Needs more tension on the top thread.Originally Posted by GvilleDave
After you get help, you will be in good shape, from the way things are going!
Enjoy!
Needs more tension on the top thread.
After you get help, you will be in good shape, from the way things are going!
Enjoy!
- MacEntyre
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
www.MollyMacGear.com
the thread problem is one of the top (spool thread) tension. Tighten that up or make sure you have it threaded correctly. If you don't thread that tension plate properly you will have all sorts of problems. There is usually a little wire "hook" at the tension plates that you need to engage with the thread. If that is missed you will have no proper tension on the thread and you will get the loops on the bottom.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
What a difference a day makes! $50 and a few hours with the sewing machine repairman and this machine works like a champ!
He completed the following:
Cleaned outside and insde and oiled (he also showed me a few oil points I was not aware of)
Fixed the bobbin winder
Replaced the tensioner spring
Replaced the presser foot w/ one made for Zig Zag.
Demonstrated functions and features for me when I picked up!
Well worth the extra cost to get these corrected. Now to start making some stuff sacks and other practice items...
Thanks to all of you for the help, advise and assistance.
On behalf of all of us, you are entyrely welcome!
- MacEntyre
- MacEntyre
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
www.MollyMacGear.com
Use the correct oil. IMO do NOT use 3-in-one. He probably sells a very light machine oil. It's worth buying it from him. Buy a pinpoint oiler. It is really easy to put too much oil on. This device lets you deliver oil by the drop.
Glad you got it working.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
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