Bobbin case care and tension adjustment (video)

When quilters ask us what they should do to keep their machine working properly, they are often surprised by how little maintenance an APQS machine needs.

In this video tutorial we'll show you how to calibrate your low bobbin indicator, which easily keep tabs on your bobbin thread level and your top thread status when quilting with an APQS Freedom or Millennium longarm.

These railroad tracks aren't of the Amtrak variety … these tracks refer to those pesky "flat lines" of bobbin thread sometimes found on the back of your quilt.

In this video you'll learn how to make a hook collar adjustment. As the hook collar rotates it rubs on a bushing that's coming through the front end of the gearbox. Over time, air space can get behind that collar which then allows your hook assembly to move front to back.