20 Most Recent Singer Quantum XL-1000 Computerized Sewing Machine Questions & Answers

The Singer Quantum XL1 has a needle bar positioning spring. It's actually a J shaped bar with a rubber stopper at one end and a hole for the 1 screw on the other end.When it breaks the rubber partly off or falls off completely the machine shows signs.The thread can jam or, The needle bar extends too far left or right.Also your needle may stop going up and down. It works for regular stitches if you pull the needle bar back down with your hand. For a while anyway.Sometimes regular stitches work. But you can't sew the large designs like bear, bunny, lamb, duck. Until you replace it. There is only 1 screw, needle bar tops at the rubber stopper of the J. Or the metal J shape end looks like a c if rubber is missing. So the rubber slips onSee image.I've only found the entire needle bar positioning spring. It's like I said is not a spring at all it's a metal piece with a rubber gasket on one endGood luckAlso you may need to use a light stableizer. If the material has gotten jammed before. look at your needle plate where the needle goes in. Has it been damaged? is there a gap, hole, slice, small piece missing? Where needle tinged the plate?A dent or cut that makes it wider? You'll keep getting "caught"Try Use stabilizer or get new needle plate.The good news it's about $10 for the needle bar stabilizing spring. https://www.sewingpartsonline.com > ...Needle Bar Position Spring, Singer #283091

Hi jlbostwick,

Here's what you can do to recalibrate the touchscreen of your machine:

Enter service mode.

1.Press the start/stop switch and hold it while you power the machine on.

2. Then, press the reverse switch, hold it and press the LCD.

3. Release the reverse switch AFTER you touch the LCD.

Hope this helps.

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First turn off the XL-1000 and remove the auxilliary bed. Attach the embroidery bed and push the lever on the front of the bed to the right. Switch to the embroidery presser foot. Thread the machine with the appropriate embroidery thread and bobbin thread. Set up the embroidery hoop. Turn on the machine. Lift the presser foot to the highest position. Slide the embroidery hoop under the presser foot such that the key on the hoop goes into the slot on the embroidery bed. The directions for setting up the hoop are given in the manual for the Quantum XL-1000. Singer has most of their manuals here: https://www.singer.com/support .The current link to the manual is https://www.singer.com/sites/default/files/product_manual/1259_xl-100_0.pdf . The section on embroidery starts on page 54 (page 56 of the PDF). Page 57 has the information on securing the hoop to the embroidery frame. I hope this helps. Cindy Wells

thread, threading, hooping all possibilities. Hard to say which without seeing

Check to see if there is some sort of Touch Screen Calibration mode that you can use. I'm not familiar with that model, so I don't know what menu items you have available. Is there a Utilities function? That might be where something like Touch Screen Calibration would reside.Another thing that I just thought of is you might have a dead battery for the settings. Some devices have a battery that keeps a voltage applied to a chip that contains settings information. If the battery has died (too old), the settings may have been erased. Data such as Touch Screen Calibration values would be stored in this memory. These batteries usually keep the memory alive for several years, but they eventually wear out. More modern devices keep this info in Flash memory that does not need a battery. Screen calibration is usually done at the factory when the machine is manufactured.

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First do you mean the foot itself or do you mean the pressure bar that the foot is connected to .

You can purchase the service manual from Sewing Parts Online. If your model is not listed, just email or phone them and they can get it for you. Just offhand, it sounds to me like he accidentally unplugged the connector that runs it on the motherboard. If so, it's a very easy fix -- the motherboard is under the display and you can often see it by removing the bottom cover (the base). All of those plugs only plug in the right way, and only ONE plug will fit the correct connector.

It is called a "stepping motor." You may be able to find a generic model or one from a donor machine that would work. Singer XL 550 Service Manual Basic Positioning Of Zigzag Step Motor Singer XL 1000 List Of Parts You might try contacting some of the online vendors for advice: http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/singer-quantum-xl1000-sewing-machine-parts.aspx Service Manual Singer Quantum XL1000

Remove plate over feed dog, femove bobbin and bobbin casing. My guess is that you have debris, lint or a piece of fabric stuck in the works

It's in your book under calibrating the touch screen.

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you may have to have the computer part checked to see if there is something wrong with it

Try a brand new needle. Also check to make sure the needle is inserted properly. There is a front and back to the needle. If the needle continues to hang up, take it for service. ..

could be a sensor problem or a computer problem, needs to be checked

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Enter service mode....

Press the start/stop switch and hold it while you power the machine on.
THEN, press the reverse switch, hold it and press the lcd. Release the reverse switch AFTER you touch the LCD.

You may have fuzz in your bobbin case or under the plate. If you have canned air, spray it out. Are you using a pre-wound bobbin or one you wound yourself. I've found pre-wounds to be the best. Make sure your thread is pulled thru the bobbin case correctly and your needle up top is threaded correctly too. It's real easy to miss either one. Also, be sure to use a good backing when using fuzzy fabric. What size needle are you using. Too small of a needle may cause this also. For standard embroidery or sewing usually use an 11. Hope maybe this will help. Kindest regards, Jody