Tipp Man Boss Skipping Stitches

[Dwight]

Glockanator, . . .

OK, . . . got mine fixed, . . . it would sew 20 or so stitches then somehow catch the thread, . . . next time, . . . 2 stitches.

I took out the needle, . . . then took a straight pin, . . . stuck it in the "eye", . . . and played with it until I got it to sew, . . . by moving the needle back and forth.

When the pin, . . . stuck in the eye, . . . was pointing to about 3:30 or almost 4:00, . . . it finally decided that It would sew.

I was able to completely sew my niece's belt up with it, . . . did not skip a stitch or catch even once.

May God bless,

Dwight

Edited March 13, 2016 by Dwight

[Wizcrafts]

Glockanator, . . .

OK, . . . got mine fixed, . . . it would sew 20 or so stitches then somehow catch the thread, . . . next time, . . . 2 stitches.

I took out the needle, . . . then took a straight pin, . . . stuck it in the "eye", . . . and played with it until I got it to sew, . . . by moving the needle back and forth.

When the pin, . . . stuck in the eye, . . . was pointing to about 3:30 or almost 4:00, . . . it finally decided that It would sew.

I was able to completely sew my niece's belt up with it, . . . did not skip a stitch or catch even once.

May God bless,

Dwight

This suggests that there is a problem with the size and or duration of the loop that's formed by the ascending needle. Perhaps your check spring needs to be adjusted to get a better loop.

[Howard696]

sorry dumb question 3.30 or 4.00 what do you mean??

[Dwight]

sorry dumb question 3.30 or 4.00 what do you mean??

If you look down on the top of the needle, . . . like you were standing up in front of the machine, . . . it's 3:30 or three-thirty on the clock, . . . or 4:00 or four o'clock.

It indicates where the pin would be pointing.

AND, . . . thanks Wizcrafts, . . . gives me something else to look at.

I've actually gotten a bit lax in my "maintenance" schedule here in the last few years, . . . need to just toss a dart onto the calendar and whatever day that hits, . . . got to take some stuff down, . . . PM and clean it, . . . put it back in operation. I used to be really good at doing that stuff, . . . gotten lazy in my old age, . . . kinda got to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" routine.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Howard696]

Thanks for the explanation, I'll try that with mine, the skipping stitches is an on going frustration and any solution is worth a try :-)

[Dwight]

Thanks for the explanation, I'll try that with mine, the skipping stitches is an on going frustration and any solution is worth a try :-)

Actually, . . . this is an old trick I learned years ago, . . . and while I've never kept a log sheet, . . . the different needles seem for some reason to like different positions. All I'm doing is making sure that when I lock it down this time, . . . it is not where it was when I loosened it up.

I had taken the needle out to check the size on it, . . . and when I put it back in, . . . it all went south, . . . seems OK for now.

I've got a pancake holster to do for an order, . . . I'll find out for sure then if all is well.

May God bless,

Dwight