• Husqvarna Viking Huskylock Model 936 Manual Do Mundo
• Husqvarna Viking Serger 936 Threading

Functional LCD screen Features The Viking Huskylock 936 has tons of great features that any home sewer would love to have. They include an instructional video – which as it turned out is possibly the most valuable feature of all. Other, more traditional sewing/serger features include:. Electronic speed control. A free arm, which is a bit uncommon on sergers. 16 pre-programmed stitches.

Automatic differential feed. An LCD display that is programmed to operate in 14 different languages With those features alone, few people who really enjoy sewing would be able to resist the temptation to purchase this serger. Then when you consider that the Huskylock 936 also offers two on-board lights; automatic stitch length and with adjustment and a built in thread cutter, there is little wonder that the original owner purchased this machine. Working on the Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936 Threading the Huskylock 936 is more challenging than any other sewing machine or serger this reviewer has ever encountered. Even the owner of the sewing machine repair/sales shop was challenged by the threading process for this machine. The color coded threading guide on the looper door is completely useless. Instructional video and a threading guide There are six completely different threading processes for the Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936: chainstitch; 5 thread safety stitch; 4 thread overlock; wide 3 thread overlock; triple coverstitch; and 2 thread narrow edge.

The threading process is so complicated the manufacturer even has video demonstrations of each threading process on its website. The day we decided to look no line for the animated video on line, however, we had extreme difficulty finding it through the search link on the Husqvarna Viking website. We did, finally get to the instructions link by Googling the machine by manufacturer and model number. We decided to use three and four different thread options for this review. In an attempt to navigate the intricate threading process as easily as possible, we opted to use different color threads on each spindle. After overcoming the threading challenge, the next hurdle was setting the tension.

Husqvarna Viking Huskylock Model 936 Manual Do Mundo

As we changed stitch options and re-threaded the machine, we discovered that adjusting the tension was no day at the beach. It took more than a few attempts to find the right tension setting for some of the stitch options. Stitch quality using different thread options Once we got that under control, sewing on the Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936 was about average. For all the work that it took to get to the point where we could actually sew, the stitch quality was somewhat disappointing.

We tried the four thread overlock stitch primarily because it is the one of the main stitch selections used in many clothing manufacturing factories. The stitches were clean and well formed. However, when we attempted the 3 thread overlock stitch option, the stitches were uneven and loose even after many attempts to adjust the tension. Stitches using 3 thread overlock stitch option No doubt, the problem was with the tension adjustment, but after numerous attempts we finally gave up. The most ironic part of the whole situation is the fact that we used the same tension settings with two other stitch options and it worked fine. There was no apparent reason why they would not work with the overlock stitch. The Husqvarna Viking Huskyock sews with remarkable speed – approximately 1,000 stitches per minute.

The on-board lights make working with the most intricate projects easy to see and the free arm makes it easy to work with the smallest items, including cuffs and collars. Screwdrivers are essential However, for major servicing tasks, the manufacturer recommends that the Huskylock 936 be taken to an authorized repair professional.

With all of the challenges we encountered in setting this machine up and using, we strongly recommend that owners of this machine take it to authorized service and repair professionals at least once a year whether they encounter problems or think it needs servicing or not. Tying Off The Loose Ends The Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936 is not only difficult to use, threading this machine is so challenging that most people will give up on even trying to use it. This statement is evidenced by the fact that the woman who traded it in didn’t even open the sealed plastic pouch containing the dust cover. Several other components were still in sealed pouches as well, and the machine and all of its accessories were still in the original box and in pristine condition.

With six different sets of threading instructions to learn and remember, the Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936 is quite possibly the most difficult to thread machine we have ever encountered. Possibly the most difficult to thread machine Little wonder that when one goes to the manufacturer’s website, it is not even listed as an available model.

The search link on the webpage was not operating properly on the day we visited the site and tried to find information on the 936. However, when we did a Google search, we landed on a Husqvarna Viking page detailing all the From there, we were even able to locate a link to a series of animated threading instructions for all six options. Obviously, the manufacturer knew that threading would be a major drawback. Why else would they devote so much space on their website to threading after including an instructional video tape as well as a separate book containing a complete threading guide with the sale of each Husqvarna Viking Husylock 936?

The Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936 is definitely one of those machines that you either love or hate. No doubt, there are people out there who are not challenged by the intricate threading process and are very happy with this machine. After all, there are plenty 936’s still in use out there. We do not, however, recommend that people with challenges like arthritis or low vision attempt to use this serger.

