I pressed the bobbin holder into place it didn't quite lock. I made several passes on my project, and suddenly I heard a thud and then a different sound coming from the machine. I discovered that he bobbin had popped out of place, and on further examination I found that the circular hook was not spinning. Nooooooo!! I thought I had broken my expensive, new sewing machine. I made a couple of phone calls and found a local guy who works on industrial sewing machines. He came to my house after work and sat down to diagnose the problem, which he quickly found. There is a silver button on the base of the machine head. He showed me how to depress the button which locks into a cog under the base. While holding down the button, just spin the hand wheel backwards to re-engage the drive to the hook. He said that is a safety feature in the 1541. The hook disengages when the needle hangs or gets stuck. Whew. I didn't break it after all. He showed me a few tricks like how to hold on to the end of the thread that goes through through the needle while I make the first stitch to keep the thread from fouling and disengaging the hook. It cost me $25 to get a lesson on how not to be a dummy, but it was well worth it. I'm back in business. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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hannahandcrafts Report post Posted November 22, 2014 Thanks for posting this solution Earthling33, I just ran into the same problem and panicked as thought I broke the brand new machine I just got!! Solved it from your post! Hanna About three months ago I bought a new Juki DNU-1541s. I've always wanted to make motorcycle seats, and I figured it was time to get started. I bought the machine unassembled from Winchester Sewing Machines. When it arrived, I thought I might be in over my head, but three days later, I had it assembled and working. I am basically teaching myself to sew. Yesterday I decided to change bobbins, and when I pressed the bobbin holder into place it didn't quite lock. I made several passes on my project, and suddenly I heard a thud and then a different sound coming from the machine. I discovered that he bobbin had popped out of place, and on further examination I found that the circular hook was not spinning. Nooooooo!! I thought I had broken my expensive, new sewing machine. I made a couple of phone calls and found a local guy who works on industrial sewing machines. He came to my house after work and sat down to diagnose the problem, which he quickly found. There is a silver button on the base of the machine head. He showed me how to depress the button which locks into a cog under the base. While holding down the button, just spin the hand wheel backwards to re-engage the drive to the hook. He said that is a safety feature in the 1541. The hook disengages when the needle hangs or gets stuck. Whew. I didn't break it after all. He showed me a few tricks like how to hold on to the end of the thread that goes through through the needle while I make the first stitch to keep the thread from fouling and disengaging the hook. It cost me $25 to get a lesson on how not to be a dummy, but it was well worth it. I'm back in business. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olenawills Report post Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) I had this problem too. Tried to call a sewing machine specialist, he wanted $150 just to look at the machine. I thought to look for an answer online, as I have already opened everything inside of the machine, that I could Finally I found a tutorial on Google and downloaded two manuals for my machine, one was for a service parts. Re-engaged safety mechanism - it was easy. After all of that I found that all of this information inside of the sewing machine manual, which I have never read in a beginning )) Edited November 22, 2014 by olenawills Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
earthling33 Report post Posted November 23, 2014 Thanks for posting this solution Earthling33, I just ran into the same problem and panicked as thought I broke the brand new machine I just got!! Solved it from your post! Hanna Thanks for posting this solution Earthling33, I just ran into the same problem and panicked as thought I broke the brand new machine I just got!! Solved it from your post! Hanna Hi Hanna, I am very happy that my meager knowledge could help you out. Good luck with your Juki. I hope you post some of your work. John I had this problem too. Tried to call a sewing machine specialist, he wanted $150 just to look at the machine. I thought to look for an answer online, as I have already opened everything inside of the machine, that I could Finally I found a tutorial on Google and downloaded two manuals for my machine, one was for a service parts. Re-engaged safety mechanism - it was easy. After all of that I found that all of this information inside of the sewing machine manual, which I have never read in a beginning )) Read the manual??!! No way. Seriously, I'm glad you got it worked out. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olenawills Report post Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) Read the manual??!! No way. Exactly! But I took half of the machine apart and know how this mechanism looks inside out. Cleaned and old machine same time. This is the help , that I found online, with the pictures and steps described Re-engage the Safety Clutch on Walking Foot Sewing Machine by KaceyK My machine is Juki Ls-341 Cylinder Bed, but it worked for me too. Edited November 23, 2014 by olenawills Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
