Wantanew hook device for model807 - Bernina Sewing Machines

Sewing machine timing is a skilled job. Better to take it in for cleaning and service.

Or you try yourself

Mechanical devices need cleaning, lubrication, repair.

Please identify the machine make and model?

Not knowing machine model, my only suggestion is remove the bobbin, case, and rotary hook if possible and see if it frees up.

Did you break a needle by chance?

you might try putting the question in a different catagory to get a answer

You haven't said what make and model but on my Janome 6500 the auto needle threader is a little plastic piece that you pull down on the left of the needle bar. You pull it downwards and it swings over and a little hook comes through the eye of the needle. Now pull your top thread down in front of it and then to the right against the bottom of it. This brings the thread across the front of the needle and the little hook. Let the threading device go and it should pull back out of the needle and upwards again, taking the thread with it and through the eye of the needle. Now, just disenage the thread from the little hook and you should be ready to go.

Most needle threaders are some variation on this, a little wire or hook that comes through the eye from the back to front, so you can introduce the thread into it, then pull it back through the needle eye.

Of course you can always remove the needle from the needle holder, and thread it with a little manual needle threader in the same direction, insert it from the back, put the thread into the wire loop, then pull it back through the needle eye. Then put the needle back into the needle holder flat shank to the back, if your machine doesn't have this feature. Most multi packs of hand sewing needles will come with a little metal needle threader which often just sits there unused.

I hope this assists you with your machine.

Go here to riccar's site and put in your model number. It will give you the manual to download in pdf form. Adobe reader (free) will read pdf's. http://www.riccar.com/help/manuals/

1. To begin threading the Featherweight, use the third photo below as a guide.
2. Put a spool of thread on the thread spindle
3. Pull the free end of the thread to the left across the top of the machine and hook it over the thread guide (number 1)
4. Pull the thread down and under (from right to left) the tension discs. (number 2)
5. Hold on to the spool of thread to create tension on the thread, and pull the thread so in puts pressure on the thin wire called the “take up spring" (number 3). The uptake spring is part of the tension knob device.
6. Pull the thread up making sure it passes behind the metal bar thread guide. (number 4)
7. Pass the thread from right to left through the hole in the take-up lever (number 5).
8. Refer to photo number 4 for the remaining instructions. Guide the thread down and hook it behind the thread guide (number 6).
9. Then hook the thread behind the next thread guide located at the bottom of the chrome face plate (number 7).
10. Hook the thread behind the thread guide on the needle bar assembly (number 8)
11. Finally, thread the needle from right to left.

To the left of the top of the needle there is a little lever. Make sure the needle is all the way up by turning the wheel. Pull the lever down and a hook will go throught the eye of the needle. Place the thead across the hook and release the lever. You should have a loop of thread coming out the back side of the needle. Pull the loop and your needle is threaded.

To my knowledge this is requires a special machine, a felting machine. Brother, Janome, Babylock sell models

You have to have an Amazing Box or similar device and a blank memory card. You hook the Amazing Box up to your computer, put the memory card in it, and transfer the designs onto the card that way. Then you use the card in your machine like any other embroidery card.

Although I do not know this model, the philosophy of these types of threader is to place the thread horizontally to the needle across the needle hole while a tiny hook comes towards you thru the hole and pulls a loop of thread with it, you grab the loop and pull it free.

(Some older Janomes have a device that pushes from front to rear)

The tiny hook can and does get bent, so get a magnifier and just check it is functioning....if it is missing the needle eye, a small implement, like jewellers screwdriver etc may be used to gently straighten and re-align....they are quite sturdy, but be gentle.

Once you have a look at the device under magnification you will also much better understand how it works, and know where the thread needs to be for it all to come together !