Yesterday, I was sewing a loop in some webbing...finished up with a backstitch, raised the foot, pulled the webbing from the machine, and the thread wasn't through the needle. The stitching was good, and the thread unbroken...What the???
Yesterday, I was sewing a loop in some webbing...finished up with a backstitch, raised the foot, pulled the webbing from the machine, and the thread wasn't through the needle. The stitching was good, and the thread unbroken...
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
quantum tunneling?Originally Posted by oldgringo
Yesterday, I was sewing a loop in some webbing...finished up with a backstitch, raised the foot, pulled the webbing from the machine, and the thread wasn't through the needle. The stitching was good, and the thread unbroken...
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I've had that happen quite a few times actually. I have no idea how, but it's pretty neat.
Asked TeeDee about this. His explanation: Actually the "shuttle" that surrounds the bobbin is the part that creates the "lock stitch". The needle is there simply to carry the thread through the fabric where the shuttle can catch it. So long as the thread is pushed/carried through the "fabric/webbing/whatever" and is picked up by the spear point of the shuttle, then the stitch is made. The thread can be carried/pushed through the fabric by friction and so long as it is on the correct side of the needle where the chance of it being caught by the shuttle spear point are good, you are good to go. The chance of it being on the correct side of the needle are usually pretty good since there is usually a thread guide right above the needle and it is obvious when you miss threading through the guide and most people would see that pretty quick.
There is an animated video on the internet somewhere that shows how the lock stitch is made. TeeDee thinks it is more interesting to simply take some scrap fabric, leave the sliding door to the bobbin open or remove it, and then crank by hand through stitches watching the shuttle catch the thread, pull it around the bobbin and then watch the thread pulled tight by that arm above the needle that bobs up and down. Just keep cranking by hand slowly through as many stitches as you need to get it straight in your head what part is doing what. A sewing machine is a marvel of precision engineering and machining to get all of the sequence of actions right and at the tremendous speed things are happening.
Ha, Blame it on the alcohol.
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It came out of the eye without breaking?? Maybe one of the sides of the eye broke and let it flex enough to let the thread out.
PF
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockstitch
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That's what I think must have happened, but I've examined the needle with a 10x glass, and don't see anything wrong. An exorcism is in order.It came out of the eye without breaking?? Maybe one of the sides of the eye broke and let it flex enough to let the thread out.
PF
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
try it again!
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