The following email was sent to me privately, and I have no idea why this
lady is having this problem. Any ideas? I've never experienced this with
my Bond, and I'm having trouble picturing what could cause it.

I havejust bought a bond classic knitting machine.
Please can you help? when i slide the cairrage along it will cast on but
the needles end all closed so I have to open them all before I can do the
next row. This then happens for each row.
what am I doing wrong
Thank you
Grace

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Kelly
Lexington, KY, USA

Dear Bond owner,

If the yarn is in the latches and the latches are where they are supposed to be, it doesn't matter if the latches are open or not. As a matter of fact it is normal for the carriage to close them.

Johanna in Tucson







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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:04:10 -0400

From: "feibes" (feibes@qx.net)
The following email was sent to me privately, and I have no idea why this
lady is having this problem. Any ideas? I've never experienced this with
my Bond, and I'm having trouble picturing what could cause it.

I havejust bought a bond classic knitting machine.
Please can you help? when i slide the cairrage along it will cast on but
the needles end all closed so I have to open them all before I can do the
next row. This then happens for each row.
what am I doing wrong
Thank you
Grace

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Kelly
Lexington, KY, USA






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Thanks, folks! You can tell I haven't used the Bond for a while. I suspect
she's using a regular keyplate and not the intarsia keyplate, but I'll
double-check with her. She's probably fine and just doesn't realize it.

Kelly
Lexington, KY, USA

Okay - a couple more questions for her -

1) Has she been successful with this carriage in the past?

2) If not, Is it an ISM or a USM carriage?

3) If ISM, does the carriage have the guide wire that runs from the
each side of the back & around the "nose"? It may have been detached

4) If USM, does the carriage have a 1 & 2 on the underside of the
"wings"

An ISM carriage missing the wire guides would not hold the fabric back
against the bed, so the whole set of stitches might be traveling forward
with the needle. The same is true for some of the older USM carriages where
the "wings" were not the right size or positioned properly to hold the
fabric back as the needles were coming forward. Many people have written
that they were able to get a warranty replacement for their carriage - flip
the carriage over & if the wings have a 1 and 2 embossed on them, it is one
of the older possibly defective carriages. If that is the case, she should
contact Bond America & see if she can get it swapped for a new carriage.



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From: "feibes" (feibes@qx.net)

intarsia keyplate and the regular keyplates. Here's
her response:
I am useing the normal keyplate and after the first row the needles are all
level with the front of the machine with the stichches on them but closed.
When I pass the cairrage back across them to make the next row the needles
come forward, pickes up the wool but dose not knit it so I have needles back

to where they started holding the last stitches form the previous row and
the wool that has just pasted over them.
I have spent hours trying to sort it out to no avail, useing all 4 keyplates

and all types of wool

When I had problems like that, and nothing worked, I finally noticed that my carriage was faulty.  I got a new carriage and everything went fine after that.  During the process I heard from others who had the same issue---and a new carriage fixed everything.

Bo
Exit 95 on the Yellowbrick Road
http://bohemianknitter.blogspot.com/
 

Kelly,

Sorry to come back late to the party, was traveling this weekend and missed
this end of the conversation until now. It sounds as though she has tension
on her yarn or is using a fluffy yarn and a keyplate too low? One of the
only things I can think of that would create a situation where the needles
would move but knit not the yarn back.

There are times when without SEEING the exact problem we can't help. Is
there someone who lives close to this person that has some Bond experience?
It's probably something super simple that if any one of us sat down to the
machine the problem would be clear within seconds. Isn't that FRUSTRATING?


Sigh.

Heather



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From: "feibes" (feibes@qx.net)

Well, no joy yet for my correspondent with the needle problem. After
reading the posts in this group, I emailed her back explaining the
difference between the intarsia keyplate and the regular keyplates. Here's
her response:
I am useing the normal keyplate and after the first row the needles are all
level with the front of the machine with the stichches on them but closed.
When I pass the cairrage back across them to make the next row the needles
come forward, pickes up the wool but dose not knit it so I have needles back

to where they started holding the last stitches form the previous row and
the wool that has just pasted over them.
I have spent hours trying to sort it out to no avail, useing all 4 keyplates

and all types of wool

This is not something I've ever experienced, but I tried to think of some
reasons the needles might not be pushed far enough forward to get the
stitches behind the latches. I then emailed her these questions:
1. What kind of weight do you have on the knitting? Are you using the
flexible hem with the weight bars in it?
2. Is the table level, so the machine isn't tipping backwards (even just
slightly)?
3. Are you certain the keyplate is positioned correctly inside the
carriage? You might want to check against the pictures in the manual.
4. Are you sure the keyplate isn't popping up out of position as you knit?

Her response:
Thank you again but all of these things are correct!!

So now I'm at a loss. Has anyone here ever had this kind of problem? Do
you have any other ideas for why the stitches already on the needles might
not get pushed back behind the latches with a regular keyplate? I hate to
give up on her, but I can't think of anything else.

Kelly
Lexington, KY, USA






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