Knitting Machine Maintenance

Clean the main bed, with your vacuum cleaner. Use one of the accessories containing small hoses, that are designed for computers. Do NOT use canned air or compressed air to blow stuff into the machine. You may end up blowing dust into the computer or patterning area!

After vacuuming, wipe the machine down with a soft cloth. Pull all needles to hold before wiping.

Inspect and change defective needles and sponge bar if needed. At this point, if needed, remove all needles and clean them in a varsol solution.

Inspect and straighten bent gate pegs.

Oil according to your manual.

Remove the carriage and using a soft 1" paint brush, clean the underside. With a bit of oil on the same brush, lightly oil the underside.

Remove and clean under all brushes and wheels on the front piece. Do one side at a time to avoid confusion.

Clean the fluff out of the tension mast.

Do the same for the ribber.

Check the adjustment of the ribber.