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I know this is a super old post, but I cannot find the manual for this BL5180 I just bought. I'd like to know how to service/oil it. Does anyone have a scanned manual, pretty please? :)
The EL system needle has a long groove in the front and back and works best when doing a coverhem. The BL only has a groove in the front and is more likely to skip when doing coverhem.
Othewise the needles are the same, if they are not skipping you are good to go.
I have a friends Baby lock BL 5180. She could not get it to work so I brought it home. I thought it was probably just the way it was threaded so I rethreaded the machine and noticed that the feed dogs are not moving. The machine works but will not pull the material into the machine.
Call your local service shop. Baby Locks in closets for years often have this problem The manual recommends annual maintenance by a pro, and they will oil the internal lobes of the feed dog apparatus. It cannot be oiled from the outside, nor with covers off, but must be taken apart. If those lobes lose the oil and heat up you will feel "surging" then slowing repeatedly -- fast then slow then fast etc -- until the lobes over heat and sort of weld themselves to that small barrel looking case. So a Baby Lock can sew, then temporarily be sluggish then later slow till sluggish; and at worst, seem to be doing everything right BUT not advancing the cloth -- that's when the worst damage is done and professional repair is needed. In PA might cost $150 to fix. $70 in parts; $80 in labor (2012 prices) Been there, done that.
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