How to repair a sewing machine by yourself?

Self-sewing the original and much needed things - it's great, especially if you know how to use a sewing machine. Everyone who had an old good "Seagull" at home, wondered how to repair a sewing machine by yourself? Strangely enough, it's easy enough, especially if you know the cause of the problem. And in order to find out the reason for their appearance, read this article, in which all the material on this topic is collected.

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Needles for sewing machine

It's nothing strange that the needle is the most important part of the sewing machine. It may be that there is no need to repair the sewing machine, but it is enough just to establish the correct process of setting up and operating the system.

Natural wear

During her life she makes hundreds of thousands of punctures of fabric, and no one says that it is always light and thin fabric. Therefore it is quite logical that the tip of the needle is dulled, and the needle itself can bend.

Important! Do you pay attention to this? At first glance, the needle is whole, it means - everything is fine with it. But use the magnifying glass and inspect its point - the blade will be curved in any direction, and how does a similar point gently pierce the fabric? Yes, nothing, just break it.

Now let's see how such a needle forms a stitch. The thread that is in the needle's needle, clings to the bent point, brakes, thereby forming a surplus of the upper thread inside the stitch. This is one of the reasons why loops appear on the line.

Important! In addition, the curved point will cause periodic breakage of the thread, especially in difficult areas for sewing, when the upper thread is extremely stretched.

Based on this, we understand that sometimes the whole process of repairing a sewing machine is simply to replace the needle.

Incorrect installation and use of

Another reason for the trouble with the sewing machine is incorrect placement of the needle in the needle bar, especially for old machines:

• Needle blade must be on the side of the hook nose. Remove the needle plate and see if this is really the case, if the machine for no reason began to loop, tear the thread.
• It often happens that seamstresses install a needle in a home sewing machine that is designed for industrial sewing machines. It is impossible to confuse an industrial needle with a home needle. Household needles have special spills on the flask. But in spite of this, industrial needles are being installed.

Important! Under no circumstances should you make such a mistake:

• First, you will damage the gap between the needle head and the nose of the hook, hence the omission in the stitches.
• Secondly - you are very much at risk of damaging the shuttle of your sewing machine.

Some of the industrial needles are noticeably longer than the domestic ones, and can touch the surface of the shuttle, scratch it, even damage the shuttle itself.

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Basic rules during operation of the

sewing machine To repair the sewing machine is not required very often, observe the following rules:

• All sewing equipment should not be near to batteries, as well as heaters. But in doing so, it must necessarily be inside a dry room, in which there are absolutely no signs of dampness.
• Before you start the work itself, you must select the materials and tools needed for work, threads, needles.
• Before proceeding directly to sewing, make sure that the yarn guide and the needle itself are in the up position.
• Always remember that the sewing machine needs to be assisted during sewing, pulling the material over.
• When finished, raise the presser foot, then pull out the fabric. Then cut the thread. Find a free end in advance, with a maximum length of 7, but at least 5 cm.

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What are the problems with sewing machines?

There are rules, and they must be followed. Using additional tools and quality materials reduces the chance of problems and malfunctions while working with sewing machines to a minimum. That is why the following reasons, which caused malfunctions in the work and the need to repair the sewing machine on its own, are the most common.

Thread breakage

This trouble occurs with both the upper and lower threads:

• In the first case, the fault is due to the selection of a poor-quality thread or the needle size is incorrectly selected.
• In the second case, the fault is due to irregularities, the presence of burr burrs, as well as the wrong winding of the thread.

Problem with the advancement of the fabric

If you have a similar problem, you should carefully consider the position of the teeth. If they are lowered or withdrawn, bring them to their normal position. As you can see, often in case of malfunctions, no complicated repair of the sewing machine is required.

Cutting fabric

If you have a problem with this, then in order to repair the sewing machine, you need to reduce the pressure of the presser foot, and then check the condition of the needle. It is likely that she is too stupid.

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Lubrication and care of the sewing machine "Seagull"

In most cases, repair of the sewing machine may not be necessary if you keep it clean and do not forget to lubricate periodically. If you care for your machine, and, consequently, you will protect it from overloading during work.

Caring for machine:

• After a long work, you must clean the shuttle department and other accessible places from dust, dust, and oil stains. Periodically clean the shuttle itself, with a rigid hair brush, the shuttle mechanism.
• Lubricate the machine at least once every six months, and after a lubrication run it a little idle, especially if the machine has just stood for a long time. The oil during the work will slightly heat up and penetrate much better into the points and friction points.
• A fierce enemy of all mechanisms is rust and dirt. Therefore, try to keep your car in a cool and dry place.
• If the machine is not going to be used for a long time, make sure that no dust gets into it. Otherwise - oil from the dust will harden, and the machine will turn badly, or even jam.

Important! Machine oil is better to dial into a medical syringe, then drop it into small drops in accessible places, where friction of metal parts occurs.

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Attachment of the tensioner and needle bar

Most often the cause of the malfunction of the machine is precisely the upper thread. Breakage of the thread, looping in the stitch, uneven line, omissions and the like. All this very often depends on how tight the upper thread is.

Important! As a matter of fact, fastening the tension regulator is often the cause of poor performance. The plastic housing is forced through the screw, over time, the tensioner begins to stagger or even falls out of the housing.

To correct this, slightly unscrew the screw, adjust its position, make sure that the groove and the blade of the needle have the correct position in relation to the hook itself.

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Adjustment of needle-spout interaction:

• Calibration of the shuttles of the sewing machines "Seagull", "Podolsk", "Veritas" and so on, which perform a zigzag line, suggests setting the position of the looper nose higher than the eye of the needle for 1, 2, 3 mmat the moment of approach of the nozzle of the looper to the needle itself.

Important! This parameter is checked at a time when the sewing machine produces not only a straight stitch.

• The shuttle's nose must necessarily run parallel to the blade of your needle at the same time - this is the second condition that allows you to create stitches without missing out. Loosen the screw with a key for 10, simultaneously hold the handwheel by hand, turn the shaft together with the shuttle itself, adjusting the position of the position of the hook nose to the needle.

In this article, we looked at the most common problems in the sewing machine, and told you how to fix this or that situation. We hope, thanks to this information, from now on you will not have problems with sewing, and all the masterpieces that you have conceived will be obtained, as designed by design, and in good quality.