Curious if the Hopping Foot Height is within spec on your Handi Quilter, Baby Lock, or Janome Longarm Quilting Machine? Learn how to check and what could cause out-of-spec issues.
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If you time longarm machines here is a great tool to make it easier and quicker.
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Your longarm housing is carefully designed to be secured with precise torqueing (tightness) of the fasteners that clamp the sections together. Both too tight and too loose are problems waiting to happen.
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All longarms need periodic maintenance - and festering problems can be found and corrected before causing longarm performance problems.
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If your top-thread check-spring breaks or weakens, and you have a machine with an electronic tension system such as a Handi Quilter Amaar, Forte, Infinity and newer Avante’s, or Baby Lock Regalia, this video will show how to easily replace.
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If your top-thread check-spring breaks or weakens, and you have a machine with a manual tension system such as a Handi Quilter HQ16, Sweet Sixteen, Simply Sixteen, older Avante’s and Fusions, Baby Lock Coronets, or Janome QMP-18’s this video will show how to easily replace.
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If you own a Handi Quilter Simply Sixteen, older Avante’s/Fusion’s, Baby Lock Coronet. Janome QMP 18 or similar machines without the electronic tension measurement system learn how to replace your top tension check spring (aka take-up spring).
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If you own a Handi Quilter Infinity, Forte, Amara, later-generation Fusion/Avante, or BabyLock Regalia learn how to replace your top tension check spring (aka take-up spring). 10 minutes and less than $10.
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You may have seen the analysis of new and used standard needles along with generally accepted industry guidance on when needles should be changed elsewhere on the site. A couple of quilters reached out to me with questions on how ballpoint needles fared.
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Why (and when) does your needle need to be changed? After a recent machine service standard testing of the stitch quality was done and though the stitch was good, the holes in the fabric were big and erratic. I asked the client when the needle had last been changed and she couldn't remember - a dozen or more quilts.
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Don’t forget about the take-up spring! The take-up spring on your Longarm is an important component to ensuring stable tension on the thread as the needle oscillates vertically while the hook is rotating creating the magic of a "stitch" 40 or more times a second.
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Your Bobbin Case Spring - don't forget this hidden key element to great stitch quality! Bobbin Case Springs (also known as Bobbin Tension Springs or Bobbin anti-Backlash Springs) are often forgotten about until they end up becoming a problem.
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