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Clean Underneath The Needle Plate Weekly
How often should I clean underneath the needle plates?
With the newer style universal needle plates people tend not to remove the needle plates when performing maintenance on their machines. When enough of the tails build up, the knives will not open to cut the thread. In addition, if enough lint builds up behind the knives they may not fully retract after trimming so that the needle passage is blocked. The end result is a broken needle and possible a broken knife.
Remember to remove the needle plates once a week during the cleaning portion of your maintenance schedule and brush or blow out the thread tails and