Why It’s Important to Maintain Your EM-1010
Regular maintenance on your EM-1010 is not just about keeping it clean. It is the key to consistent, high-quality embroidery. Dust, lint, and thread buildup can cause skipped stitches, uneven tension, and even damage to critical parts. By keeping your machine in top condition, you will extend its lifespan, avoid costly repairs, and ensure your projects run smoothly from start to finish. A well-maintained EM-1010 means sharper designs, fewer breakdowns, and more time creating.
How to maintain your EM-1010.
Daily
- At the beginning of every day, then every four hours of use, remove the bobbin case and bobbin from the rotary hook and add a few drops of oil on the rotary hook and in the hole that is just behind the needle plane needle hole.
Weekly
- Remove the needle plate and blow or brush out all the debris from under the needle plate. You will find many cuttings near the blade area. Make sure you remove the loose threads. They may interfere with the cutting performance of the blades. Oil the blades and rotary hook with a few drops
- Add a few drops of oil on the needle bars
Monthly
- Select needle 1 (one) on your panel
- Add a few drops of oil on the T-Bar
- Add some white lithium grease to the Head rail or spread the existing grease around if there is enough
- Look behind the head and locate the needle selector Bearings and add more grease to them if they need it or spread the existing grease around with a brush
- Select needle 10 (ten) and repeat steps 2, 3 and 4
Yearly
- Remove the covers and add oil to all the bearing pullies and moving parts