constant thread breaks

[Gini]

I have been sewing a design that sews beautifully- I have done over 200 of this design on Gildan hoodies without problem. IT is a large simple design in one color. Lately, I began having thread breaks, first it seemed to be every time there was a trim, then at other times too. At times there is thread wound around behind the bobbin, other times not. I have checked the usual, replaced the needle, changed needles, checked bobbin tension, checked my settings, checked my step hook timing, etc. I can find nothing out of place. I think maybe my cutter might be dull, but that doesn t account for everything. Any ideas of what else to check?

[flebow]

I can certinly help you if its a stabilizer problem
However, it may not be
But I can hel0p to rule in or out the stabilixer
Are you using a "sticky" type ?

Fred

[Ballyhoo]

When I get thread breaks on a design that I know has worked well in the past it is often because the presser foot is too high.

David Sklar
Ballyhoo!

[Gini]

Thanks Fred and David. No, I am not using a sticky stabilizer, but I did a complete cleaning and lubricating anyway. I will try a different backing but I have been using this stuff for quite a while. I checked the height of the foot too. I do have some static electricity and I am wondering if that might be it. Any other ideas out there? I went from doing these hoodies quickly to having to babysit the machine to get through one.

[levelbest]

Is your actifeed minimum thread feed setting on? Sometimes, I'll start sewing, only to have thread breaks and realize my wife was running something before me that had a different minimum setting than the default...

[smeggy345o]

How about the thread? Could it be a bad roll?

[Gini]

Well, it could be the thread- it is a different brand than I have used, but I did about 20 hooodies before the problem started. The acti-feed I will check, I think it is on auto.

I wonder about static- It does seem that the bobbin thread gets wound up in the case a lot. Or stuck behind that little hook arm thingy (I dont know what its called!) Does anyonr have trouble with static?

[Shuffletown Embroidery]

Are you using metal bobbins?

[Debbie Garifi]

Dust your machine using a dryer sheet! (Not the wet type sheets)
No more static.....
HTH

Debbie

[Rod or Sharon]

Gini,

The question John presented was not whether the auto acti-feed was on auto or standard but it was about the "Auto Lower Limit" setting that governs the lowest material setting parameter that you choose to allow the auto acti-feed to go to.

This setting is found under "Settings", "Threadfeed". The default setting for this has been 1. If this setting is too high, false or real thread and/or bobbin breaks and poor quality embroidery will occur.

Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer

[levelbest]

Hey Rod:

I could use you in real life as a translator [img]smile.gif[/img]

John - "The mirrored drives failed causing the RAID to go to critical status - thereby compromising the servers redundancy"

Rod - (What John really meant to say...)

"Server's broke. Needs a new hard drive"

[Rod or Sharon]

John,

Kind of expected a response from ya...but I am just sitting here getting a chuckle out of it...eh eh eh

Rod

[Body Cover]

I'm feeling kinda good since I understood the first part from John! Being the owner artist digitizer janitor and IT guy I am feeling great that I got some of the lingo down!

Later
Ron

[Gini]

OK- I am heading back to the shop to check if my RAID is redundant. Once I get the cover off and pull out all the wires I will write back for more instruction! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Gini]

Well, I recieved a shipment of my usual brand of thread, ARC, and the design now sews just fine! The other thread was Isacord which I have used before without any trouble, but I guess that particular cone was the problem.