Have a singer simple 16 stitch machine. Threaded needle, bobbin, have tried many many times to sew. End up with a few stitches, then the machine jams. Some stitches turn outside, but the underside looks like chopped up thread. Tension has been checked, and nothing seems to help.
Need needle threading instructions singer 3116 simple. pictures would help. thank you
For twenty years i had the Singer machine with motor & legs & a cabinet. I always faced problems with the thread not coming in from the bottom or the thread coming in bunches. Waranty & servicing have no meaning because even after servicing it didn't work. If it did ever work the thread would keep breaking. We purchased the threads from the retailer from whom we bought the machine. Singer is pathetic. Hence, we always borrowed the neighbor's sewing machines to sew any repair on clothes & sewing of clothes is always given to the tailor. Finally, whence we moved home we threw it in scrap. Seeing the name Singer nobody was ready to take it even for free.
I\'ve always used a singer except for a few years I had a Kenmore. The Kenmore is a lot heavier machine than my Singer but I still like Singer best. Make sure that your thread is not turned where it catches on the end of the spool where the slit is to keep the thread from winding off when not using it. When you start sewing hold onto the tails of the bobbin thread and the top thread for about an inch. Be sure you have the bobbin thread in correctly.
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It is a tension problem. Keep trying to adjust the tension. Use thin, cotton material. Also check to see that the bobbin is wound up tightly.
I will try this and see what happens, thanks
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Thread will come out of the needle when start sewing
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I have adjusted tension, have used thin cotton. My mother and I both have identical machines and for about a year have had the same problem. It can't be that you need to have a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering to operate what's called a SIMPLE sewing machine. I had a friend look at it who's been sewing for 20+ years, and even for her it would do the same thing. After a few stitches it jams, locks up, the bobbin thread gets caught outside and around the metal bobbin casing, and it has the effect of "eating" tons of thread. I probably go through about a yard of junk thread for every half of a yard that I sew.
should you make the tension less or more?
In the middle of a monogram, my machine just stopped before finishing one letter and went to the next letter. Then it just made crazy stitches which looked nothing like a satin stitch. I took machine plate off and cleaned area around bobbin well, changed needle and to a thread that I had used before with no problems. Tried embroidering one letter using a font that came pre-loaded on machine. The machine is noisy and the thread keeps breaking even after needle and thread change. Can't find anyone locally to service Singer machines. Any help would be appreciated.
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