Sewing Machine Shuts Off?

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May 29, 20150 found this helpful

It sounds like a frayed or broken wire, might be in the connection point area where the foot pedal and power cord join the sewing machine but it also might be along the main power shaft - it usually runs lengthwise from the belt and hand-wheel area.

If you can change the belt you've demonstrated you have a basic knowledge of sewing machines. So...

First roll the machine over and see if the underneath is 'exposed' (no cover to remove); some sewing machines carry the electrical wiring along the underside of the machine. If yours does, look for obvious problems, and decide if you have the skills and tools to do the repair yourself.

If the wiring isn't visible from the underside of the machine, try the following - after taking extreme care to discharge any static electricity, take the head cover off. ***Be sure to take photos, and to put ALL the screws, etc, into a muffin tin - you can follow the photos to put your machine back together and all the bits will be right there in the muffin tin.***

Using a mini-torch with an LED bulb (sharpest viewing with one of those), see if you can locate the machine wiring then trace along the wiring with the torch and look for a fray, bent, burnt, or outright break in any of the electrical wires. If you find something, decide if your skills and tools up to the repair.

If you can't find an obvious problem, or if the problem looks hard to reach, take your machine to a professional. I'm not familiar with your machine so I can't give you a 'ballpark' figure for the repair.

I do vintage domestic sewing machine repairs for my sewing students here in Scotland where I now live after 50 years in the US, but am not at all experienced with embroidery machines, so have no idea what the cost would be for a re-wire/repair.

Randy S.

July 10, 20150 found this helpful

Sounds like you have the tension on belt to tight.