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| Juki HZL-29Z Sewing Machine sews in reverse |
Do you ...
A. Get behind your machine and sew backwards.
B. Take all the screws out of the machine and try to take it apart.
C. Shake it like mad and hope the pin falls out.
Last Friday this was the predicament I was in. I would have probably been a lot more mad if I hadn't been so tired. I worked more than 2 hours trying to fix my machine. Don't get me wrong, I love my little Juki machine and even though it's just a basic machine, with the few special stitches it has, I can get a lot done with it instead of having to use multiple machines, for instance it has overcasting which I use when I make my tiny dog sweaters since they are too small to go on the serger. Anyways I had to get it fixed and I knew it had to do with that pin going in it, but they didn't design it with an easy way to open it up under the bobbin. Believe me I took every screw out of it hoping there was a way it would pop open but I didn't know where the plastic clips were and I was afraid to break the plastic. I even looked up a sewing machine repair man which I would have taken it to but would have been embarrassed to ask him to get the pin out. Plus he would probably charge me as much as I paid for the machine. So I did option C, shake, shake, shake. Finally I could see the pin but I couldn't get it out. It did move over some and my reverse button started working, but I would manually have to slide the feed dogs into position so it would sew forward and not backward. I gave up Friday night and had to finish my sewing on a different machine. (Now you know why a seamstress should always have an extra machine around).
It wasn't till Sunday night I had time to play with it again. Armed with a magnet and a crochet hook, if I held the machine just right I could see the head of the pin down in the bottom below the bobbin, but it was hard to get the tools down in there. so I just started stabbing in the dark until I lost sight of the pin. Till finally I spotted the pin again, now in an upright position, so I used my magnet and voila, it was out. After I put my plate and bobbin back in, I was thrilled that all my stitches were working again.
So my little Juki is still one of my favorite machines to use. I'm glad nothing broke on it. Over all it seems to be a very well made machine.
Now, back to sewing...
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