Thank you so much for this video. After spending a few hours trying to get the tension dial on, I discovered from this video that the screw inside has to be at the centre, and not at the outer edge where we had it! Very useful to know that! I think I will need a new dial though.
Hi Mary, glad you found the video helpful. When I first took my machine to pieces I was very nervous, but now - many years later, I like to encourage others to have a go.
The disk controls the stitch size (tension) and the cams direct the needles to different position in the bed so that they will knit, slip or tuck or knit with 2 yarns in a row for fair isle of thread lace. The cams work in combination with the side levers (dot or arrow position). From memory (as not at my machine right now), assuming there is a punchcard in the machine and the side levers are at the dot with the cam lever at S, all needles slip. If you move the side levers to the arrow the needles will slip according the punchcard pattern. Try changing the settings without any knitting on the machine and with the front plate removed so you can see the positions the needles travel to when the carriage is passed across. Hope this is helpful. My latest book, Single and Double Bed Machine Knitting; the Designers Guide had loads of useful diagrams and step by step instructions for using Silver Reed (Knitmaster) and Brother machines. It's just been published and is available direct from Crowood Publishers or other online book sellers. Happy knitting.
Thank you so much for this video. After spending a few hours trying to get the tension dial on, I discovered from this video that the screw inside has to be at the centre, and not at the outer edge where we had it! Very useful to know that! I think I will need a new dial though.
Thank you! I have a different iteration of knitmaster, but was able to figure out what to shift to get that dial back on thanks to your video!
Helpful!
Hi Mary, glad you found the video helpful. When I first took my machine to pieces I was very nervous, but now - many years later, I like to encourage others to have a go.
What does the cam lever do?
The disk controls the stitch size (tension) and the cams direct the needles to different position in the bed so that they will knit, slip or tuck or knit with 2 yarns in a row for fair isle of thread lace. The cams work in combination with the side levers (dot or arrow position). From memory (as not at my machine right now), assuming there is a punchcard in the machine and the side levers are at the dot with the cam lever at S, all needles slip. If you move the side levers to the arrow the needles will slip according the punchcard pattern. Try changing the settings without any knitting on the machine and with the front plate removed so you can see the positions the needles travel to when the carriage is passed across. Hope this is helpful. My latest book, Single and Double Bed Machine Knitting; the Designers Guide had loads of useful diagrams and step by step instructions for using Silver Reed (Knitmaster) and Brother machines. It's just been published and is available direct from Crowood Publishers or other online book sellers. Happy knitting.