Originally Posted by
bearisgray
The manual says that one heel tap will bring the needle down - and a second heel tap will bring the needle up.
The machine I have - one heel tap will make the machine take one stitch - needle down and needle back up.
Is there any way of getting it to do the needle down? or is this machine an earlier version and I just have "to deal with it"?
I have a 1983 Bernina 930. Bought it new all those years ago. Mine does needle down. Could be your foot controller is not working properly and/or needs replaced. A Bernina dealer should be able to tell you if the foot controller is bad & if so order one for you. I bought a spare foot controller a few years ago, just so I'd have it. Sorry I do not remember how much they cost.