Is the presser foot pressure adjustable?
1615037
No, it isn't. But I haven't had any problems sewing both denim and silk charmeuse.
1008159
The 1/4" should be on the outside edge of the presser foot. This will give you perfect "1/4" seam allowances.
810723
The hydraulics beneath the foot pedals on my unit require a lot of effort to depress - I find that I really need to be standing to effectively make use of the full range of motion. Even when I tweak the tension adjustment, for me, I still need to stand to depress the pedals fully. (It's definitely small and portable and lightweight enough to schlep to the office to try!)
1079159
No. You turn knobs to change the stitch length or presser foot pressure; push a button for needle up/down; push a button for automatic needle threading; lift a lever to raise or lower the presser foot (or press your knee against the knee lever); hold a lever down while you stitch to go in reverse for a back stitch; push a button (or press your heel on the foot pedal) to cut the thread and raise the foot. It only does a straight stitch so there's not really anything to computerize. The machine is all metal (even the bobbins) not plastic, industrial strength, and sews like a dream.
2180012
Yes, you can adjust the black knob located in the center underneath the machine. It's black and has a the symbols + and - with arrows indicating which way to turn the knob to adjust the a,punt if pressure.
2197743
The unit does have adjustable feet, however they are used for leveling the unit and will not adjust more than around 1/2".
1754346
Yes it does. Pages 44/45 of manual gives instructions for adjusting for thick seams. There's a presser foot locking pin that can be adjusted for this. Haven't tried that yet. Love this machine, I actually have two, one at each daughter's house. Manual is complete, clear and customer service if you need to ask a question is available forever. Take a look at http:solutions.brother.com.
211165
What sort of presser foot does your machine take? High-shank, low-shank, slanted-shank? The overlock foot is a "low-shank clip-on" foot. I just glanced at the manual for the Futura XL-550 and it doesn't say which type of presser foot it takes, but the illustration shows a clip-on, so this overlock foot should work with your machine. No guarantees, of course, but it looks like it does.
1559568
No, I had no problem with the foot press or the bobbin. Try redoing the bobbin it may be in wrong since that happens at times.
493434
Hi, I'm not totally sure what you mean by that, but the "lift" on this presser foot lever is exactly like other machine's lift clearance when you raise the presser foot, it just raises normally like more basic Brother machines do.
1548082
I have a Janome 8050. The presser feet are the screw on type. However, I also have a Brother that was purchased from walmart, and it has the snap on feet. But I have been able to use the same walking foot from the brother on the Janome with no problems.
1157513
Yes. Of course it is limited to what supply pressure is but I was able to adjust mine up to 80 psi and I believe that there was still adjustment left.
489821
I haven't noticed any pressure. It's also adjustable so even if you believe it does, you can adjust it to where it doesn't.
999283
No they are not adjustable. Some "play" in amount door can be opened with pressure.
1336713
Yes. It adjusts pretty significantly. I use it sitting down and standing up.
137663
Yes it can adjust up or down. You can also do declined as well as inclined bench press
1019378
There's a dial in which you can adjust the tension of the tread belt. Does this help?