This page is intended to log all regular maintenance and repair for the Stoll Knitting machine at IDE Lab
This page is intended to log all regular maintenance and repair for the Stoll Knitting machine at IDE Lab.
The Stoll knitting machine was installed January 2020
January 2020: knitting machine machine installed
February 2020: oiled the needle bed
April 2020:
May 2020:
**08-01-2021**
-Replaced ~10 needles, which broke due to too low stitch length when making full jersey fabric. should be around 12, instead of default setting for DB (9.5)
- installed intarsia yarn feeders. One has gone defect and should be repared
**04-12-2020**
machine indicates that needle-bed needs to be oiled
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Frequent 'Comb barrier light error'. Cleaning doesnt help. eventually rebooting was the only remedy
**12-05-2020:** air ventilation was added to at back of knitting machine, to prevent the smell of the oil from going into the lab
**February 2020:** oiled the needle bed
**January 2020:** Stoll knitting machine installed at IDE Labs
