Serger Repair

I am pretty much always on the fence between doing something myself and hiring out. When one of my sergers quite working properly I decided it might be worth making the repairs myself. 

Old knives.

I knew that the knife was dull. What I did not know until I started working on it, is that my Brother 1034D has two knives actually. 

So I ordered the parts on Amazon. I found a pair of knives for $9.99, and many other places where charging $29 for the same set? So I ordered the cheaper one from a company that appeared reputable. 

When they arrived I took the old knives off and replaced them with the new ones. Pretty straight forward actually. 

No knives. 

I took this picture with the old knives in so I could have a reference of what it is supposed to look like. 

Then I took a picture with the knives out. Just because I could. I got in there and cleaned out as much muck as I could. It was pretty dirty.  

New knives.

Now its clean-er and the new knives are in. I threaded her up and tested it out and it actually sews a nice balanced stitch. 

However it is still making a weird noise when it sews. It is not terrible I don't think there are any parts grinding or anything too terribly wrong. But of course I managed to knock over my bottle of sewing machine oil and crack it. It was leaking pretty bad so I had to trash it. 

Once I get some new oil I plan to really clean it and oil it and see where that gets me. I hope she will be good to go at that point. 

I like having two sergers because I have one always threaded with white and one I can change to other colors. Also good for traveling to have a spare and when one is down I still usually have one up and running. 

Hope you are having a productive start to your week! 

- Chrissy 

Yes, I can thread an industrial serger!

So last I wrote I was peeved at myself for buying this stupid #*&!@!! serger. Well the folks over at sewingmachine.com got me all fixed up. And now I can thread it all on my own. So far today I have threaded it twice! And the 2nd time was because I broke a thread and I think I even know why I broke a thread.

See that lovely piece of scrap on the left and how nicely it is serged! Yeah! Yeah! I did it! I did it! I did it!

I have to say I am feeling so much better about myself and my abilities that I cannot even explain it. I was so low about this and all the other drama in my life right now that I was ready to throw in the towel. But yesterday I took a "mental health day". Which really only ended up being a mental health morning. Right around noon I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and got up and called sewingmachine.com and they said come on back. So I did and they pointed out the tiny thing I was doing wrong!

So the front of the stitches is beautiful. The back not so much. But it took me months to get the tension and everything perfect on my home machine so I expect that will be the case with this new machine. I am just relieved it is up and running and I no longer feel like and idiot for buying in. Well for now any way.

Don't give up just because you have hit a bump in the road! Take a break and start again with fresh eyes. Now if I can remind myself of this every morning for the next couple of month I should make it out the other end for the better!

Hope you are getting over the hump on this lovely sunny hump day!

Peace Out!
C

Yamata FY575A making me crazy!!!

About a week and a half ago I found this industrial serger on Craig's list. And then I drove out to Stone Mountain and I bought it. It is a Yamata FY575A. And I am once again in over my head. But I am not yet panicking. Today is the first time I have tried to get it set up and running. So I managed to get it put back together and the motor is running. And I think all is well. But I cannot for the life of me get the thing threaded. 

I finally figured out how to get the door on the front open so that I can start on this crazy project. I made one attempt to thread it. And well... it never caught all the threads on the stitch finger and the thread broke. But at this point I am calling it a learning curve and taking a break. At least I made some progress in that it is up and running.

It needs a tune up and a cleaning so I am hoping that the guy that comes out here to do that will show me how to thread it. Or I will figure it out some way some how.

Anyone know how to thread this thing? Or have any good info?

Peace Out - C