I have followed the directions in my manual for settings, tension, etc. on my practice runs, the left side of the button hole, the first setting, ends up longer than the right side, the number four. I am using the correct foot and the arrow on the foot moves the same length on both sides, but when i am finished and take the material out, the left side is longer than the right.

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check if the needle touches the feed dogs, or presser foot. it should have enough clearance.
check also if you had correctly place the bobbin to the bobbin case, (a reverse bobbin causes thread breaking/shreading)
with the thread out of the needle and with the presser foot lifter down, try to pull manually the thread, try figuring it out if the thread is too loose or TIGHT.
if its too tight then you might not have correctly placed the thread to the thread guides.
try to check it again.
adjust the thread tension control if its too tight, (see also if if the tension control is not stuck!)
make sure its not too tight, nor too loose.
its good to figure out the cause of the problem yourself, with minimum help! everything you do, it will be your sole experience!

SOURCE: The bobbin thread on my Viking Designer 1 is too tight

In most cases, this is caused by loose threads and fluff being in the upper tension unit rather than a problem with the bobbin. There is a screw on the bobbin case that losens and tightens the resistence. However, it can easily come out and then you have a mess.

Try this to check the bobbin thread tension -
Take the bobbin case holder out of the machine. Use a bobbin that is about half full and use standard 50 wt sewing thread.
Take your needle plate (the metal plate over the feed dogs that has markings showing stitch width under the presser foot).
Thread the bobbin thread in the bobbin case, holding the case so that the thread is through the tension spring as though it is in the machine, tied the end of the tread to the needle plate and have it hang below the the bobbin case.
If the needle plate immediately drops to the floor, unwinding the bobbin, the bobbin tension is too loose. If you jiggle the bobbin case slightly up and down and the needle plate moves slightly down, it is just right. If it does not move at all it is too tight. The resistence should be 14g which is the weight of the needle plate.

The upper tension unit, look straight down from the tension unit and you should see some metal disks which the upper thread rides through when threaded. Take your small cleaning brush and brush out any loose threads/fluff there. Look down the left side of the tension unit to make sure there is none hiding.

When you tighten the upper tension unit by pushing the tension buttons on the screen, do you hear the tension disks tightening? If not, it may be the pc board or the tension unit itself that will have to be replaced.

Otherwise, you might want to take it to an authorized husqvarna viking dealer for service. You can locate a dealer near you by visiting the husqvarna viking website and clicking on the Dealer link on the left-hand side of the page - http://www.husqvarnaviking.com

Good luck

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Try using a walking foot for your machine. This will put a set of feed dogs on the top and make it feed 10 times better.

Heres a link to some,

http://www.google.com/products?q=viking%201%20walking%20foot&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf

-Chris

Tally Girl

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• Posted on Feb 27, 2011

SOURCE: My Viking Mega Quilter does

presser foot down???

SOURCE: When I use the buttonhole

Hi,
According to your problem change the settings of your machine. Reset can make your machine working.