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    Hi All,
    What can I do to get the needle and pressure foot lined up? Somehow it is off by a few hair's...
    So far I have tried turning everything off and logging out, did this several times. Then I tried to shutdown and restart my computer. Nothing I tried is doing it!
    Help!!

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    Debbie,

    Do you have an XT or Big Red?
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      • #4
        Debbie,

        Alignment of the needle and the presser foot is not important, especially for just a hair...what matters is that the needle is centered on the post inside the rotary hook, and the needle plate centered on the needle.

        John Cathers
        Melco Tech

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        • #5
          When I adjust the pressure foot height and do bottom center the needle is good. So when I sew the design will it fix itself?
          Thanks for helping.

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          • #6
            Debbie,
            The Presser Foot is made out of a light weight aluminum material and can sometimes not be perfectly aligned with the needle as Mr. Cathers noted. The most important direction for the presser foot is up and down - not side to side.
            The outside of the adjustment wheel is relative to the position of the presser foot... meaning if you roll the outside of the wheel down, the presser foot will adjust down too.
            The presser foot should have been named more appropriately, the "fabric hold down stick", because that is what it does. Of course only if the fabric decides to come up off the needle plate with the needle on the upstroke. This would be caused by something like sewing into thick fabric or very dense stitches.
            Since you are sewing on an Amaya XT, my suggestion to you is to leave the presser foot all the way down for most garments. As you sew on thick items and start to see matting marks around the embroidery, particulary above the embroidery, then I might raise the presser foot slightly. REMEMBERING to return it all the way down again when sewing on regular items once again. Otherwise you're asking for unwanted thread breaks.
            Good luck to you.
            Ed Orantes
            -The Embroidery Authority-<br /><br />\"Turning your Problems into Production.\"<br />Ed Orantes<br />504-258-6260

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