Tension Maps for Your Serger

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With all those dials and knobs on your serger and all the thread options available, balancing your serger thread tensions can be very intimidating. 

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Making a tension map can be very helpful.  I could show you myself, but why recreate the wheel.  Watch this video instead:

 

Just a few notes of my own: 

1.  I started with all my dials on a 4.  Then I changed the first dial to a 0 and worked my way up.  As I found each thread’s ideal tension, I adjusted the dial to that and move one to the next dial on the left.

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2.  I actually found that I needed to make a second set of tension maps for use when I use woolly nylon in the looper threads.  I don’t know if youl’ll need to too.

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3 thoughts on “Tension Maps for Your Serger”

  1. Very neat! Now if I could just get the silly thing threaded right so the thread doesn’t break I would be fixed up.

  2. I know this is an old post but it’s super helpful. I have the same serger and have been having such a hard time with tension, especially with wooly nylon. I’m going to try this tonight and see if I can figure it out. Thank you so much!

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