2 million stitch interval

[danielk]

hello again.

TO be honest I've never done the maintenance on my machines myself so i was wondering how do you do the two million stitch interval. Do you have to unscrew something or is it just the oil in the groove. Is there anything special i should know so i dont mess up the machine. I feel so stupid about not knowing how to oil my own machines haha.

thanks

[GF]

The online process is pretty intuitive and does help you through the maintenance procedure with photos and instructions. You should oil your bobbin rotary hook and cutter daily. Just a drop in each of these locations. NEVER wait for the timers. Do them early is what I was told and it does keep my machines running very well. I also have two sets of rollers so I remove an entire set and soak in Dawn dish detergent, then replace with cleaned ones. After the full maintenance, I dry and store the rollers for the next month. This saves an enormous amount of time. I have two machines and do the entire maintenance procedure bi-monthly -- takes about 4 hours for both. I also take the front face plates off and that gives good access to the levers and the rollers. Once you get a rythym, it goes nicely. Haven't found a way to keep the machines threaded so that takes up some time at the end. I also oil the in-between the maintenance schedule randomly depending on how much the machines are running. Also important, try and use all 16 needles frequently. Rotate colors if necessary to avoid using one needle more than another.

[Steve I]

For GF,

If you want to keep the needles threaded when you remove the front cover just raise all of the red rollers and pull about 18 inches of thread down on each needle and tie them all together in a knot, lower the red rollers and proceed to remove the front cover. You should be able to lower it from the top down. It stays right there in front but it is out of the way for the needle bar lubrication and it is much easier to clean with it out of the way. When it's time to reinstall it, tilt it back up with one hand and with the other hand keep some tension on the bundle of thread below. It may take a couple of time to get the hang of it but in the long run you won't have to rethread 16 needles.

Steve I.
Trinity Embroidery

[GF]

Thank Steve. I'll try that again. It never seems to work for me because when I replace the plate, I end up with the knot and tangled threads that I end up cutting and just rethreading. Hopefully, I'll get the hang of it one day...

[Gini]

The maintenance I have trouble with is the one invoving prying off the rollers to grease the wheels. I have broken 2 out of 16 of the small black dohickeys and had my husband reinstall the rest. I now have to do this again and I am dreading it. What is the trick to getting those black things to snap back in without snapping in two?

[signman]

The trick is to get the greasing schedule to co-incide with the tuneup tech for new year's warranty contract..works for us! LOL...that way he
does it for us since he had to do it anyways for the warranty checkup!

Roland

[Aaron]

Roland,

That only works if you run 2 million stitches or less a year. I run 2 million stitches per machine in less than a month.

[signman]

It was somewhat tongue in cheek...I think Sue does have to do it once or twice a year but it seems to be months between messages in the program to do it.
The bulk of the time our Amaya stills doing nothing, probably 21 or more days (not weekends) a month it is a dust catcher. Any big quantity orders-over 50 pieces, goes out to a subcontractor for them to do so we aren't married to 'big red' for days at a time.

[danielk]

thanks guys. has anyone had any problem with the machine screwing up after the maintenance.

[signman]

Oh yes, it gets such pampering for one day a year we can't do a darn thing with it for a week! Has to have a 'time out' in the corner for a couple days before it decides to behave. Even designs we practiced with while he was here won't go right as soon as he's on the way home!

Roland