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about to throw serger out the window!

    about to throw serger out the window!
    on: February 22, 2012, 11:35:00 AM
    I am trying to use my elna 744 to do a coverstitch. the left needle thread keeps breaking. I have rethreaded, adjusted tension, changed needles, replaced the antenna and made sure it was all aligned. I haven't used machine in ages and am wondering if I'm forgetting something. It is so frustrating - any help welcome!
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      Re: about to throw serger out the window!
      Reply #1 on: February 24, 2012, 02:58:25 PM
      I'd take it to your dealer.  Sometimes they can help you see something you're missing.  Once my serger was being super fussy and I took it in, thinking that it needed to be serviced and the lower looper thread wasn't really in the tension disk and that was it.
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        Re: about to throw serger out the window!
        Reply #2 on: March 23, 2012, 04:07:32 PM
        sometimes when the needle thread keeps breaking it's a good idea to check about burrs on the needle plate
        could you have the needle in backwards?
        and sometimes when a machine has set up for a while it's good to have it serviced
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