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Machine not sewing

Even though I think I have threaded machine correctly it does not sew fabric together. Just cuts fabric off but does not sew it! Help needed pls! I think I've threaded by overlocker right (Riccar RL 913) but the stitching aint right, threads not weaving together, Needle is stitching on top but no back stitches while the lower & upper loops just trail along. What I am doing wrong?

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  • shelltea Apr 24, 2009

    I have the same problem and i think that i may have sone something to the timings any help would be grateful

    Shell

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    Machine is not sewing it looks like upper loop comes 1/8 inch above the needle tip I have the wright needle for the machine threading is correct what can be wrong is there any way I can fix

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    My huskylock 905 is jamming, I sent it for repairs and it sewed great for about 10 minutes then just jammed again. The repairer has offered to refund my money but that doesn't solve my problem. He thinks it may have something to do with needing oil inside somewhere. Any suggestions about where I should oil it as the only dealer is some distance away and it can take 3-4 weeks to get the machine back due to his heavy workload

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    my mauser industrial overlocker wont overlock on fabric. The threads all stay in a line and wont sew

  • Anonymous Mar 14, 2014

    bought a used Global 4 thread industrial overlock machine.. worked great when I bought it. Had to dismantle motor and machine from table to carry downstairs.. .reassembled and now handwheel turns in opposite direction and fabric feeds forward.

  • Anonymous Mar 23, 2014

    I cannot understand the instruction booklet for the above overlocker sewing machine. Cannot even thread it let alone start to sew!

  • Anonymous Mar 26, 2014

    I cannot thread the sewing machine

  • Anonymous Mar 27, 2014

    help, machine won't pick up threads, motor works great, checked the tention and it's fine, just won't sew the fabric together

  • Anonymous Mar 29, 2014

    The overlocker is looping but not stitching on stretch fabric.

  • Anonymous Mar 29, 2014

    The overlocker is looping. However when I start stitching, does not catch on the fabric. only threads appear. When fabric is taken out, chain s are still there.

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Make sure you have threaded the machine from right to left, it sounds like the needle thread is trapped under the lower looper thread and cannot form a stitch.........start the threading over from scratch like this:

  1. Lower Looper
  2. Upper Looper
  3. Left Needle
  4. Right Needle
Is there a diagram for how to thread on the inside of the door ?

Follow that slowly and carefully to make sure you have not missed any thread guides on the way, as each one needs to be followed through to ensure correct tension and thread progression.

If you are certain that all threaded correctly, did you have a fabric jam and pulled it loose ? If so, the timing may well be affected.

Post an update and we'll get this right.

Bargain Box

  • Debra Barry
    Debra Barry Apr 26, 2014

    I have re-threaded my machine and that didn't help. I haven't gotten the surger to start sewing due to the error message that the upper knike needs tobe lowered (which it is). I am trying to do a cover stitch, I have it threaded properly and I lowered the knife. It is also in the "R" rolled hem position, as my guide instructs, but still, I close all the covers and it beeps that the upper knife needs to be lowered! Frustrating!

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