Base Tension Settings
These are the settings of the Tension Screw that I use as my base point on my two primary sock machines.
These settings presume that the Heel Spring will be used for the entire sock. The settings are for the cylinder indicated and would be different for different cylinders.
The settings are for a standard fingering weight sock yarnsuch as Opal, Regia, Fortissima, and for medium type dyes….tension would be set looser for dark, full value reds, blues, blacks etc.
(*some machines have different sized cams, and thus the settings might be different for such machines)
Legaré 400 – 54 needle cylinder
Verdun 47 – 72 needle cylinder
Categories: CSM tips
15Oct
What size yarn are you using on you 72? right now I only have the 60 cyclinder but I just ebayed a 72, 84 NS 54 WITH A verdun. I enjoy all your tips. I do have the blue NZAK it knits okay for me. I have been using lycra Do you use Lycra with your socks.
Thanks for posting all your tipss. I could say I have learned a lot from you. Gail in Kodiak Alaska
Hi Gail; I use same fingering weight yarns on the 72 as on my 54 – but for large, xl or medium+ sized socks instead of medium or small that I do on the 54. I don’t use lycra as a separate feed, but there is a lycra type component to Regia Stretch sock yarns, and to Paton’s Cotton Stretch and I do knit with those. I usually back my tension of a bit for those yarns, or add a few rows.