Cobra class 4 sewing direction problem

[dbusarow]

Thanks for that comment Bob.  Steve ships with it turning in the right direction.  He has to, since he ships his machines with a pretty impressive piece of sample sewing still in place.

If the motor somehow resets itself to default during shipping (probably during the unplug and then plug back in process) there's not much he can do until he hears about the problem.

I'm with Darren, Steve should have been the first to hear about this.  He would have walked the user through fixing it AND it would have given him info to potentially prevent the same thing from happening to the second user.

Dan

Edited April 4, 2016 by dbusarow

[Trox]

4 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

We had the same problem with this motor,it switches direction (or goes to default) in shipping,one of the two reasons we quit using them.

HI Bob, what motor are you using on your new Cowboy 4500 and others, do you use the new Hightex  Cowboy servo motor? 

[Wizcrafts]

4 minutes ago, Trox said:

HI Bob, what motor are you using on your new Cowboy 4500 and others, do you use the new Hightex  Cowboy servo motor? 

Bob has been installing Family Sew motors on the 441 machines for about three years now. The last one I had with push buttons was in 2012. I had modified it with the light baffle tricks and it worked well. Then one day it quit. I've used the Family Sew motors ever since.

[CowboyBob]

Trox,Wiz is right we only use the FL550 & I don't care for the Hightex Cowboy either with the panel on the right like that it looks like any little bump in shipping could break it,also it has a computer chip in it & needs to be programmed.We had some reverse on us & I got tired of trying to explain how to program it.The servo motor we use now has proven to be easy to use & trouble-free so that's what we will stay with!!

[Wizcrafts]

2 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

Trox,Wiz is right we only use the FL550 & I don't care for the Hightex Cowboy either with the panel on the right like that it looks like any little bump in shipping could break it,also it has a computer chip in it & needs to be programmed.We had some reverse on us & I got tired of trying to explain how to program it.The servo motor we use now has proven to be easy to use & trouble-free so that's what we will stay with!!

I'll second that! The Family Sew motors are the best I've used, since switching from clutch motors. The front facing speed limiter dial is one of the most useful features, next to the removable cork brake.

[Colt W Knight]

Bob sent me a Family Sew motor, and that thing has been the bees knees. After a lot of practice with the industrial walking foot machine, I have finally gotten pretty good at making nice stitches and stitching pretty fast.