I’m about to order of of these Juki models and I’ve been watching all the videos I can’t find in preparation for it. Yours is by far, the best tutorial with the clearest instructions and detailed descriptions I’ve come across! Thank you ma’am! 😊
This is probably one of the best videos on the DDL8700! I've watched other videos and they were incorrect compared to your instruction! First, the store I bought my machine from told me that I never had to oil my machine, but just keep the pan filled and it will run forever. Watching your video, I realized I've got to get some oil and get busy oiling other parts. Second, I was having issues with my tension and the thread on the bottom was "railroading". As soon as I was done watching the your video through the tension part, I immediately went to my machine made some adjustments and BAM, all fixed!!!! I can't even tell you how excited and happy I am to have found your little channel! I've already subscribed and look forward to watching other videos. Thank you so very much from the USA!
She’s actually doing that part wrong, probably due to experience with other machines. This machine has an oil pump so that it automatically oils all of the moving parts, not just the ones at the bottom. It’s a little funny as you can actually see little tubes going directly to the areas she’s wasting time oiling that carry oil there automatically. As she says in the video, over oiling can be just as bad as under oiling so I wouldn’t recommend adding any oil yourself the way she does in this video unless you personally know your oil pump has stopped working.
@@Bd3849. Hi after reading your message, I have been and looked over my machine very thoroughly, yes there is one single tube that goes up to the top of the machine and I would like to thank you for bringing this to my attention, I don’t know how I missed that , there is nothing at all that oils the parts underneath the needle plate, I have had my machine for many years and touch wood had no major issues, I would still recommend oiling all the parts that I point out in the video because you can not see exactly where the tubes goes to X
I just bought a used machine and I am very thankful for the instructions and vital information you shared. I am looking forward to making this machine a part of my quilting business. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this video! I just got my Juki DDL 8700 yesterday and my husband and I are working on assembling everything in the evenings after we get home from work. My favorite part of the video is at 22:28 when you look so lovingly at your machine. For me, that says so much, and I know just how you feel! I learned a lot from you video, as I am self-taught when it comes to sewing and I look forward to watching many more of your clips! Thanks again, xoxo - Kathy
@@irenetornroos2083 I got mine from a sewing machine supplier in Sheffield about seventeen years ago now, the man who supplied it has since retired though.
Thank you so much for this informative video the best I've seen and I've watched a lot over many years. I love it and am saving it for future reference. ❤💯
Thank you for schooling me on the maintenance of the Juki. I bought a used 8700 a few months ago and I wasn't using it much the tension was giving me Grief!
What a fantastic tutorial so informative I also was told the juki 8700 needed no oiling anywhere else except the pan. So easy to understand and no MUSIC. Hope you will do more tutorials will definitely subscribe to your channel. BIG thank you sent to you.
Hi Marion I am going to do a snag list what problems you may come across whilst sewing on the juki , I need my daughter to be here to film that for me though , but it will be coming at some point xx
Thank you so much. I recently purchased used DDL-5530N and all your advices are applicable. I used machine for 4 months and now with a clean up and some oil drops in the maintenance holes, the sound is so much better. ❤
Thank you for posting this video.... I watched this 3 times..... Your the first that i have seen and I know you covered a lot very detailed. Am from USA I will come back to watch this again. Am waiting fory ddl-8700. Am a new subscriber to your channel.... Looking forward to seeing other videos....
Thank you so much for this great video on the Juki DDL-8700! I have one and it’s slightly different in the States. Overall, you covered everything I needed to know and more. 💜
Thank you for your very thorough explanation, so informative and just what I needed. To interchange between feet, there is a Big Screw sold by the Gold Star Company in LA, CA that makes life a bit easier when you have to change between feet.
This is the machine I use at work and I was having an issue this morning (which incidentally was something other than what's covered in this video) but I learned a lot about other things that will help me later on. Great video!
