Threading my way in

[$crybe13]

Finally decided to step into the mix after way too many late-night searches for serger fixes. This place kept popping up with advice, so figured I'd pull up a chair and see what I can learn.

 

[Alan]

What type of serger do you have, and what issues are you having? I prefer the air threading sergers, but they are much more expensive.
Welcome to the forum.

 

[Marla Sandridge]

I have an almost 40 y.o White 534 and an old Huskylock 1003 HQV (Viking Husqvarna). Both of them are a pain in the neck to thread, but I have gotten used to them. If either of them dies, I will then think about an air-threaded one, but frankly, I am too cheap to go out and purchase one until I really need a new machine. I don't have issues with either of them, but I am a stickler about maintenance. When I sewed more than I do now, I took all my machines in every year for cleaning and a tuneup, and now it is every two years. That is most likely, they still run like new!

 

[$crybe13]

Thank you both for the greeting. My current challenge is with my Juki MO-655, which came back from a friend's house with a handwheel that won't budge at all. It's a real headscratcher but your comments on maintenance make me think its time in storage is part of the story.