Husqvarna Viking Serger 936 Threading

Nor do we recommend a machine this intricate for people who do not have a lot of experience working on sergers. Even some home sewers with decades of sewing and serging experience might need a good deal of hands on coaching before mastering this one. If you have many years of sewing and serging experience, are nimble fingered and are not easily intimidated by things like complicated, intricate threading maneuvers that must be changed every time you decide to use a different stitch option, the Huskylock 936 might be an ideal addition to your sewing room.

If, on the other hand, you are in the market for a serger that is simple to operate and does not require a lot of work before you get down to actual sewing, then we recommend that you continue shopping around. It goes without saying that people who are new to sewing and serging should not attempt to use this machine. There is a strong likelihood that if the first serger they work on is the Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936, they might decide that working on a serger is entirely too complicated and never attempt to use a serger again – even shy away from ever trying to sew on the simplest, easiest to use models. That would indeed be a huge tragedy because they would miss out on the pleasures that come with working on a serger. We do not recommend the Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936 for use by intermediate sewers either. It is easy to understand why beginning and intermediate sewers could easily be discouraged from using this serger. However, the manufacturer has other machines in their line of sergers that may be more compatible with their skill levels and more suitable for their sewing and serging needs.

That’s the beauty of the whole thing. Regardless of skill level, personal preference or budget, there is a large variety of sewing machines and sergers on the market.

Finding the right machines to not only fit in your sewing room or suit your own personal needs and tastes is never a major challenge. All it takes to locate the perfect machine is to spend a little bit of time and energy shopping around until you find the right machines. Shopping for sewing machines and sergers is possibly one of the most delightful ways for a sewing enthusiast to spend an afternoon. Just imagine the fun you could have as you look over all the different machines on the market and learn about what they offer. Sewing machine retailers run the gamut from the relatively small number of toney, high priced needlecraft boutiques, to the cookie cutter sewing emporiums like JoAnn Fabrics and Crafts and even include the growing number of mass merchandisers, such as K-Mart, Sears and Target or even the big club stores like Costco and BJs. Judy I’d had experience with two sergers before I chose the 936. Even with all the varied threading combinations, it beats the time I wasted fiddling with each thread tension whenever I changed garment projects.

I wouldn’t be without a serger with the auto tension adjustment of the 936. That was my #1 reason for buying it.

When you work and only have limited time to work on sewing projects, this one option is a godsend. I don’t care which serger you buy, you have to have perseverance when learning to thread your machine. These are not sewing machines and take a lot more grace and finesse to learn. The learning curve is much steeper for a serger and THAT is what new serger buyers need to realize. Has a 936 group.

Join it if you need assistance with this machine. Judy I haven’t used the coverstitch(CS)on my 936 since March 2010 in a dealership serging class. I bought a stand-alone CS(Janome 1000CP)because I sew a lot of knit garments. One of the things that is critical about threading the 936 for CS is the two tabs on the needle bar. Just above the A-B-E needle holders are left and right tabs. You have to be sure to place the left needle thread behind the left tab and the same for the right. Check out the Yahoo users group for this machine,.

Fellow users belong to this group and can help to solve the problems we encounter when using this machine. There are links to threading charts that most say are very helpful. If you decide to join, give a detailed description of the problem you are having including the type of needles you are using, the type of fabric you are going to CS and any other pertinent information that would help everyone solve your threading issues. Kristin Actually, the tension can be easily adjusted by telling the computer the stitch and fabric you plan to useit will then tell you the tension setting. I have found that all sergers that do not have automatic threading to be challenging at first.

But, I’ve always sat down with my machine and book and worked through the whole book page by page. I am in not way at all afraid of my recent purchase, which should be here in four to five days. In fact, I’m ecstatic about it. I’m very glad to be setting aside my Janome 7034 D Magnolia aside as a back up machine. It IS hard to set tensions on that machine and sometimes takes me hours to get a perfect stitch.

Also, everyone should know that if you use a long threader, available at places like Hancocks, it dramatically speeds up the threading process. Most all cover stitch machines require to be set up differently to use just two threads. Carolyn I bought this huskylock 936 and I’ve had it several years with probably less than 10 hours of sewing. I have spent all day trying to do a wide cover stitch on a denim dress. I followed the directions and pictures to no avail. I think I finally have it by rethreading over and over.

I wish I had never purchased this thing as it is more aggravating than it is worth the space it takes up. I would recommend that prospective buyers run don’t walk far away from this one. Never buy unless you live close to some help. Judy Carolyn, I’m sorry you are struggling so much with the coverstitch. You need to give it some time so you can learn the tricky thread path for this function. You can’t just expect to jump into anything and get it right away.

Sergers are nowhere near as easy to learn to use as sewing machines. Be patient and take the time necessary to get it right. Don’t reject a perfectly good serger just because you had trouble with it the first time you tried something new.

