I've been struggling with my 1960's white Featherweight.
I kept having issues, so I bit the bullet and had it fully serviced. He oiled, cleaned and replaced the belt. It was pricey, but I really want to have a solid steady workhorse to do my main piecing.
I pulled it out the other night and BAM, right back where I started.... I'm begining to think my issues were from the USER not the machine.
What I'm having issues with is that the threads don't 'flow' out when I pull a piece away after sewing to cut it loose.
They catch, they won't come or they break. Then it gets jammed up and the needle won't come up either and breaks the thread.
.
Could I have it threaded wrong? Could I have the bobbin wrong? (I did pull it apart and re-did it all checking diagrams... the equivalent of re-booting the computer, using diagrams to make sure I did it right)
Or do I need to find a specific needle up sweet spot that it doesn't catch? I've gotten spoiled with my modern Brother stopping with the needle up. I'm trying to learn to turn the needle to up before I flip up the foot. Is that my mistake?
It's frustrating me and makes me not want to sew. Boooo....
I kept having issues, so I bit the bullet and had it fully serviced. He oiled, cleaned and replaced the belt. It was pricey, but I really want to have a solid steady workhorse to do my main piecing.
I pulled it out the other night and BAM, right back where I started.... I'm begining to think my issues were from the USER not the machine.
What I'm having issues with is that the threads don't 'flow' out when I pull a piece away after sewing to cut it loose.
They catch, they won't come or they break. Then it gets jammed up and the needle won't come up either and breaks the thread.
.
Could I have it threaded wrong? Could I have the bobbin wrong? (I did pull it apart and re-did it all checking diagrams... the equivalent of re-booting the computer, using diagrams to make sure I did it right)
Or do I need to find a specific needle up sweet spot that it doesn't catch? I've gotten spoiled with my modern Brother stopping with the needle up. I'm trying to learn to turn the needle to up before I flip up the foot. Is that my mistake?
It's frustrating me and makes me not want to sew. Boooo....
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