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From: beavlynn
Date: 10-25-2006, 10:12 AM (1 of 8)
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Hi I have a older Singer Quantum Lock about 14-15 years old. I had it serviced about a year ago so I know its not the motor etc. Anyway long story short the tensions settings got moved .Is their anyone out there who knows the correct ones for this older model. The needle threads keep breaking Thanks. |
User: beavlynn
Member since: 10-23-2006 Total posts: 2 |
From: acadienne
Date: 10-25-2006, 04:09 PM (2 of 8)
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DO you still have the manual to this? If not, you might want to phone your dealer to find out. Another suggestion is to find out which thread is giving you the headache....it is the looper threads or the needle threads? When you are trying to sew, how does your seam look? This will tell you if it is your loopers or not. Another suggestion is if you are breaking needles, you could have a section of your plate that your needle is hitting while sewing. Take a fabric scrap and sew with it slowly and watch your needles. THis is what I do sometimes. It certainly doesn`t take much as sergers can be sensitive with their settings. Good luck Gis A bientot mes amies
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User: acadienne
Member since: 10-02-2006 Total posts: 13 |
From: beavlynn
Date: 10-26-2006, 11:28 AM (3 of 8)
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Thanks I will try this and see if what happens. I would really love to buy a new seger.Maybe next year |
User: beavlynn
Member since: 10-23-2006 Total posts: 2 |
From: acadienne
Date: 10-31-2006, 07:47 PM (4 of 8)
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Guess what I just did? Decided to do a Google search on your machine and came up with an online manual. Here is the link http://www.ishiboo.com/~nirva/singer/ Go through it and see if you can find your problem with the threads. If you are unable to read the pages, just increase it or better yet, try printing it. Hope this helps you more. Gis 
A bientot mes amies
"Don't take your organs to Heaven........Heaven knows we need them here" please check out my online photos of my family, crafting, etc. http://community.webshots.com/user/mlleg http://photos.yahoo.com/acadienne_1999 ASC hug pillow for the IWK http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/acshugpillow[/SIGPIC] |
User: acadienne
Member since: 10-02-2006 Total posts: 13 |
From: westbrook
Date: 11-03-2006, 07:42 PM (5 of 8)
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If your machine has different colors on the tensioners to denote upper looper, lower looper, left needle and right needle, then put in the color thread of each tensioner. this will let you see which tension needs to be adjusted and which way it needs to up.. tighter or looser. If you can pick up Singer Sewing with a Serger (or the older book Singer Sewing with an Overlock) get it. There are a couple of pages with color photos that show you what a stitch looks like with too tight an upper looper and how to correct it, and then runs through all possible combinations of problems with information on how to correct. There are other wonderful books out there that have similar information and I only mention the Singer book because it is probably the easiest to find. (wal-mart used to carry them, not sure if they still do, but check any sewing store.. Joann's may also carry serger books) If you know what a balanced stitch looks like then you can set all tension dials to 4, start with the upper looper and begin adjusting for a better upper looper stitch, then move on to the lower looper. Having the different colored threads sure help. brook |
User: westbrook
Member since: 12-13-2004 Total posts: 35 |
From: Tom Land
Date: 11-03-2006, 09:05 PM (6 of 8)
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If the serger is as old as you said your starting tensions will be, starting from the left 7, 5, 2, 3. That should give you a decent stitch. Then you would need to adjust sightly to get a perfect stitch. Later models would start at 4 on all tensions. If you could post pictures of the stitch top and bottom we could tell you what needs to be adjusted.
Have fun or don't do it, Tom
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User: Tom Land
Member since: 09-21-2005 Total posts: 514 |
From: westbrook
Date: 11-03-2006, 09:15 PM (7 of 8)
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forgot.. when you change the tension dial... just change it a fraction of an inch. Changing from say 4-5 makes huge changes. I have looked at my tension dials and estimated what 4-1/2 is then 4-1/4, or 4-3/4 and put a + or - next to the numbers on my serger form. Tom that is interesting to know that there was specific numbers originally factory set in the older machines. It is nice to have a starting point other then 4444. Thanks. brook |
User: westbrook
Member since: 12-13-2004 Total posts: 35 |
From: Tom Land
Date: 11-04-2006, 04:04 PM (8 of 8)
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"Tom that is interesting to know that there was specific numbers originally factory set in the older machines." The settings were not really preset that I know of. That was just where we learned to use as a starting point on Singer and other similar sergers made by Juki. The newer designs using all the same number as a starting point really make more sense. Have fun or don't do it, Tom
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User: Tom Land
Member since: 09-21-2005 Total posts: 514 |
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