My advice: Walk away from the serger for a day or two and come back to it when you’ve calmed down. It works for me all the time. Flowerchilde I love my 936. I’ve had it for nearly 10 years and it does everything I ask of it. I’ve had other sergers in the past, and there is no contest, the 936 wins hands down. Threading may not be the easiest, but the convenience of not having to figure out your own thread tensions, and the ease of tweeking a stitch is worth taking an extra 60 seconds to thread this machine.

Besides once you thread the loopers you only have to tie off the new threads to the old and pull them through. I’m enjoying reading your reviews. Keep up the good work. Tamie Thank you for all then encouraging comments. My husband bought my 936 from a colleague, I have not had any formal training or classes and I am finding it a bit overwhelming to say the least. I signed up for a Craftsy beginning serger class, Amy demonstrated three different machines, none of them are at all like the 936; I have struggled with trying to follow along with the manual on my lap.

I am grateful to hear that once I master the threading I will really like it, but the going is slow right now. I think I may have to bite the bullet (thread?!!) and pay for some 936 specific lessons, my time is limited, this indeed may be the most efficient way to go. Thank you all for your comments and encouragement! Tamie Hi Mary Helen, I have not yet taken any private lessons. Darn work and Army commitments keep getting in my way. I was able to serge the edges of some fleece blankets for our church, not a difficult project, I used a simple four-thread stitch. I really want to learn to use my machine to the fullest.

One comment I have seen repeatedly is that once the 936 is set in the cover stitch, buy a second machine for everything else. I have not attempted the cover stitch set up – I guess that has caused me a bit of trepitdation. I am hoping this summer things will settle down a bit. We have a new grandbaby on the way so once I finish all the goodies I have planned for him, 936 lessons should follow soon.

Kristin Harmon I’m creating a sewing blog and will have video of threading the Husky 936. Look for Sew Be It and WordPress. Hopefully, I i will have it posted in a couple of weeks.

The blog is very new and I don’t have hits yet, but my goal is to help people in every way I can. I already have lots of info to post to my blog as pages. Besides sewing clothing and quilting, I also teach classes for both. And, as an owner of over 20 sewing machines, including three sergers, one being industrial, I also completely understand maintenance on all machines and am well on my way to being fully educated in machine repair (minus sewing machine computer repair).

Lesley Finally, an accurate review. I am an experienced sewer that also has commercial sewing machines and I have been very disappointed with the 936.

I don’t know if the dealer is recommending the wrong size needles (the go-to excuse for all the dealers & mechanics that have serviced it for it’s continued failures) but the machine has consistently skipped stitches when sewing in 5-thread mode(the safety stitch) and has proved unreliable over the yrs. I am reluctant to use it.The coverstitch feature is worthless. It takes 30 minutes to change over the machine and then it “eats” or pulls the fabric at the start. It is a typical example of trying to have it do do much. It does a lot, but nothing well.

Oddly enough, I found the threading to be the least of my problems. It was far easier to thread than my prior Bernina.

Save your money and buy a 2 used commercial machines for the same or less total cost. Lena Shaw I love my Husqvarna/Viking 936. I have it since 2007 and I use it daily. I do agree it doesn’t look easy to use at first,but as soon as you figure out all the steps,you will enjoy to work on this machine.Always follow instructions! For rolled edge option use ONLY new thin needles Chart is here I do use Cover Stitch option a lot as well. My tip here to use good quality needles for stretch fabric (if you working with knits) and stretch thread (something like Wooly Nylon Thread‎) for the BOTTOM LOOPER.It makes huge difference! I have big selection of stretch threads so I can match a colour of regular threads which I use on the face side of CS.

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BF My 936 started skipping stitches and ended up making no serge stitches at all. Took it into our local CERTIFIED VIKING DEALER.waited almost 2 months to get it back. Once at home, tried to use it and now it was breaking needles along with all the problems I originally took it in for.

Took it back.they called said it was repaired. This time I had them to sew on it before I left. Still had the same problems. The lady who was testing it stated she had this machine at home but had no clue what I was talking about when I told her test the auto setting. She became very defensive when the owner and I showed her the skip and loose stitches it was still making. She had no clue how to change the settings to sew different fabrics. She claimed the reason it skipped the stitches was because she stopped and then restarted again.

It became very obvious this lady needed to change careers. I was told this was worked on by a Certified Viking Tech and Viking wanted her to go to work for them. I now have a machine that has more problems since allowing them to work on it. This machine was $1500.00 and is app.

