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From: twohands
Date: 01-30-2005, 05:33 PM (1 of 9)
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I took my Janome 6019QC into the shop, for the yearly maintenance, and because it wasn't, or so I thought doing button holes right. In the manual, it says, "Depress the foot pedal. The machine will stop autmatically." What was happening was that the machine wouldn't stop and would instead keep sewing in the same space until a knot of thread had developed. The technician looked at it and said that you had to stop the machine yourself. I am kind of confused now, because the manual seems to explicitly state that the machine will stop, but an authorized dealer says that it doesn't. Is it the manual or the tech that is wrong? I want to know so that I can be sure to have it fixed before it gets worse. I am curious. Does anyone have a machine where the automatic buttonhole will stop automatically, like if you were winding a bobbin? Thank you much! |
User: twohands
Member since: 01-16-2005 Total posts: 12 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 01-30-2005, 06:10 PM (2 of 9)
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My Janome Memory Craft 4000 stops automatically at the end of each buttonhole.. It also stops at the end of whatever name I have programmed in, when I am using the small alphabet it has; and several of the specialty stitches it has are stand alone designs and it stops automatically at the finish of each of those.. (Penguin, Alligator, Eyelet Circle, etc...) One time , my machine started sewing in place and making a big knot on the underside of the seam, and I changed the needle and that seemed to cure the problem.. I have not had it since, except when I tried to sew a soft knit cotton with a woven fabric needle in place.. She doesn't like that a bit.. 
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User: LeapFrog Libby
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-31-2005, 09:14 AM (3 of 9)
Mine stops at the end of a buttonhole too. I am not lucky enough to have it stop at the end of my programmed names  . I have a button that I have to push after I start sewing then it stops after only one. There have been several times that the kids got their name written twice on what I was making. Is it possible there is a button you have to push?
Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: Kylnne2
Date: 01-31-2005, 02:04 PM (4 of 9)
| On my Janome I push the auto lock stitch..it ends and locks the pattern or how many patterns you wish. I believe my one step buttonhole does stop automatically. |
User: Kylnne2
Member since: 07-10-2004 Total posts: 629 |
From: kittendodie
Date: 01-31-2005, 03:14 PM (5 of 9)
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My Designer 1 has a stop button........if you push it, it will stop after one stitching of the program. If you want a continuous stitching of the same design.....then I dont push the stop button at the beginning. I hope that makes sense. Dodie Husqvarna Viking Designer 1 ; Husq. 936 Serger ; and lots and lots of fabric.
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User: kittendodie
Member since: 01-22-2004 Total posts: 19 
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From: Magot
Date: 01-31-2005, 03:22 PM (6 of 9)
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I have the 6025 Twohands, from memory it does stop but I'll need to check it out - the '25 is the same as the '19 but just a few more stiches. Right, just went off and tested it - half way through the instructions (setting it up to sew) it says 4) Draw the needle thread to the left through the hole on the foot. Place the fabric under the foot and lower the needle at the starting point of the button hole mark. Then lower the foot.(diagram follows) NOTE: Make sure there is no gap between the slider and spring holder, otherwise the left and right length will be different.(another diagram) 5 Depress the foot control to sew a buttonhole. The machine will stop when the buttonhole is completed. 6 Raise the foot and cut both the needle and the bobbin threads... Well there is also a diagram to show that the machine sews the bar tack closest to you, up the left, bar tack at the back and then back towards you again on the right hand side. When I tried one just now it doesn't exactly stop but it slows down so much that you can tell you have got to the end and it is time to take your foot off the pedel now - you can't overshoot. It does NOT go whizzing past the end of the bar tack - it does virtually stop so I suppose you are both right in a way. If yours works like mine then it is easy to see you have reached then end because the machine is obviously slowing itself beyond belief (like ca-chug(pause) ca-chag (pause)ca-chug - I would regard this as stopping essentially. It doesn't do the bar tack again at the end which leaves you with several options:- 1) you regularly take your eye off the ball and ingnore the machine when you are making buttonholes so that it gets it's knickers in a twist - an unlikely possibility when you are so aware of the problem, let's face it! 2) it ain't working right 3) the manual is correct and the man wrong. All this presupposing that our machines work the same - which I believe they do. It is EASY TO TELL it is at the end of the buttonhole. I just rushed off and tried another one - lets face it, it stops - if you pulse the pedal you can force it to keep sewing one very slow stitch at a time. Is the man sending it away for repair or doing it there himself? If he is sending it off you could ask him to humour you and say could he flag up the problem - if he's doing it himself this could be tricky. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: twohands
Date: 01-31-2005, 10:20 PM (7 of 9)
| I think that he will be doing the repair himself. I will stop by there tomorrow and ask again. I wish I had experimented more and found out if I was doing something wrong. I am thinking maybe I do not keep a steady enough pedal pressure and that could maybe mix up the machine. I do not think it was the needle because I had just changed it in the middle of that project. When the tech was sewing the button hole he didn't wait for the machine to stop, he just said that its at the end and took his foot off the pedal. I'll keep you posted. Thanks all. |
User: twohands
Member since: 01-16-2005 Total posts: 12 |
From: Kylnne2
Date: 02-01-2005, 06:28 AM (8 of 9)
| With the one step buttonholes they are supposed to stop automatically ..for the size of the button that is placed in the holder..and the same size can be repeated..if this is the designed buttonholer we are talking about. Of course a mechanical buttonhole like the 4 or 5 step does not stop..we size it by our stitching..and stop sewing at the size we need. |
User: Kylnne2
Member since: 07-10-2004 Total posts: 629 |
From: Magot
Date: 02-07-2005, 03:46 PM (9 of 9)
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Twohands - did you get anywhere with this? Are you still waiting for it to be repaired?
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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