@@TinaBambina I'm sure, thanks again! And I subscribed to your channel :). Yours is so very informative and spot on. Just watched two other videos about Juki maintenance and yours is the best :) Will watch your other videos. Actually I'm transporting it to my house tomorrow, I guest I should drain the oil for the purpose, right? But it's not going to be a problem for me, thanks anyway and be good! :)
Thank you, I will use these instructions to clean and oil my machine. Regarding tension, one should check using the right size needle and threaded it right before changing tension, especially on the bobbin case. One can check the tension in the bobbin case by putting the bobbin in and hold the thread and see if it drops or not. A little nudge and it should drop a bit but stop.
Check to see if the machine is threaded right , the needle doesn’t play a part in the tension, threads and it been threaded right does and the bobbin case will slowing drop if you hold the thread and let it tyebbobbin case drop to your opposite hand but it won’t stop you just have to catch it in your hand x
Fabulous. I have a dd8700 and the paper I got was in Chinese. This is such a useful video. This is the first time I've seen it but certainly won't be the last. Thanks so much.
@@patriciamirgorod313 hi Patricia you don’t oil the wheel just the bit you push forward to fill the bobbins check to see if any cotton has got wound any where that it shouldn’t be in the wheel area this can cause it to not move .
@@TinaBambina thank you Tina Bambina. The Needle Bar is surrounded of “cotton dust” if you look inside the machine; don’t know if it is part of the machine or do I have to remove it. I got this machine almost 8 month for domestic use only.
Tina, that you for this informative and straight to the point video. Excellent! I am having a problem with my juki 1181n. The thread keeps breaking. It started shredding and breaking. I have very good thread I bought from my distributor here. But so frustrated this is happening. I am going to do the oiling you have shown. If you could give me any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Thanks for the great tutorial. I have a new DDL-8700H and find the tension tight when I pull my material out from under the needle once I knee lift it & wobble the wheel. Is my bottom tension too tight?
Take you bobbin holder out from underneath hold the thread in your hand and let the bobbin drop into your opposite hand , it should drop with ease if it is not dropping then it is too tight , there a tiny screw on the bobbin case to tighten or loosen the thread turn it anti clock wise to loosen it , hope this helps .
I have watched your video over and over, well explanatory. Thanks xx I have little issue with my Juki DDL-8700, the upper tread keeps cutting when I sew I have Checked the settings and the bubble, all well fixed . I don't know why the upper tread keeps cutting while sewing. Please can you help me out on what to do? Thanks xx
It could very well be the thread you are using , take it off your machine and pull at the thread holding it in both hands and pulling from both sides if it snaps then your thread isn’t strong enough for the job. Hope this helps.
Hi It could very well be that your thread it not strong enough, take it off your machine and hold in both hands and pull from both sides if it snaps it’s your thread that is causing the problem, hope this helps.
I just bought a Juki 5550 and I adore it. I did some work on the belt because it was sooooooo tight.The handwheel can be moved by hand now whereas before it couldn't. I did notice tho that while the stitch is good it seems a touch looser now. Should I move the belt back to where it was?
No the stitch is nothing to do with the belt , firstly check that the machine is threaded correctly on top and underneath in the bobbin case , if the tension is loose on top as you sew then you need to tighten the screw on the bobbin case if the tension is loose underneath as your sewing then you need to tighten the upper tension disc , just remember always opposite so tension problem when the threading is all correct when the problem is on top it’s the tension underneath and when the problem is underneath then it’s the tension on top to adjust x
Thank you for this tutorial. Since little info came with the machine it answered a lot of my questions. I am having problems with the fabric puckering,,esp. when its cotton fabric I use for piecing. I have the machine in great tension for adding the binding to my quilts,,,but am afraid to loosen it anymore. Is it the tension or the pressor foot the problem
Hi Lena Technically it could be both , but have you tried taking some tension off your foot because you are working with think fabric , if you haven’t try this.
@@TinaBambina I did loosen it quite a few turns and can see a difference without losing the good results when I sew the thicker bindings. Thanks again for your help. I love this machine.
