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and your top tension is far too loose. video on threading and setup https://www.google.com/search?q=Viking+topaz+40 Thread tension explained. https://www.artisanstitch.co.uk/sewing-machine-tension/ .
Question about Sewing Machines
...tension discs and then to the needle. It sounds like your thread has not gone into the tension discs fully. It is important to always thread up with the presser foot raised as this opens up the ...
...tension discs or debris is holding discs apart or there is a failure in the tension mechanism. Always thread the machine with foot up. This opens the tension discs so the thread is between the discs ...
...tension discs. Then at the time of sewing, make sure your foot is down (this closes the tension discs and gives the thread the tension.) You may have worked on the tension setting while not realizing ...
...tension discs fully, always raise the pressure foot before threading the top of the machine so the tension discs are open fully. Also cleaning top tension discs sometimes helps, to do this, turn ...
...tension discs. You need to clean the tension discs every so often too, just turn dial down to zero and rub a clean piece of fabric edge between the discs to remove any dust, or dye particles that ...
...check your tension number and that the thread is pulled fully into the tension discs, always thread with the presser foot raised up so the tension discs are open to allow the thread to seat
...the disc or at the side - if on side a arrow to set at the numbers ) the higher the number you set the greater the tension on the thread - well that's for a Jones machine it may be reverse on yours! ...
Question about Sewing Machines
...pull of thread. Note difference in zero tension (foot up) and tension 4 (foot down). If no marked difference the thread is either not in tension discs, debris in discs, or tension mechanism
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