I inherited this sewing machine & am not a sewing person. I made bears for my nieces/nephews out of my mothers clothes and it worked fine. Now I am getting a jam up of thread tangling (from top needle) and wrapping at bobbin area. The manual does nothing for me and as an ''amateur'' I am lost at what to do and/or if I can fix this myself. Just want to be able to use for repairs.
Remove the thread from the machine and rethread it . Raise the presser foot before you pass the thread through the tension assembly. Do a tension test.
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Tension assembly test. To do this test. Pull the thread
through the tension assembly and test it to make sure the tension is working
correctly.
(To do this test, adjust your tension setting to normal or medium or 5 or
something in the middle. Raise the presser foot and pull the thread through the
tension. It should pull easily!! Lower the presser foot and pull the thread. It
should pull noticeably harder.)
If it doesn’t work this way then you probably have a piece
of thread or lint stuck inside the tension discs. To remove it, turn the
tension to 0 zero and raise the presser foot.Using a small screwdriver, open
the space between the discs and spray with canned or compressed air. The stuff
should come out. Do the tension test again to make sure you got everything and
then try sewing again.
Normally, what you are describing is a threading problem or a tension problem.
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Still have same problem. (I kind of gave up). Not sure as real amatuer what you were asking me to do. I can see that you are probably correct about the tension thing- I have a major tangle problem now - not sure on how to get to it. I took off the plate under foot and there is a screw there - I assume that is what i needed to unscrew? Problem is it is very hard to get at with a large screwdriver and a small one doesn't have power to turn. Plus it is majorally rusted (?) shut. I have sprayed WD40 on it to hopefully loosen but no go. Do you know will this cost me alot to have someone fix? or am I in wrong spot ?? Not sure what I am supposed to unscrew?
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