The first thing you must do is to open the foot pedal compartment. Next, look for the screw or dial you can turn to lower the speed. If you realign the contact points so that less power goes through the foot pedal going to the machine, you can make the sewing speed slower.
How do I make my sewing machine go slower?
1. Slide the sewing speed controller to the left or right to select the desired sewing speed. – Sliding the sewing speed controller to the left will sew at a slower speed. – Sliding the speed controller to the right will sew at a faster speed.
How do you slow down a Janome Sewing machine?
When you come close to the end of the stitching or are trying to sew around a tricky corner, press and hold the start/stop button once more. Again, the machine will sew at the lowest speed to give you better control.
How do sewing machine foot pedals work?
When you press the foot pedal the metal wedge presses down the plate that compresses all graphite wafers into the rheostat together. The more they are compressed to each other the total resistance of the rheostat decreases and an electric motor of sewing machine works at a higher speed.