Thanks for watching. Please like and SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell icon to get notified as and when I upload new content. I'm quite new to knitting, but I'm loving learning the process. I hope to share more patterns and ideas as I progress on my learning journey, so join me and let's make great stuff from the heart. All the best everyone Caz xx
@davros00072 жыл бұрын
Ok - another hint. My wife’s machine’s counter was jumping (noticed when it skips a count). When you remove the counter, note that it is mounted on two white “poles” or sprues. The height of these affects the alignment of the small drive cog to the teeth that flick it around. On the top of these sprues was a raised burr made by the installation of the screws that retain the counter. I took about an 8mm drill bit and BY HAND twisted it against the ends of the two sprues to cut the burrs off. Replacing the counter it is now a fraction further into the machine, which causes the white tab that steadies the drive axle to push the little cog more into engagement with the “flick over” teeth. Along with some lubrication (silicone grease is best for plastic), it’s now great! Thanks for the video!
@craftycaz2 жыл бұрын
Great info thanks for sharing
@procyongoa17533 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. See lots of people complaining about the counter. You showed us it can be fixed 👏🏼👏🏼
@craftycaz3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome thanks for watching. All the best Caz x
@kcfield601 Жыл бұрын
I just got my Sentro 48 needle for my birthday last Thursday. Thank you for sharing. I have heard everything bad about the counter. So glad you showed it can be fixed.
@craftycaz Жыл бұрын
Welcome to circular knitting. I'm so gald it is useful for you. All the best
@lwarteman3 ай бұрын
TY TY TY!! I took off the top & simply sprayed lithium grease on the counter without taking it out of the housing and that worked!! I am so grateful for this video. Thanks!!
@craftycaz2 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@luckywanderer5107 Жыл бұрын
My counter stopped working when i took the machine apart to clean. Your solution fixed it. Yay! I didn't know what I was gonna do until I watched this video. Thank you so much.
@craftycaz Жыл бұрын
So glad the video was helpful to you. Happy knitting
@TheMamateeus2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I just got mine yesterday. I had heard it was common for the counter to stop working but I hadn't heard about the crunching. I didn't take the whole thing apart. Just under the counter. I greased every gear and made sure everything was in it's place. After a few rounds, it quieted down and started working. So, thank you very much for this video.
@craftycaz2 жыл бұрын
So glad it was helpful for you. All the best Caz
@linato185511 ай бұрын
I’ve been watching these videos today hoping to get a fix on some issues with mine. This was the most entertaining of all and I’m snickering over the same set of screwdriver set we all seem to own. 👍🏻
@llafianza3 жыл бұрын
I admire your fearlessness. My Sentro has the same issue. I will try to take it apart sometime now that you've shown my how.
@craftycaz3 жыл бұрын
Thnk you. I'm just a curious person I guess lol Good luck if you do have a go. All the best Caz x
@glenwardgross36611 ай бұрын
Caz your accent please. I think we all have the counter problem. I think you are an amazing lady. See the problem. Assess the problem. Fix the problem. I hope your family appreciate you because I do. You are precious. Please NO LIT Grease!!! Certain Lit will eat the plastic. Blessed day and thanks for the video. You are a joy.
@0garythebloke0 Жыл бұрын
Hi there, enjoyed watching your video. It must have been a pain to undo all those screws with such a small handled screwdriver though. The the real reason I'm commenting is because I've had this problem with mine and I took it apart and I realised it didn't really need grease there's no grease used in it but if you look inside which by the way you don't have to take the bottom of the machine apart you can actually take the counter out from underneath there's a little panel over it with a single screw.But yes after fiddling around and not having any success I realised that the real reason that these counters stop working is because where the little gear wheel that sticks out from the counter, there's a piece of plastic that the Axel rests on and it has a small groove and that groove can get enlarged and makes the gear wheel sit too low down in in the plastic so all I found needed to do was just put a piece of sellotape over the notch which brings the gear wheel up more towards the gears on the actual machine and it worked a treat so I just thought I'd let you know.
