Knitting, crocheting and general craftery
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May 2020
9:42pm, 29 May 2020
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Silvershadow
If it’s old it may need oiling. Check the manual, you may be able to find one online for your model.
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May 2020
9:44pm, 29 May 2020
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Silvershadow
manualslib.com
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May 2020
10:19pm, 29 May 2020
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Meglet
Yes that’s a tension thing. Turn the tension up. Maybe also check the bobbin is running smoothly. I don’t know how or if you can adjust bobbin tension. |
May 2020
10:25pm, 29 May 2020
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Purps
manualslib.com the page regarding tension  hope your mil is OK.
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May 2020
10:26pm, 29 May 2020
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Purps
What a lovely old manual. Love the pics in it.
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May 2020
6:28am, 30 May 2020
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runnyeyes
Thanks so much for all your help...I will play with the tension rings later It is a lovely manual..which mum in law kept with the machine so I still have..but seeing the diagrams on line is a revelation...I can actually see the details now. No ‘pinch screen to enlarge’ in 1950s printing technology. So thanks for that link P. |
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May 2020
7:28am, 30 May 2020
38,055 posts
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Purps
Hope the tension does sort it out
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May 2020
7:55am, 30 May 2020
6,466 posts
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sallykate
You might have to change the bottom tension too, to loosen it. Check whether you can pull the thread with the presser foot down. You should be able to relatively easily, though there will be a bit of resistance (i.e. tension!). If it's really difficult then it's too tight. Ideally the upper tension will be about the middle of its range for normal sewing.
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May 2020
11:19am, 30 May 2020
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Meglet
Does anybody else have a bag of random presser foots that you don’t know what they’re for? Just spent ages looking for a specific foot to discover it was in the machine bobbin box all along! |
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May 2020
12:24pm, 30 May 2020
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sallykate
I only have three presser feet - one "normal", one for buttons and one for zips. Maybe a quilting one too but that lives elsewhere. Could do with more bobbins but my machine doesn't take standard ones and I left it to late to go to the closest sewing machine shop. |
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