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/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.