Originally Posted by
id3nt1ty
I have the instructions and the I'm pretty sure I'm using it the correct way around, and the tension is what I need. What I find happens in that the upper thread gets caught down there, which causes it to snag and then the whole machine stops till I take it apart, clean it and put it back together. Once I got the tread tension right on the machine (there is a handy dial on mine) this stopped happening, until I started sewing webbing. Thankfully, it has only happened once on my actual hammock - the rest have been whilst testing on bits of webbing and ripstop.