Hi I enjoyed watching ur video, u have explained everything so clearly, I bought this machine from Amazon just few days ago but to my surprise it did not come with a manual plus the bobbin winder is wobbly as hell, I just wanted to ask you b4 contacting the seller and Amazon, seller is London sewing machine centre it cost me £600, I would be ever so grateful if you could reply thanks!!
Hi ok there’s two screws on the piece you push forward for the bobbin to be pushed into place to start it filling ,check that these are tight first then check the long bottom bar that runs the full length of the side of the machine that sits underneath where the cotton runs before been wound onto the bobbin that all those screws are fully tighten if they are then you will need to contact the seller if it is still loose , hope this helps x
hello OK Tina bambina one last question?last week I asked if you would film do some sewing while you still have the hair in pin curls in your hair, I know this may seem unusual for a request but all over the world and here in the United States of America many women do sew at home while they have there hair in rollers or pin curls please kindly let me know when you get a chance OK?thank you very much
hello Tina bambina very nice lady it sounds like you have the basic clutch motor not the more expensive servo motor, do you plan on getting upgrading to the more expensive servo motor, it's much more quite and it has speed control to run operate the sewing machine faster or slow it down?please kindly let me know OK?thank you very much
Hi love ur videos just need a little help, how do I adjust the speed of the machine, bought the machine a year ago and never touched it coz of the speed please help, there is a small box it say P and some numbers ❤
Hi mine does not have the box on but here’s a video of someone showing you how to alter the speed.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R83lYiaR7jo.html
Hello, Which oil do you use for your Juki? Do I have to use the Juki Defrix No. 1 or can I use other oil made for industrial sewing machines like juki? Thanks for your answer!
Hi Tina, I am in the USA. Your video is lovely. I do have a question about the needles which I haven't found an answer to. My juki is the DDL-227 (It's older). I just purchased it pre owned. The Manual says to use needles with the designation DB X 1 (231) . When serching to purchase them, all I see are ones which are DB X 1 (257) . Question is are these interchangeable or should I continue looking for the 231 needles? Thank you.
I have an 8700 and it is a great machine. My question is when sewing with heavy polyester tread, large needle, and sunbrella canvas. My bobin adjust is very loose and the top tension is very very tight to get an "OK" stitch. The ultimate goal is to have upper and lower stitch look the same. I read that the bracket just above the upper tensioner can be moved left or right for heavier thread. Do you know what is actually happening when moving that to either side?
Hi Mike I have never had to move mine , but I also use heavy polyester thread and I don’t change my tension much on top or underneath and the stitch is fine.
I’ve been thinking of buying this exact machine so I appreciate the tutorial. I see a lot of light leather and boat canvas. How do you think it would handle these types of material? Any advise would help.
Hi It would sew light leather easily it does struggle with very heavy fabric , I once put a new zip in a padded gilet and the needle Broke and bent the needle plate at the same time , I do love my machine and I did try to get a walking foot for it but you can not get them for this model, so I would recommend getting a juki but a model that you can get a walking foot for, it will make some jobs a lot easier.
@@TinaBambina thank you. I will search for another. I need a walking foot for sure and see through 2-4oz veg tan leather regularly. You saved me to e and money and for that I am grateful.
Hi, just found your video and it's helped so much, thank you!! I have the Juki DDL 8100e but lower and raising my foot pedal seems really stiff, plus my knee lift doesn't seem to work unless my foot is lowered and then it will work fine. Do you have any tips on loosening this please? :)
Hi Amy If you have a new machine the knee lift does loosen over time , if it’s not new if you look under your machine and follow the knee lift bar there is a nut bolt that can be loosen , you can try this if you want it loosening off .
Hello there. Very glad I found your video. Thank you so much.. is this machine of your made in Japan? Is it possible to do free motion quilting with this machine? Please help...
Hi yes It’s made in Japan the household units are made in China, you could do free hand quilting on any machine , because you are guiding it so yes you can do it in this machine X
Thank you so much for replying.. could you elaborate more on it? I mean can we lower the feeddogs in this machine in order to do free motion quilting? If so how to do lower it? And can we reduce the speed of this machine? Hopefully waiting for your response...
