dismantled too much. No needle anywhere. I found it in my project when I ran my finger across the fabric. Now I'll be able to sleep tonight , better in my finger than in my foot. Has this ever happened to you? Did you find it?

Oh my gosh, that happend to me awhile back. I didn't find the other half, hubby did. Now he absolutely refuses to enter without shoes. Carol

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by bevintex 14 Aug 2010

Ouch!

by leenova54 15 Aug 2010

Oh my! I am the one in my house who never wears shoes! DH falls asleep with his on! I have given up on ever having clean carpets.

Bev, I think we have all broken and needle and couldn't find the one end at one time or the other - but I might be mistaken. It will usually turn up - as yours did and I am thrilled it was in your project and not on the floor, for your foot, too.

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I have broken needles & had them fly here & there! But usually the point is in the project as the thread is in that. I would be careful about running a magnet anything around the inside of the machine as they are all so "computer driven" now. Glad you found it...and NOT in your foot! I DO run a magnet over the floor looking for pins, etc.

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by psssst 14 Aug 2010

Under the needle plate there aren't any electronics on my machine.

I use a magnetic screw driver and slide it along the inside of the machine IF I do not find it in my project first.

Look on the bright side.....Your machine got a good cleaning! LOL Glad you found it!

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by bevintex 14 Aug 2010

Actually it did. Had alot of lint.It would have driven me crazy until it turned up.

Glad you found the needle without too many hassles

I'v gone after the needle with tweezers before. Like the idea of a piece of fabric. Thank you for the tip.

After I heard someone else dropped a needle down through and then in putting in a new dropped it too I started laying a piece of fabric over on the machine before I changed the needle.

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by bevintex 14 Aug 2010

Good idea. We should all get into that habit!

by crafter2243 15 Aug 2010

Yes that was me. I could have saved myself the $45.00 they charged to get those 2 needles out, because they would have found them during the next cleaning. Learned a lot from that.