It has turned out to be a piece of junk. Will never buy another Viking. MCAT A family member gave me her still new in box 936 when I said I was in the market for a serger. While the threading is intimidating, the animated threading guide available on YouTube was a HUGE help.

I’ve been able to get the four thread overlock going with little problem. I haven’t done much beyond that. One question I have is that in numerous reviews, including this one, a flaw of the 936 is said to be that it requires a different threading configuration depending on which stitch feature you’re trying to use.

Again, I haven’t gone beyond the four stitch overlock at this point, therefore I don’t know from personal experience, but if this is true, than how does simply tying on new thread in an effort to avoid rethreading the entire machine help, unless you only use the machine for one type of stitch? Or does the looper threading procedure remain basically the same regardless of stitch function? Thanks for any information! Kristin My Janome 7034D Magnolia takes a good hour to rethread. And setting the tensions can take hours sometimes. When I took my Husky 936 out of the box, the first thing I did was unthread it.

My spouse said, “I wish you wouldn’t have done that,” knowing the troubles I’ve had threading the Janome. I opened my book and had it threaded in less than 30 minutes. Now, I can thread it quickly. I also really like the feature that allows me to enter in the type of fabric and stitch I plan to use and it tells me what the tension setting should be.

So, the time it takes to thread the Husky 936 is nothing compared to my backup sergerthe Janome. I really like how one can move the lower looper to the right for threading, just by pressing on it and it goes back in place when you turn the hand wheel. I didn’t even need a long threader to thread the Husky.

So, so far, the Husky has been great. Another thing I really like is that when the threads extend past the edge of the fabric, you can fine to it by moving the switch that also sets rolled edges. There are two fine tune settings on that switch before the rolled edge setting.

I had that problem and instantly fixed it with by moving that mechanism. When I have that problem on my Janome, it means I’ve got hours of fine tuning on the Janome. I just leave the Janome set up for rolled, narrow, and Picot stitching so I never have to mess with the tension setting again. Kristin I found it easy to threadmuch easier than my Janome.

There’s a lever that allows you to pull a what would be difficult to thread hole, to the other sidemaking it easy to access. Then you release the lever so the hole goes back to its original location. When I got mine, I unthreaded it completely with the intent of learning to thread it and master threading. Thirty minutes later, I was highly adept at threading the machine. Most all sergers can be difficult to thread at first. Long threaders help a great deal in threading any serger. Good luck with your 936.

Worked great for app 7 years, then nothing but problems. Has been in repair shop for breaking needle and thread issues works fine for a while and back to same issues. Now it will only sew thru 2 layers of fabric. 3 or more layers and it stops sewing and bunches up under needle and breaks thread and or needles. Took to a Viking authorized dealer and when she was finished it had more problems than I took it in with. Got my money back and took it elsewhere.

They repaired it and it did great for a couple months and now has to go back again. Will never buy another Viking.

$1500.00 for a boat anchor. Anne Lancaster Today I turned on my 936 and “overload” was on the display and the machine would not run. I had not used the machine for a year because my husband passed away, and I just couldn’t get back into sewing. It had been covered all the time I was not using it and I do live in humid Louisiana.

I cleaned the tiny bit of fuzz that I could find, lubricated the machine and waited an hour or more and tried again. The needles are in the down position and will not move up. I gently tried to turn the flywheel towards myself, as the manufacturer recommends, and still no luck. I also checked the path of the loopers to see if thread could be caught there, and there was nothing. Any suggestions? Tricia I have the 936 purchased about 2 yrs ago. Replaced a very old husky I bought used and wore out.

I hate this machine! Threading is a nightmare, needles breaking if not perfect adjusted. Was in a rush when I purchased to meet a deadline and man am I sorry! I ended up sewing French seems to finish linens for a wedding because I could not get this d.

machine to work! I’m and experienced sewer and have the old school Viking for 30+ years. Received Bernina top end sewing machine and serger 15 yrs ago as gift from the hubs. Serger sews ok but is jumps all over at high speed. The sewing machine always had tension issues. They are collecting dust now. Just bought a new Juki 600 and thinking about trying a Juki serger?

The 936 is going to the local good will.

Husqvarna Viking Huskylock 936 Computerized Home 5 Thread Serger and 3 Needle Coverlock Coverstitch Machine In excellent condition, no damage, cracks, scratches, stains, or odors. Comes from original owner from smoke and pet free home. Tested and works great but has been in storage for a while. Includes Instruction Manual, video handbook, Threading guide, Power Cord, Foot Control, and Numerous extra accessories such as presser feet, plates, needles, spools of thread, etc (see pictures). No returns Please see all pictures for details. Don’t hesitate to ask questions.

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