@@zainabmuzammil6643 ah no the teeth dogs can not be lowered , there is a way to adjust the speed but I don’t know how to do that , there is something underneath the machine that you adjust but I have never had to do mine .
Oh is that so? But have you tried turning the stitch length to 0 so that the feedogs go down? I saw one of the youtube video showing it. But that machines "juki" logo was on the side even though the model was DDL 8700. It was possible to lower the feeddogs and do free motion quilting. Please could you help me with this doubt? It would be very grateful.. May God bless you..
@@zainabmuzammil6643 I would never have my machine on that because I don’t do quilting all you can do is try for yourself zainab , don’t be afraid of your machine get used to it and have a play about
I have a question I have this exact model and when I press down on the peddle and I hear the machine about to sew it sounds like the motor is breathing a bit harder then im use to. It sounds similar to a generator but not nearly as loud, if the machine is sewing I cant hear it but when im sewing really slow and I can watch needle move slowly I can hear it clearly. Should this be something to be concerned about?
Hi Obviously our models are the older ones and are noisy machines to start off with, these machines are work horses and are made to last, my machine has had a slightly different noise of late , I’ve gave it a good once over and I think it’s still a bit noisier but I’m not to concerned about it , it is working fine and still doing a great job , you can get new motors for the machine if you are quite concerned about the noise , the new ones are quite but to be fair the noise does not bother me.
@@TinaBambina ok thank you! The noise doesnt bother me at all I just wanted to make sure I was safe to sew on it. My classroom has really old models I’ll pay attention and see if I hear the same noice. I might’ve been hearing it the entire time but couldn’t tell till I was just in my own bedroom with it.
Hi Doreen if you read the reply I put on glo post that’s on needles and as for cottons I use 120 cottons mostly , but I also use the thick super strong cotton and others I also use a lot of small reel cottons and don’t have a problem, the juki can use most threads and sews with ease hope this helps you
Hi Doreen my manual states the needle to be use are DB X 1”14 and select a proper needle size according to the count of thread and type of material used, now I have to be honest I use a 100 for most of my sewing and only really change it if I’m using satin chiffon or silk
Hello there, may I know what will happen if accidentally got the oil on the belt while trying to lubricate the side area? Do I need to change to a new belt?
Hi No you won’t need a new belt, get some kitchen roll and keep pressing it into the belt to get it off, this will leave you with a tiny trace on and hopefully this will be fine x
hello tina your a very nice lady the industrial serger has two foot pedals to operate please kindly film how to operate the serger sewing machine foot pedals being used to sew please ok? Thank you very much
@@TinaBambina thank you! my juki is making squeekie sound, i think it could be cause i never oiled the holes 😬 i just knew about the oil in pocket and not about the holes... hopefully machine will recover..
hello thank you very much for the beautiful video please kindly place the video camera on the floor and film the juki sewing machine foot pedal being used to sew please ok?please kindly reply back ok?thank you very much
@@TinaBambinaI, the poor man, cannot afford to buy a quilting sewing machine at a higher price. So please name a quinting sewing machine which is a good and thick sewing at a low price
Two things your tension is too tight so loosen this off or your cotton is old and will keep snapping , hold the thread with both hands and if it snaps easily throw it away because it’s probably old and weak.
hello very nice lady please as previously requested 8 months ago please kindly place the video camera on the floor and film how to operate the juki sewing machine foot pedal how its used to sew please OK? please kindly let me know OK?thank you very much
First make sure that the lead is fully plugged into the machine ,some time certain machines have in the hand turn wheel where you turn to put the needle either up or down make sure if your machine has this that it has been tighten if it’s loose then it won’t sew, check your manual for any other problems that may cause your machine not to work some times there also a button that you can press that will put your machine in a mode where the machine won’t run. Because you maybe doing some thing to your machine where you need it to be still I hope this helps let me know how you get on , if the machine is brand new it will be under warranty if you can’t get it to work if it second hand the plug may need a new fuse x
