BabyLock 736 Overlocker Serger BL4-736

 BabyLock ProLine Serger overlockers are some of my top favorite sergers. Manufactured in Japan, all metal mechanical parts inside, plastic cover and thread stand (like most home sergers), these are strong, sturdy, fast, very useful overlockers! 

BabyLock 736 BL-736

BabyLock 736 notice top thread guide on machine front, is missing. It only separates threads, does not cause any tension.

4 thread overlock

3 thread overlock wide

3 thread overlock narrow

3 thread flatlock wide

3 thread flatlock narrow

3 thread rolled hem

2 thread flatlock (must use upper looper subsidiary looper wire)

2 thread rolled hem (must use upper looper subsidiary looper wire)

Needle type DCx1F

Stitch length 1mm to 4mm

Stitch width from 3.5 mm to 7.5 mm by removing left or right needle

Rolled hem adjustment built in

Elastic and Tape guide built into presser foot

Built in light

1500 stitches per minute

(If it has a D or E after the model #, it has Differential Feed- the 736 in my photos does NOT have differential feed.

Differential Feed is a lever on the right side of BabyLock sergers, which can adjust the front feed dog to either gather, or stretch fabric, as you serge.)

A serger, or overlocker, trims the fabric, sews the seam, and finishes the edges, to prevent fraying, all in one quick step!

Tension knobs are calibrated, which makes it easier to learn how to adjust your serger for different stitches, and different thread thicknesses, or different fabrics.

Tool storage is in the side door, notice screw for attaching serger to a table.

Stitch fingers to the right of each needle, built into the needleplate. This 736 does not have adjustable stitch width, nor does it have differential feed. There IS a version of this model which DOES have differential feed,  ut theone pictured here, does not.

BABYOCK SERGER SLOWS DOWN REPAIR

If your serger slows down, or the feed dogs stop moving fabric it CAN easily be fixed!

These sergers are all metal mechanical parts, but the aluminum stitch length feed dog regulator cam, eventually freezes to the steel bushing it spins within, due to these metals expanding and contraction rates being very different, metal burrs develop, seizing these parts together. 

BabyLock did a recall and replaced the parts under warranty, but not all owners got them repaired, during the time it was available. This is why some machines still devop this issue.

I have made a separate blog post on how to do this repair, but will add a link to it, here, and add more photos of the inner mechanics of this serger, to show how well made they are,and why it is worthfixing this issue, and keep your serger oiled, and used a few times a year, to keep it in top shape.

BabyLock Serger Slows Down Repair

Tools I use to polish inside the bushing ring, and the outside of the feed dog stitch length regular cam. 

Tool storage inside left door

Tension unit numbers can only be seen from above.

Correct pedal

Pedal and cord