Loading the bobbin and adjusting the tension.

Loading the bobbin for this maching is fairly simple. First thread the machine. Then after placing the bobbin in the machine pull the thread out through the first notch and back through the second. (The end of the thread should be going in the direction of the little channel on the left side of the bobbin area.) Now what I did was make a loop with the end of the thread and pushed it under the casing below the needle. Then if your machine is threaded correctly you should be able to turn the knob on the right side of the machine so the needle goes down and comes back up once. If you've done it right the bobbin thread should come up in the correct spot.

Loading the bobbin is no different from another machine. there is a tensioner ON the bobbin. load from the back notch to the front as it sits in place.If the thread does not catch on its own, the problem is this!:the needle itself is not at the right height. as dumb as that is, it is not going deep enough to catch the loop. actually pull down on the whole need and its hardware. you will find the needle carriage is just held in by tension. I thought that was dumb, but when I got it correctly aligned, it works...The needle needs to be at the bottom as the "hook" below the bobbin passes by. To get that alignment is by virtue of pulling up or down on the needle.