Mr. Dusty's Sewing And Embroidery Machine Blog

With The Covers Pulled, One Sees The  Cast  Aluminum  Frame And Internal Workings. This Is The Bottom Of The Machine, Showing How The Bobbin Shuttle Moves By Way Of A Belt Drive. This Machine Has The Embroidery Unit Assembly Built In To The Main Frame. See The Servo-Step-Motors--TWO ROUND Ones....Facing You. The Computer Board Tells Them What To Do. Make Sure There Is No Thread Bound In Their Gears. Grease The Gears And All Movements....More On This...Later. Here Are Tools To Get The Covers Off....Harbor Freight/Cheap. The Tools Are Also Used To Pull Door Panels Off Of Automobiles. There Are Snaps And Wedged Collars That Must Be Snapped Loose/ Not For The Faint Of Heart. Now, Dust Everything Off, Debris And Thread. Observe Closely/Use You Eyes. FOCUS. Look For Problems/Thread Binds..You Will Find Them In The Articulated/Joints Of The Needle Shaft Area. Turn The Hand Wheel And OBSERVE Every Joint As It Moves. Oil Every Joint Where Things Rub Against Each Other And Where Shafts Go Throug

IMPORTANT ~> Most sewing and embroidery machines are suffering for service ! They need lubrication, badly. Especially the hard working needle shaft area. They need the debris cleaned out of the bobbin/shuttle area.   #1 Step= Pulling the Needle-Plate, UNSCREW IT... and examine and CLEAN And LUBRICATE... this critical area. Pluck the debris out, swab them out, I use some solvent on Long-tweezers holdind a paper-towel edge torn loose....a shard of paper towel... [I like the Bounty Brand because it does not shred or dissolve.]THEN...I Oil Everything That Moves, Especially ~> All The Joints. The Clear Sewing Machine Oil That Is Sold At Walmart with the telescoping tube allows for precise placing of the oil....Then swab things down with the Long-tweezers holding a shard of Bounty paper towel. Pick Out Thread Remnants. Get The Fuzz Out....Do Not Blow It Into The Machine's Workings. It Binds The Gears And Servo Motors. Pick And Vacuum It Out.  #2. If Your machine has a thread cutter

Some Embroidery, Some Free-Hand, Some Regular Stitching, Scissors And Imagination=WINGS ! Love The Variegated Thread Embroidery.  Done With Variegated Thread....No Thread Changes. It All Began Here....150 Plus++ Years Ago...Mr Singer And Mr White...Started The Sewing Revolution. The History Of It All Is Fascinating...Wikipedia It For A History Lesson Of Intrigue And Suspense. This Is The Computer-Mother-Board Inside The Embroidery Machine. Basically, It Is Much Like The Board In A Lap-Top Personal Computer. Transistors, Memory Chips, Capacitors, Resistors... The Program That Is Installed On This Computer Board Is A Big Part Of The Machines Cost $$. The Babylock Ellure Embroidery And Sewing Machine....With The Skin/Covers REMOVED. The Cast Aluminum Frame--Computer Board--And Internal Workings Are Exposed. I Think Its Beautiful. This Is A Embroidery Pattern Crystal Drew, Then She Digitalized It , The Moved To The Machine To Create !  

Welcome To ~> Mr. Dusty's Sewing And Embroidery Machine Blog  Thank You For "Blogging-In" ! We Hope You Find Some Interesting Things In The Way Of Information, Tips, Hints, Ideas, Methods, And Shortcuts. This Blogspot Is For "Fresh-Eyes" ~ AKA ~ "Fresco-Oho's"~ [I Hope I Spelled That Spanish Translation Correct.] Fresh-Eyes That Are Looking For Similarities And Kindred Thought--Not Conflicting Differences. If You See And Read A Thing That You Like....Good For You. If You Disagree With What You See/Read, <~>Then Keep Moving<~>. This Spot Is Not For You. This Information And The Photographs Are Furnished Here Free Of Charge To The Viewer And At The Expense Of My Life's Treasured Time, That Is Limited. The Information Was Gained By Actual Hands On Working On And Saving Sewing And Embroidery Machines "GIVEN-UP-AS LOST" ! Most Of These Machines Were ~> "Headed-To-The-Junk-Pile"...Marked As ~>"Parts-Only&