How to Maintain Your Longarm Machine | Give It A Spa Day!

Longarms are just like us - they need a spa day every once in a while! Kim and Kristina will walk you through the steps of how to maintain your machine. Then they will show you when it does need to go in for a service or repair, how to properly remove your machine from the frame, transport it in your car, and then get back to quilting.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:42 How often does your machine need to be looked at?
01:30 How do I take transport my machine?
02:30 Ask your technician what you need to bring with you
03:30 How to prep your machine to be moved
07:31 Taking the quilt off the frame
08:24 Prepping the back of the machine
11:00 Getting the machine off the frame
12:20 Be sure to clean under your carriage
13:47 How to load the machine into your car
15:23 Getting the machine back on the frame
16:40 Outro

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[loridoyle]

Use different colored washi tape to remind you which plug goes where. Love this video. Thank you!

[pamwalton]

When seat belting, consider pulling the seat belt out far enough that it locks (when you get the click-click-click as you retract the belt) then release it so it's against the sewing machine. Then any quick but not 'emergency quick' braking will still hold it tight.

[M.-xfve]

Great video and tips! Like you, I have found different places request different attachments to be brought. So appreciate this video! Thank you!

[moiraten-hove]

Very timely! My is going in on Thursday.

[jennjenn]

Great information! Thanks for the video.

[stevekenney-mx]

Our tech suggested to unplug the 2 cables on the back of the ProSticher mounting bracket because they could get pinched if it leaned back

[jayescreations]

I found a tech to come to my house for spa day, I want to see the procedure.

[penneyippen]

I used fingernail polish on the jacks ( the plugs) and where the plug in

[barbolivieri-soshesewsquil]

Great ideas but trying to find a local tech that works on HQ machines is very difficult.

[taniauntalan]

Where did the world map panel behind you come from? I LOVE it❤

[kathydeel]

Where I bought my machine is no longer in business, how do I find out where to take it? Also, what is the time frame they should have your machine? Thanks.

[gramajojo]

Could you please tell me where to order the light bar you have above the quilting frame. I definitely need one for my frame.

[janiceneace]

Dont you have to worry about the encoders when it is not on the carriage? I am afraid i will hurt it.

[lyndabuchholz]

It seems to me that these machines are very fragile. I do take my domestic in and have it looked over ever so many years but these machines seem to need more care. I like doing as much as I can because I live remotely so having to take a machine to the dealer is a long 2 way trip and gas isn't cheap anymore.

[andespenser]

Your video content is great but the resolution is very grainy and choppy. It's been like this for a while. Perhaps watch your videos on a smart TV and adjust your recording settings. I have trouble staying tuned in because after a while the choppy video starts making me feel a bit seasick.