Questions & Answers for: featherweight bobbin timing

featherweight 221 timeing is off I have an antique singer. The needle hits the bobbin case when the wheel is turned. I have tried to "time" it but after several hours, just can't figure it out. I need

...Featherweight. The bobbin stops winding before it is full. Any ideas as to what to do? Thanks. Machines that stop the bobbin winder automatically when the bobbin is full have a mechanism that detects ...

...Featherweight! Likely, the top tension, or the bobbin tension is out of 'whack'. If you sew a few stitches on a double scrap of fabric, what do you see? In a balanced stitch, the threads meet in the ...

...featherweight breaks everytime it goes down, i took apart the bobbin holder and such and i can see a part that has little marks in it from the needle. it cant be that the needle is bent because iver ...

featherweight Every time I try and sew the thread gets all bunched up. What setting shoud I have it for a plain stich? Your top tension must be set on 5 or there is some cotton/fluff stuck in your top

I just stripped and repainted my featherweight sewing machine. It was sewing beautifully before, now it won't pick up the bobbin thread, what do I need to do? Have an engineer reset the timings.

Featherweight II model # 117 sewing machine. My grandaughter got cloth snagged with bunched up thread in bobbin case. Needle won't pick up bobbin threrad now. Bobbin hook passes by needle after needle

...featherweight sewing machine. I just had it serviced. Is it normal for my machine to make a clicking noise while sewing at times? Look at manual for threading. That shouldnt cause clicking. Is needle ...

...bobbin thread loops. Can I adjust the timing? It doesn't sound like a timing problem Featherweights rarely have that. It's most probably insufficient top (needle thread) tension. I suspect there's ...

...bobbin on the singer featherweight so it does not hit he upper plate I have removed the bobbin complete and now I do not know how to time the machine Go to the Singer Sewing Machine Site, select ...