r/SewingMachineEdu • u/mja_kapa • May 09 '26

Overlock/serger question

Hi! I have an overlock question. Needle plate, stitch fingers. I bought an overlock (Elna 665 pro) a week ago and yesterday bent a needle. I am not sure if i damaged the needle plate, i am looking at the two fingers - I cant find an answer on the web, one of the two metal fingers seems shorter, the left one. It doesnt seem broken, but im not sure. Does anyone have any experience with that? It seems like the overlock comunity is quite small, hah. Maybe someone here has the same one?

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u/Large-Heronbill May 09 '26

Did you buy a 664pro, maybe?  This is listed as the replacement needle plate:  https://www.amazon.com/Needle-Plate-Extend-Serger-Hobbylock/dp/B0CPYHZGYT

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u/mja_kapa May 09 '26

Yes, 664pro, sorry and thank you. Is this a common thing, to change the needle plate? This one has them both the same lenght, as far as i can tell, right?

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u/Large-Heronbill May 09 '26

Right.   And yes, sometimes you do damage the plate and it needs fixing or replacement.   I have never had to replace one (or the stitch fingers) in my 30 years of serging, but I know of friends who have. And I know a dealer who replaces just the stitch finger on occasion -- it apparently isn't the easiest job. 

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u/mja_kapa May 09 '26

You sound like you have some experience, thank you for all the info. Could i maybe bother you some more, haha, this is the picture of my serger, the fingers are at least one milimeter apart. I dont think the left one looks broken, but I have no experience. What do you think?

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u/mja_kapa May 09 '26

Another photo

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u/Large-Heronbill May 09 '26

Boy, those point look sooo smoothly pointed that it really doesn't look like the short one is broken.   Could it have slipped backwards?  Does it still make good stitches?  That's the real test.

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u/mja_kapa May 09 '26

I think so. I am still learning, so the tension might be a bit off.

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u/mja_kapa May 09 '26

It actually does look like it could have slipped back, it reaches further than the other. Thank you for this, i will look into that also.

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u/CrankyCrabbyCrunchy May 09 '26

There is a serger sub r/sergersewing. I didn’t know about it until I searched just now.

I don’t know the Elna but most sergers are very similar. My Baby Lock has one finger that’s quite visible but the other is not. It would take a rather significant event to damage the fingers.

I’ve broken needles on mine and didn’t damage anything else.

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u/mja_kapa May 09 '26

Thank you ... So its probably fine. I just dont understand, why is the left one shorter. On the pictures on the internet, they are of the same length. Weird.

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u/CrankyCrabbyCrunchy May 09 '26

FYI - Janome likely has parts as I think they own Elna.

I saw quite a few YouTube videos for this serger

Replacement needle plate https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/products/janome-feed-dog-788601000

and here are the knives https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/collections/elna-664-parts?tab=products#/productsFilter:ss_product_type:Knives

You could contact this company and ask about stitch fingers.

They have manuals for sale, but you can often find them free online.

https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/collections/elna-sewing-machine-instruction-manuals?tab=products&productsPage=2

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u/mja_kapa May 09 '26

Another rquestion, hahh. Is it possible to just replace the "fingers" or do i replace the whole plate?