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by honeychyle 09 Dec 2011 ( edited Dec 09'11 23:12 )
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After all the time I've been away from my machine, I'm sewing again! Got a major problem though. I finished two of the embroidable teddy bears and started the third when my needle broke. I changed to a new needle and after just a few stitches it broke too. I've gone through a whole package of needles trying to get this darn bear finished. I have taken apart, cleaned adjusted, everything I can think of but the same thing keeps happening! The needle seems to be hitting the plate but I can't figure out why! Can someone please help me ? Tell me why the needle seems to move back enough to hit the plate and what I can do to fix it? Thanks

Comments (4)
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by awesome1 09 Dec 2011
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Is your thread getting hung and the tightness is snapping the needle? Otherwise, I'v had the problem of needle hitting wrong place and had to take it for repair. Sorry.
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by dlonnahawkins 09 Dec 2011
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Make sure your stitch plate is back in correctly - I had this happen a couple weeks ago, and did find that my thread was binding on the spool - I had to change possition of the spool, and finally had to put into the thread rack for it to work right. I went through over a package of needles - too costly to have it continue.
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by lyns 09 Dec 2011
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my brother 3100 was smashing needles on the very edge of the plate. Took it to the dr & he found a chunk of thread in the works that I wasn't able to see even though I had taken the machine down as far as I could & cleaned everything. sorry, I can't offer a quick fix. xx
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by justonlyme 09 Dec 2011
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Timing is probably off. If you have a dealer nearby, take it in. Every time the needle hits, it will knock the timing out a little bit more. Sorry for the news, but unfortunately, these things are finicky!!!