How do I slow down the speed of my sewing machine??

Question

I am making a peek a boo quilt which requires sewing a large circle. I want to sew at a slower speed. Any suggestion on slowing the speed down? If I try to sew too slow it just stops.

Answer 1

It could be that your machine has only one basic speed, or that the speed you're getting is the lowest one it offers.
Make sure that's true though by looking in the manual (or you can find the manual online), and all over the machine and foot pedal for a likely speed regulator.

If you can't slow it down those ways, your only options are to use the wheel instead, or to attach a rheostat, etc., if you or someone you know are handy and if it's important enough to go to the trouble.
Here's some stuff from my website that might be helpful if you want to go that route:

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If you want to pay the price you can get a truly variable speed ajuster to hook between your wall outlet and your grinder.Lysle
...I'm assuming you mean you can turn a regular cheapo grinder into a variable speed one by using some sort of a voltage regulator to plug the grinder into. Right? What is it called? Will a rheostat work for this? Ginger
...Yes a rheostat MIGHT work. It depends on which type of motor you have. . . . There are also fancy 'Pulse duration' type controllers that adjust the width and strength of each pulse of AC. . . . .Then there are the type that reduce either the voltage or current. They sell them as 'Speed controllers'. Lylse

The one I have is made by Dremel .... but you plug the foot pedal into the wall, then plug your machine into the foot pedal and it turn any machine into a pedal machine! . . .

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That last one sounds like an easier possibility, but then I don't know much of what they're talking about.
(Dremels are small-ish "rotary tools" that can be bought in hardware stores or online, and come with various kinds of attachments and bits, etc.
http://www.dremel.com ... )


HTH,

Diane B.

Answer 2

Sewing Machine Speed

Answer 3

Well I've only ever worked on sewing machines with a foot pedal that controls the speed of the needle. Usually, the speed is controled by how hard ou press down on the pedal (like driving).
But I could be totally of base, beings that is has been a good 15 years since I took a home ed. class.

Answer 4

I have a computerized bernina that has a 1/2 speed setting. Maybe you could read the manual to see if your has a 1/2 speed setting. Also, down push hard on the foot pedal.

Answer 5

Look on your foot pedal and see if there is a switch that will slow down the speed. That's where it's located on some machines.

Answer 6

as properly to that, i could call forward to make certain approximately how long it is going to take, or you could finally end up and not utilising a device for longer than you predicted! BTW... maximum present day stitching machines have a instruction manual velocity administration adjustment and/or a "sluggish velocity" button. This in many circumstances has a turtle image on it. i could examine the instruction manual first and confirm you haven't any longer set the device to a quickly velocity with out understanding!

Answer 7

I have a Juki TL98 with no speed control. I stack plastic rulers until I have 3/8", tape them together and put them under the upper edge of my pedal. It gives me the perfect free motion quilting speed.

Answer 8

You might want to adjust the tension if it stopping when going slow. Only other thing i can think of his hand turning it, but that is a pain and takes a long time. Hope you come up with a solution, good luck!