Yeah, needle plate is that flat plate that the needle goes through just under your presser foot. Little nicks on that part can cause a number of different headaches, eg machine catches when sewing in reverse, third breakage, missed stitches....
Pretty much if rethreading the machine doesn't work, check this spot second
Last edited by Pag; 02-25-2012 at 18:47. Reason: spelling
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Lots of info here. Good details for most common machines (most machines have some or all of the basic working parts)
http://www.sewusa.com/
Refer to your manual! If you dont have one, this link sells them.
Try a new needle, rethread the machine, clean any fuzzies out of it, oil it, MAKE SURE THE NEEDLE IS IN THE RIGHT WAY!
Once you've done all of this, slowly spin the machine by hand and check how the needle and shuttle hook timing (refer to pics in sewusa link HERE)
IF the timing is off take it in, unless your very confident in your skills.
99% of the problems is operator knowledge/failure/poor technique, or a bad needle or bad thread or bad lacing/routing of the thread. Or all the above Refer to your owners manual for proper maintenance and threading route.
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One thing that I would add is that a machine that needs to be timed often won't sew at all. Most machines that need to have the timing adjusted have been knocked out of sync by quite a bit. Pins and other goodies getting knocked down into the hook type stuff. So in general if it does sew and make nice stitches, it's probably not the timing.
Of course this isn't always the case but a good majority of the time at least.
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