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Objects are placed near - tension problems

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Symptom Probable Cause Remedy Reference Embroidery unit does not move. No pattern selected. The embroidery unit is not set up correctly. Select a pattern. Set the embroidery unit up correctly. page 50 page 19 The fabric is not fully stretched on the embroidery frame. The fabric is loose. Stretch the fabric properly on the embroidery frame. page 44 No stabilizer material is attached. Always use stabilizer material for embroidery. page 43 The thread is tangled and the bobbin case, etc., is plugged up. Remove the tangled thread. When the bobbin case is plugged up, clean the race. page 74 The thread tension is incorrect. Adjust the tension of the upper thread page 63, and the bobbin thread. page 64 3 The upper thread was not threaded correctly. Correct the upper threading. Make sure that the thread is hanged on the thread guide spring which is on the left side of the thread guide cover. page 38, page 39 The bobbin thread is incorrectly installed. Correctly install the bobbin thread. page 34 Embroidery not neatly done. Objects are placed near the carriage or embroidery frame. If the embroidery unit carriage or embroidery frame bumps into objects, the pattern will be misaligned. Do not place objects within the range of embroidery frame motion. page 58 Stretch the fabric on the frame once Material coming out of the again so that the material coming out embroidery frame is causing of the embroidery frame does not - problems. cause problems, rotate the pattern and embroider. If embroidery is done with the fabric A heavy fabric is being hanging off the table, the embroidery embroidered, and the fabric is unit movement will be impaired. - hanging off the table. Support the fabric while embroidering. The fabric is catching. It is Stop the machine and set the fabric - pinched. up correctly. The carriage was moved while the embroidery frame was being removed or attached during embroidery. If the carriage is moved during the process, the pattern may be misaligned. Be careful when removing or attaching the embroidery frame. - Troubleshooting 81

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Troubleshooting
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Embroidery unit
does not move.
No pattern selected.
Select a pattern.
page 50
The embroidery unit is not set up
correctly.
Set the embroidery unit up correctly.
page 19
Embroidery not
neatly done.
The fabric is not fully stretched on
the embroidery frame. The fabric
is loose.
Stretch the fabric properly on the
embroidery frame.
page 44
No stabilizer material is attached.
Always use stabilizer material for
embroidery.
page 43
The thread is tangled and the
bobbin case, etc., is plugged up.
Remove the tangled thread. When
the bobbin case is plugged up, clean
the race.
page 74
The thread tension is incorrect.
Adjust the tension of the upper thread
and the bobbin thread.
page 63,
page 64
The upper thread was not
threaded correctly.
Correct the upper threading.
Make sure that the thread is hanged
on the thread guide spring which is
on the left side of the thread guide
cover.
page 38,
page 39
The bobbin thread is incorrectly
installed.
Correctly install the bobbin thread.
page 34
Objects are placed near the
carriage or embroidery frame.
If the embroidery unit carriage or
embroidery frame bumps into
objects, the pattern will be
misaligned. Do not place objects
within the range of embroidery frame
motion.
page 58
Material coming out of the
embroidery frame is causing
problems.
Stretch the fabric on the frame once
again so that the material coming out
of the embroidery frame does not
cause problems, rotate the pattern
and embroider.
-
A heavy fabric is being
embroidered, and the fabric is
hanging off the table.
If embroidery is done with the fabric
hanging off the table, the embroidery
unit movement will be impaired.
Support the fabric while
embroidering.
-
The fabric is catching. It is
pinched.
Stop the machine and set the fabric
up correctly.
-
The carriage was moved while the
embroidery frame was being
removed or attached during
embroidery.
If the carriage is moved during the
process, the pattern may be
misaligned. Be careful when
removing or attaching the
embroidery frame.
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Probable Cause
Remedy
Reference