can't get my serger threaded, help

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Sat, 01/10/2009 - 23:05
joysmile
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Hi, I have sewn almost all of my life, since age 10. I have a compulock serger that I have owned for several years, but rarely use it. When it comes unthreaded I spend countless hours (5 today) persistantly trying to thread it by following the direcitons in the book it came with. The directions are now falling apart and I am sorry,  but I still can't figure it out!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am just trying to do a simple 4 overlock....I can't get this machine to make a chain of anykind!!

 I would appreciate any help that anyone would have to offer before I pull out what hair I have left :)

Thanks so much for your time! joysmile

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Fri, 01/16/2009 - 13:03
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sewiknittoo
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Threadbanger Serger Video

Hello...here's a step by step video on threading  a serger it and using it ....just click the link

serger-how-to enjoy let me know if I can be of any additonal help

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Mon, 01/12/2009 - 23:52
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Nehzat
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Dear Joysmile,

Dear Joysmile,

I hope your trip will fix the problems you are having. Unfortunately without looking at your machine I can't tell what's wrong.

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Thu, 01/15/2009 - 17:13
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joysmile
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serger

wow, that was helpless.....no one answered my beacon plea...is that usual? 

I ended up at the sewing store, my needles were in the wrong place.  I had never changed them, they

came to me that way after being serviced at the store.  I just thought they would know what they were doing.  When

the needles were changed to the correct position it worked like a breeze.  I just can't  believe I spent that much time

on the machine.....I feel like such an idiot!!

JOY

 

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Mon, 01/12/2009 - 01:18
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joysmile
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serger still not threaded..help

I was thinking....yesterday when my serger thread broke, I also broke a needle at the same time.  I put in a new needle, and since then, I have not been able to get my serger threaded correctly, it is a Janome Compulock. I am wondering if perhaps I damaged the machine when I broke the needle?   I am refusing to give up, and have been persistently kept trying to get the machine threaded to no avail.  Can you tell me this!

Step 1: When I thread the lower looper, does the looper thread get pulled back over the top of the upper looper arm, or does it go underneath?

Step2:  The upper looper thread gets pulled straight back with the lower looper thread?

Step3:  According to the instruction book, I thread the needle last of all.  Now, I have all three threads pulled back....correct?

The machine starts sewing, but it never seems to make the chain?  Does anyone have any clue what I could be doing wrong?  I have even watched several video's watching the process.  I just can't figure out why the chain is not made.   Man, this is really buggin' me!  Tomorrow morning I am going to take  a road trip to Winston's Sewing in St. Peters, MO  with my machine. 

Thanks,

Joysmile

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