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by awesome1 30 Mar 2012 ( edited Apr 08'12 10:29 )
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DISASTER STRUCK!

Made this mug rug ITH..and started a quilt with diff bikes for my cycle loving son. Got 4.5 of them finished and my machine screamed bloody murder and froze solid. It's so locked the hand wheel won't move. Is not thread in the bobbin race! Fearing the worst.

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by mysugarfootswife 30 Mar 2012
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Motorcycle Accident????????????? Good looking design, from Sick?
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by awesome1 30 Mar 2012
Guess you could say that. Good thing I was wearing a helmet!
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by capoodle 30 Mar 2012
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This one mug rug is really nice. As for a locked up machine, I would get the manual and take apart what you can and give it a good clean and oil. A lot of times thread gets in the works and binds it up. Wish you the best that nothing serious is wrong.
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by awesome1 30 Mar 2012
I watched my dealer repairman yank the shell off last summer (it's Bro. ULT) and I almost had coronary! No way I would go inside it any more than I have already. I know I have more brains than money, but terrified I'd do something B A D!!
by bevintex 31 Mar 2012
Do not be tempted to do it yourself. BAD and expensive things happen when you go that route. At least they have for me
Bev
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by devon 30 Mar 2012
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very nice job
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by mewchi 30 Mar 2012
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Mine did that once and I turned it on its side ..went back to it a couple of hours later and it came on..dont know how that made a difference though..
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by oaro 30 Mar 2012
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very nice
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by mysugarfootswife 30 Mar 2012
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You know, with a computer if it freezes you just reboot. Wonder if you unplug over night and start fresh tomorrow what would happen..........

But don't forget the helmet!
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by awesome1 30 Mar 2012
A friend wondered if my insurance would cover this (motorcycle) crash...no such luck!
by cfidl 31 Mar 2012
LOL! chuckle. thanks I needed that!
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by rsehorse 31 Mar 2012
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Last fall my SIL bought a Brother 770 because she liked mine so much. The first project or 2 stitched fine. Then she started having problems and called me. It sounded like a tension problem to me. She made an adjustment and went on. A couple days later she called me and said her machine had froze up! She took it to the dealer. The dealer took it apart and said there was not a drop of oil in the machine. It was never oiled at the factory when it was made. So she had to get another machine. My advice, take it to a dealer. Good luck, Susan
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by cjmelm 31 Mar 2012
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Oh my hope all works out ok...
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by Simplesewer1 31 Mar 2012
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Mine did it once ai turned it off and waited till next day itturned it on again and it worked really fast
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by noah 31 Mar 2012
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Walk away for a few hours and when you turn it on it should recalibrate if not check the wheel did thread go round and round in there???Most you turn wheel backwards then forward and wheel comes off to check lol
Let us know how you make out please hugs Carolyn
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by christracey 31 Mar 2012
+6
I wonder if there may be thread caught in the fly/hand wheel. Good luck with sorting it out.
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by tippi 31 Mar 2012
+6
Well this one is very nice. Hope by now it has started working again for you
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by muflotex 31 Mar 2012
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wild mug rug, keep your motor running,
hope your machine is only missing on oil and can be fixed quickly
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by zoefzoef 31 Mar 2012
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What a pitty your machine stopped working. This is a nice mug rug. Where did you got he desgin ? i'm sure my sis in law would love to have one too
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by awesome1 31 Mar 2012
Bikes came from ATW. 10 or 12--in 2 sizes.
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by awesome1 31 Mar 2012
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UPDATE: Took the end cover off this a.m. It is def threads wrapped around bearing near thread take-up lever. Got soooo much already--don't think I can get the remainder. Repair man may have to take needle bar off to access it. But I will continue trying. Wheel is still frozen. If only it would move things a 'hair', I think I could clean out the rest.
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by shirlener88 08 Apr 2012
when I read this - this is what I figured happened - I hope you can get it - if not it will not take the repair man long.
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by shirlener88 08 Apr 2012
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Too bad you didn't get to finish this - hopefully you will - once your machine is running again.