Bell mini?
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Bell mini?
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Cute little machines. Mine has a manufacture date of 1952 stamped on the underside. It uses tiny bobbins. The bobbins and bobbin case are interchangeable with the Huge Singer 29-4 boot patcher. In the picture the knob on the top left (as seen from the rear of the machine) is the hand wheel. It takes forever to turn the 'hand wheel' enough to move the needle through one cycle. It makes very nice stitches.
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NL quilter, So glad you posted photos as I just clicked the link and it said that item was gone. Good to know that you got it. What a cutie! I never heard of these before. Hope it sews well for you also.
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A couple other pages: http://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/toys/bellmb102/
http://www.sewnuts.com/bell/bell.htm
Oh, and to answer the original question - sorry, Jean, I don't know anything about their tension system. Big tangles on the bottom generally mean the top tension isn't set tight enough - try twiddling the top tension knob to fix? I can't tell if it's numbered, but you would want to try higher numbers if it is, or likely turn clockwise if it isn't.
Last edited by Jennifer23; 11-07-2013 at 05:18 PM.
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