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Sewing machine fix-a-thon March 9
[edit | edit source]ruthgrace — 2019-02-25
I’ve been so sad about our sewing machines not working great lately. Tiffany and I are organizing a fixathon. Everyone is welcome!
Meetup
Sewing Machine Fix-a-thon
[edit | edit source]Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 1:00 PM: A lot of our sewing machines have been in sub par working condition. Let's figure out for each machine what needs to be done to fix it, or scrap it if it's no good.
mana — 2019-02-26
Yay! I have a show that evening but I plan on being there for the beginning
pagrus — 2019-02-27
That sounds cool and I would like to try to help but I don’t know the first thing about servicing sewing machines. My instructor at CCSF has a guy who comes in to service our machines there (a fleet of Janome HD-1000s and a variety of Jukis, not certain about specifics), would it be worth it to see if he can take a look?
ruthgrace — 2019-02-27
Hi @pagrus, Tiffany and I have decent experience fixing the home sewing machines, however if we can get free help from a professional we would gladly accept. You’re also welcome to come and learn from us
pagrus — 2019-02-28
I would be stoked to come and learn from you. I think the CCSF guy would want to charge but I can always ask my instructor
pagrus — 2019-03-09
I am hoping to come to this but I have class in the morning and I’m not sure if I can get out early. Is there anything I should bring? I figure you have tools and stuff there but I could bring spares or what have you.
ruthgrace — 2019-03-09
No need to bring anything
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> pagrus > March 9 > > I am hoping to come to this but I have class in the morning and I’m not sure if I can get out early. Is there anything I should bring? I figure you have tools and stuff there but I could bring spares or what have you.
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ruthgrace — 2019-03-10
The fixathon was a success! We fixed both the regular Brother machine (the blue XR1355 – just opened it up and oiled it and blew at the dust) and the embroidery sewing Brother Machine (the purple SE400 – we fixed it by taking it apart, and un-crooking the shaft that sits between the cam that moves the feed dog and the feed dog itself). Plus, Peter examined all the scissors and brought a scissor sharpener!
We bought a bunch of parts (replacement bobbin cover, pedal, thread spool stoppers, needles for the industrial machine) and will ask for reimbursement on #finance-wg via Slack.
The Juki MO2400 overlock is still not cutting
Tiffany and I did a bunch of oiling, investigation, adjustments, all to no avail. It technically cuts but it’s kinda chewing and not cutting cleanly. I even asked Shelby at Fabric outlet, and she said to try oiling, and if that didn’t work … just call Apparel City. So I’ll call on Monday and ask for a quote for someone to come in. I think it’s worth paying once to 1) fix the cutting issue and 2) FINALLY get it fully threaded with all 4 threads, which we’ve never actually been able to do ourselves.
pagrus — 2019-03-12
Sorry I couldn’t make it! I thought I’d be able to get out of class early but it actually went extra-extra long that day. Ironically it was my sewing class at CCSF…
ruthgrace — 2019-03-13
Hahahah I was wondering which of the people that showed up was you, @pagrus! Well, that explains it
No worries at all, hopefully next time you visit we’ll have many more working sewing machines than last time that you can use