@craftycaz Жыл бұрын
That's very interesting thank you for sharing your experiences. To be fair mine has been fine ever since I stripped it down. The screwdriver was fiddly yes lol. If I ever need to strip mine down again this will be very useful thank you. All the best Caz
@sakurito55 Жыл бұрын
I just got a magnetic one and took the one from the machine out, and that made a huge difference not only in accuracy but it reduced the noise made by the machine a lot imo, like I feel like it runs a bit smoother without it
@SharoninKentucky11 ай бұрын
Can you show how you attached the new counter? TIA
@bemusedkidney86192 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Just got one of these.. it knits great but the counter seems to 'catch' and makes a noise.. this will give me the confidence to open it up and fix it. Thanks!
@craftycaz2 жыл бұрын
Glad it's useful to you Simon
@ReneeMyltoft Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! Such an easy fix; rather than replacing.
@Painter931 Жыл бұрын
I had some sticking issues with counter. I sprayed a tiny bit of W-D 40 lubricant and problem solved. The numbers pop up in order.
@craftycaz Жыл бұрын
Excellent...result
@kirstenkobrin42813 жыл бұрын
Great video. What did you actually do to mend the counter?
@lozaloza8822 жыл бұрын
I have a new machine, I hope save it gears, which the best? machine oil or White grease for cars, and how many time I open it and clean from inside?
@craftycaz2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your machine. I'm no expert at all on the lubricating on these, but I've readd others use plastic safe grease, any other eats into the plastic apparently. I've not opened it since for cleaning or any of my other machines. I'm going with if it aint broke don't fix it. But that decision will ultimately be yours. Have fun with it Caz
@glenwardgross366 Жыл бұрын
Great Job!
@debbiewarrenfeltz91833 жыл бұрын
I have a sentro my roll counter some times sticks and goes half way for the next number I just take a needle and move the number up so it will be right and sometimes it does good
@craftycaz3 жыл бұрын
Hi Debbie, thanks for your comment. Glad you found a solution to your counter issues too :)
@debbiewarrenfeltz91833 жыл бұрын
Your welcome
@socalRooster Жыл бұрын
Fixed you are great 👍
@craftycaz Жыл бұрын
Fantastic glad it helped
@onika28363 жыл бұрын
It was a useful video. Can you use tape yarn to see how it goes?
@craftycaz3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Onika, I'm new to knitting, but have looked up tape yarn to find out what it is. I don't have any at the moment to try, but I will keep a look out for it. Thanks for watching and commenting. Stay safe :~)
@onika28363 жыл бұрын
@@craftycaz it will be nice, your welcome
@glenwardgross36611 ай бұрын
I think you said something about you have fat fingers. Please do not worry about it. You have those so called fat fingers because you are a hard working lady. You are charming.
@brenda180153 жыл бұрын
Great video .
@craftycaz3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Brenda, hope it was useful. All the best Caz
@lunaloveralex6009 Жыл бұрын
I wanted to do this so bad to mine but the screw on the bottom of the counter is apparently made of paper... tried to unscrew it but all I get is a bunch of metal shards on my screwdriver 😢
@craftycaz Жыл бұрын
Aww what a pain!!! You can buy little digital counters to fit on them which maybe a good alternative.
@anjeanfrancis92483 жыл бұрын
Is it still working? as I'm having the same issue
@craftycaz3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to say it is working great. There's also the option to fit an external electronic counter if you don't fancy dismantling it, which is a little fiddly. Good luck if you have a go Caz
@anjeanfrancis92483 жыл бұрын
@@craftycaz Thanks for the reply. last night before i decided to pull mine apart i realized my counter started to work so lucky me i didn't need to dismantle mine. Happy over here
@wendycrossland12413 жыл бұрын
I am wondering is it still working
@craftycaz3 жыл бұрын
Hi Wendy, I am very happy to say it hasn't missed a beat since :)
@wendycrossland12413 жыл бұрын
Ok I'm gonna have to try it thank you
@wendycrossland12413 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@carstenwilliams7733 Жыл бұрын
Cool
@craftycaz Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@jyeprice9382 Жыл бұрын
It is so close to good. Trust china to do the bare minimum instead of producing a good product.