My featherweight is here, but...
Hi All,
My featherweight is here, and she looks good, but she wasn't threaded... I threaded her and put in the bobbin, but when I tried to pull up the bobbin thread, the upper thread got wound around the bobbin mechanism... and it doesn't pull out easily, and I don't want to yank it out - any suggestions? I've removed the bobbin case, and the thread is caught in the base somehow. Thanks! |
Happens. I simply use a pair of cuticle scissors and cut away as much of the thread-web as possible and viola! it always just lifts out. Good luck .................
|
I use an ex-acto knife and twizzers :-)
|
Have patience - it will come out a little at a time. Just snip away until you get it.
|
i use my stork embroidery scissors and tweezers. It will come out, just be patient.
|
Both my feather weights, when received, didn't sew quite right. I looked into the bobbin case, and yup.. Thread wrapped all around! With patience and tweezers and little scissors, it finally all came out. The mechanisms are tough so a little tugging shouldn't hurt them.
|
Patience is the key, but in addition to the above I have used a long hand sewing needle to carefully pic out wound up thread.
And if you can't get it out this way, go here: { http://thefeatherweight221factory.com/page10.php } for instructions to take the bobbin assembly apart just far enough to clear the thread jam. Look down at the big red arrow on the bottom and click on the thread jam link. Joe |
Originally Posted by J Miller
(Post 5661404)
Patience is the key, but in addition to the above I have used a long hand sewing needle to carefully pic out wound up thread.
And if you can't get it out this way, go here: { http://thefeatherweight221factory.com/page10.php } for instructions to take the bobbin assembly apart just far enough to clear the thread jam. Look down at the big red arrow on the bottom and click on the thread jam link. Joe |
What is causing the thread to wind around the bobbin? Is the shuttle in correctly? It has to line up the notch int he throat plate
|
Thread gets caught in the bobbin area all the time on these babies. It only takes a quarter inch of thread to put them at a standstill. What most often causes the problem is trying to remove the work with the take up lever NOT being all the way up.
So, make sure your machine is properly threaded (needle threads from right to left) and make sure the take up lever is in the 'full upright position' before starting or stopping sewing. |
Do you know that the thread needs to come through the needle from the right side??? Rather than left to right.
|
Thanks for your help and comments. I've been being patient, working with a tweezer to pull out some threads... I'll try tonight again, then perhaps get brave and try the featherweight221 link that shows how to unjam the thread - it does look pretty clear... I'm just chicken! And, yes, I did thread the needle from right to left - I'm visiting my daughter, who has a newborn 3 days old - and I had the machine shipped to her home ... now I just need time to really work on it!
|
While pulling on the thread do not pull hard. Jiggle the hand wheel as you gently pull on the thread. Pulling hard on the thread can break the tip off of the hook. (I have repaired one that had the thread yanked on and the tip broken off of the hook. Not easy to find the expensive parts.) If you take it apart take care with the screws and parts, they are expensive also. Working on a soft surface (old towel)and placing small parts on a magnet or in a magnetic dish helps. You can do this.
|
Avoid turning the hand wheel backwards, this causes the top thread to get jammed up in behind the bobbin case base.
|
When I first sewed on my [new to me] freatherweight it had the same problems with thread wrapped around the bobbin. When I gentlely picked out the thread I also discovered there was a ball of lint behind the bobbin casing. Used a small cosmetic type brush and tweezers to get that out. Now it sews just fine.
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:14 AM. |