WTF, Serger? (Help please!!!)

unaveragejane

I'm not normally one to bless out household appliances, but I'm about ready to scream a stream of four letter words at my serger. I have rethreaded it four times, and it still refuses to cooperate. I cannot get the tension right on the upperlooper thread, and even with the most minute of adjustments to tension, it only takes about 5 minutes before the upperlooper thread starts to wrap around the spool post and eventually breaks. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong! Any ideas??? Or know of any good serger forums? (I'm using a Brother 1034D if that helps.)

Mandmeesh

I don't know sergers, but that EXACT thing was happening on my sewing machine earlier. My bobbins weren't wound correctly so it was getting jammed under the plate

unaveragejane

Sadly, sergers don't have bobbins, but thanks for the commiseration, Meesh! DS is up from his nap and DH is working late...on a day he's not supposed to work...and I'm grouchy...so I'm ignoring the serger and ordering pizza now. That should fix it, right?

lunarrainn

My serger has been doing that too. I think it is a weak thread I am using, but it's new, so that might be wrong. It is so frustrating when it breaks and you have to the thread everything all over again.

Into+the+Kitty

What brand and type of thread are you using? Have you run the machine slowly with the door open to see exactly how it's all functioning?

Into+the+Kitty

Also can you take a picture of the problem? ETA Can you take a picture of each part of your machine so I can help check the threading?

zaraceligon

You need to adjust the needle tension then work on the upper looper.

unaveragejane

The thread is just regular Coats and Clark 100% polyester covered polyester. It is a new spool, so I don't think it's dry rotted. It only breaks when it's gotten bound up and wrapping around the spool post, but I don't know if it binds somewhere else first or not. I'll try rethreading it and taking pictures when DS goes to bed. I have a feeling there is something stupid simple that I am messing up, even though I have followed been following the (sucky) instruction manual.

unaveragejane

Okay, I finally rethreaded it using a tutorial I found online, and it is working much better now. I think my upper and lower looper threads were getting tangled somehow.  I went to town on my little project and then I found out the hard way that sewing a heart shape with a serger is not a beginner level skill. <sigh>

Into+the+Kitty

unaveragejane said:

Okay, I finally rethreaded it using a tutorial I found online, and it is working much better now. I think my upper and lower looper threads were getting tangled somehow.  I went to town on my little project and then I found out the hard way that sewing a heart shape with a serger is not a beginner level skill. <sigh>

This made me LLOL.