Queen Quilter Eighteen Sewing Machine Owner's Manual

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Page 1 Owner’s Manual...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Warranty ......................3 Attaching your square tubing ................4 Your Light Fixture ..................5 Your Thread Stand ..................6 Attaching your Laser Light ................7 What is the Tension Release Lever?...............7 Needle Position Potentiometer ................8 How Do I Adjust the Height of the Hopping Foot? ........8 Routine Cleaning and Oiling................9 Bobbin Winder and Bobbins ................10 Machine Part Names ..................13...
Page 3: Warranty
Warranty We believe that we have designed and are manufacturing the best long arm quilting machine available. As you unpack your machine be sure to keep the box and packing materials designed to protect the machine during shipping. Should it become necessary for you to return the machine for warranty work please call us for specific instructions for packing and shipping your machine.
Page 4: Attaching Your Square Tubing
Attaching the Square tubing to the top of your QueenQuilterEighteen The following are instructions for attaching the square tubing to the top of your QueenQuilterEighteen. This tubing is used to hold the light, thread stand, and handles. You will need the square tube and the Position the square tube over these uprights Two Phillips head screws with washers.
Page 5: Your Light Fixture
Your Light Fixture To add your light fixture to your machine, first remove the nut and washer from the base of the light fixture, Feed the cord and base of the light fixture through the small hole on top of the machine. Add the washer followed by the nut to the base of the light fixture and tighten against the machine so that your light fixture is secure.
Page 6: Your Thread Stand
Your Thread Stand Your QueenQuilterEighteen comes with a two spool thread stand. Some assembly required. A: This is the base of the thread stand. This is where the spool holders attach. Remove the nut and washer from the bottom of one of the part C pieces and route through one of the B parts with the felt in place and through the hole in A.
Page 7: Attaching Your Laser Light
Attaching your Laser to your QueenQuilterEighteen Your laser light will attach to the hole you see above in the square tubing with the attaching hardware that comes with the laser light. Your Laser light will be attached as above. For further details see instructions in box. What is the Tension Release Lever? The tension release lever raises the hopping foot and releases the tension on the thread.
Page 8: Needle Position Potentiometer
Needle Position Potentiometer This picture is provided for your reference should you need to make an adjustment to your needle position. Never adjust unless you are told to do so by our technicians. How Do I Adjust the Height of the Hopping Foot for Thicker or Thinner Batting threaded screw If you are quilting on batting that is thicker than normal you might need to raise the hopping foot.
Page 9: Routine Cleaning And Oiling
If not add 3-4 more drops of oil. Run machine to lubricate. For correct oil, when you are out of oil please purchase High Grade Sewing Machine oil. (Note: the machine pictured here is before complete assembly from factory;...
Page 10: Bobbin Winder And Bobbins
Bobbin Winder and Bobbins A bobbin winder is included with your machine. The thread on a properly wound bobbin should be snug and have even layers of thread. A sloppy or mushy wound bobbin will result in poor stitch quality. Bobbin Thread Bobbin Thread Guide Bobbin Winder...
Page 11 5. Wrap the thread around the bobbin three or four times 6. Push trip mechanism forward until it snaps into position 7. Bobbin winder will start winding the bobbin once you press the start/stop key. You can quilt while your bobbin is winding once it is full it will stop.
Page 12 Check the tension of the bobbin by holding the loaded bobbin case in one hand. With one hand under the bobbin case, hold the tail of thread and watch as the thread flows out of the bobbin case. A slight bounce should cause the bobbin case to slide down the thread.
Page 13: Machine Part Names
Machine Part Names ( Please note: the takeup lever guard has been removed for a clear view for pictures only. Never run the machine without the guard in place, extreme head injury may occur) This is a diagram of the side of your long arm machine. The front of the machine faces the belly bar. The back of your machine has the electrical outlet and stitch regulator plugs.
Page 14: The Control Unit
The Control Unit The control unit is shown here. To activate the stitch regulated mode rock switch to the right. As the machine is moved movement is detected and the speed of the machine will adjust to keep the stitch length constant. The dial above the switch is for the stitch length adjustment.
Page 15: How Do I Thread The Machine
How Do I Thread the Machine? 1. Place a cone of thread on the thread holder. Figure 1 2. Pull thread through eyelet above the cone of thread. Make sure the eyelet is directly above the thread cone. Figure 1 Figure 1 3.
Page 16 5. Take thread between the two tension discs from back to front all the way around. Up and over the check spring. Be sure the thread is going between the discs and go far enough to catch the check spring. The check spring should come down as you pull thread.
Page 17: How Do I Change The Needle
Look closely at the needle. Your home sewing machine needle shank (top of the needle) has a flat side. The top of the long arm machine needle is round. On the point end of the needle there is a scarf, or notch, in one side.
Page 18: How Do I Make Adjustments To Make The Perfect Stitch
On a long arm quilting machine a stitch is mechanically created the same as a home sewing machine except the quilter is the feed dog moving the machine head over the fabric. The hopping foot presses the fabric together tighter and quicker than a home sewing machine presser foot because the fabric must be able to slide between the foot and the needle plate as the machine is sewing.
Page 19: Tension, Tension, Tension
Tension, tension, tension… This probably causes more problems than anything else. You need correct tension on the top and bottom threads but you also must have correct tension on the quilt held between the bars. You should be able to gently rock the belly bar where the backing fabric is attached. This allows enough movement of your quilt layers for the needle to penetrate and make good stitches.
Page 20 Eyelashes Eyelashes on the back of the quilt can be caused by too little top tension. Turn the thread tension disk clockwise ¼ turn. Make small adjustments. Repeat until stitch quality is good. Remember the upper and lower thread play tug of war with each other. Loose Top Stitch Is the tension lever handle down? It lowers the hopping foot and applies the tension disk.
Page 21 Check spring replacement/Tension Knob Fig 1: Tension Assembly with Fig 2: Tension Assembly with Fig 3: Screw on inside of machine broken Spring (old tension knob) good spring (new Tension knob) loosen only DO NOT REMOVE Fig 4: Remove assembly from Fig 5: Machine with tension Fig 6: Tension assembly out of machine.
Page 22 Fig 14: Insert New Spring Fig 15: Twist while inserting Fig 13: New Spring, This is new spring what was broken Fig 17: Insert the tension Fig 18: Insure that you are all the Fig 16: New spring in place assembly back in barrel way in Fig 19: give the tension assembly...
Page 23 Fig 26: Tension assembly back in Fig 25: Tighten screw on your Fig 27: For fine adjustment of place with new check spring at machine. check spring insert screwdriver 11:00 turn clockwise for more tension Timing between needle and rotating hook Remove the two needle plate screws You will also need to remove the three from your machine.
Page 24 Turn the hand wheel to locate the needle at it’s Loosen Needle bar connecting screw A. lowest position. Note: correct needle position is This will allow you to raise and lower when you can see a small portion of the eye of needle bar for correct location.