Janome Serger 9102D - jammed while sewing

[Judy Woodward]

Hi...I was sewing along just fine and then I jammed and I can't cut the material out from under the needles. It won't pull out and I have tried to cut the thread underneath the material and can't. Does anyone know how I can get it free to re thread the machine and try to adjust the machine for what I am sewing on. I must have it set wrong am sewing 6 hr quilt by Kaye Woods. I wish the projects would tell you what settings to use lol Especially since I hardly know anything about a serger is still all new to me. Any help would b appreciated. Thanks

[Bobbie Sews More]

Don't know if it would help, but have you tried lifting the lever to loosen
the tension and rocking the wheel on the side and slowly pulling the cloth?
HTH Maybe Ron Anderson would have a better suggestion?
Barbara in SC

"Judy Woodward" wrote in message

[Ron Anderson]

"Judy Woodward" <judylov...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Can be tricky stuff. Be very careful you can break loopers by pulling on it
too hard.
I would cut the threads as close to the work as possible break off the
needles and take the needle plate off and then cut it free.

--
Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine
18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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[Judy Woodward]

Thank you Ron and Bobbie I will try that Ron, I left a message on my neighbors car door to call me when she left for her shop, which she makes drapes on sergers but she didn't call me, she must of figured I was asleep lol so hopefully I will be able to do it the way you said. I will let you know.

[Kay Lancaster]

Judy, I don't have this machine. If I did this to my Juki, the first thing I'd do is to cut all the
threads as close to the project as possible, and take the cones off the machine, just so I can see
what I'm doing better. Then I'd open the machine and get in there with a pair of
sharp pointed small scissors and a seam ripper and start cutting any remaining threads I can reach, and
gently rock the handwheel. I'd alternate clipping threads, picking out any I could, and rocking the handwheel
till it comes free.

Then I'd clean the machine, oil per instructions, put in some new needles, and check for timing problems.

Usually if I get myself in trouble with a jam, it's from doing something like not putting the blade down and starting to serge.

Kay

[Judy Woodward]

Thank you Kay

[Judy Woodward]

Hi Ron,

My neighbor came over and did it real easy, she said I almost had done it myself. She set my machine up for the tension I should be using for the quilt I am making. So hopefully it won't do it again. But I want to thank all of you for helping me. Now maybe I can get me some rest tonight lol

[Polly Esther]

Uh-oh. I don't know what your warning "not putting the blade down" means.
What blade, which blade? Do you mean "not putting the foot down"? Waaah.
Help. ( Keep in mind that I suffer from Fear of Serger.) Polly


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[Bobbie Sews More]

So glad your neighbor got you out of this mess with the serger. You might
still need to clean the machine (I use a child's water paint brush as a dust
mop) and give it a drop of oil and let it sit overnight before I use it
again.
Barbara in SC

"Judy Woodward" wrote in message My neighbor came over and did it real easy,

[Judy Woodward]

Thanks Bobbie, I will make sure I oil it tonight but I want to sew a little bit this afternoon lol

[Judy Woodward]

On Saturday, August 3, 2013 2:20:36 PM UTC-7, Bobbie Sews More wrote:

Oh and I was going to tell you that is funny cause I use a paint brush too

[Pogonip]

On 8/3/2013 12:03 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
> Uh-oh. I don't know what your warning "not putting the blade down"
> means. What blade, which blade? Do you mean "not putting the foot
> down"? Waaah. Help. ( Keep in mind that I suffer from Fear of
> Serger.) Polly

With a serger, the very first thing to do is to clear a few hours of
time, get out the manual and enough cones for each position -- in
different colors. Primary colors are especially good if you have them.
Then begin at the beginning of the manual and go through it page by
page. If you persist, your questions will be answered.

Check to see if there is a workbook available for your machine, too.
Going through a workbook is even better than going through the manual --
but read the manual anyway!

Sergers are made so that you can move the blade out of working position
to do a number of things, but probably the most important is to replace
a worn blade. Yes, there is more to a serger than putting the foot
down, and that's why you want to go through that manual carefully, and
the workbook if it's available.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

[Kay Lancaster]

On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 14:03:23 -0500, Polly Esther <Poll...@cableone.net> wrote:
> Uh-oh. I don't know what your warning "not putting the blade down" means.
> What blade, which blade? Do you mean "not putting the foot down"? Waaah.
> Help. ( Keep in mind that I suffer from Fear of Serger.) Polly

Dagnabit, Polly, we gotta get you over this. Sergers are very nice machines that,
like sewing machines, work fine if you just Do It Their Way. And they sew
very fast and make nice neat seam allowances that I don't have to figure out how
to fight the ravel battle with, and I don't think I'd be sewing without one
any more.

Sergers have a pair of blades that act like scissors and trim the edge of the seam allowance
off nice and straight and just before the seam goes under the needles and the loopers come
around and wrap it all up tidily. Usually the upper blade will swing up out of the
way so you've got a little more finger room for threading, or for cleaning. If that blade
isn't engaged, then when you try to sew, the excess seam allowance that should
have been trimmed off gets wrapped up by the looper threads and makes a big bunch that
causes the machine to jam. And makes me say bad words while picking out the extra thread.
Because I wasn't smart enough to remember that sergers want things to be done Their Way.

I don't think I've ever tried to serge with the presser foot up. I guess sewing machines
have me too well trained to make that mistake. <g>

(BTW, the lady that convinced me I really wanted a serger was just sitting there making onsies
and little gowns for Newborns in Need when I stopped into the sewing machine dealer to explore
the subject. She was going through piles of pieces lickety split, and they were turning
into very nice baby clothes. I figured if they'd do that, they'd make big people
clothes, too. <g>)

If you ever get bored, I did a photo series of how serger stitches are made.
http://picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/24107012 The upper blade is raised in the photos
so you can see the loopers and stitch fingers better. Sergers have a very nice dance
between the needles and loopers.

It's funny... cranky sewing machines are generally due to bad thread, misthreading,
bad or wrong needle, dirty machine, machine in need of oil or strange tensioning.
Cranky sergers are generally due to bad thread, misthreading, bad or wrong needle,
dirty machine, machine in need of oil or strange tensioning. They're really a lot
alike under it all.

Kay

[CypSew]

"Judy Woodward" wrote in message

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I also use a child's paint brush for each of my sewing machines.
Emily

[Judy Woodward]

thanks for post Kay....I finished my quilt and gave to friend for her birthday...it looked great :) was first quilt done on a serger and love it.