puckering help
03-07-2016, 01:44 AM
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puckering help
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hoping someone can help me. I have inherited my Nana's Singer 99K handcrank. I have oiled it up and it still clucks a little but not much and turns smoothly. However as I have started to peice a quilt on it it gathers the bottom fabric. How and what do I adjust to stop this.
Thanks a vintage beginner.
hoping someone can help me. I have inherited my Nana's Singer 99K handcrank. I have oiled it up and it still clucks a little but not much and turns smoothly. However as I have started to peice a quilt on it it gathers the bottom fabric. How and what do I adjust to stop this.
Thanks a vintage beginner.
03-07-2016, 02:48 AM
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It sounds as if your top tension may be too tight. I would loosen that a bit, put in a new needle & make sure the bobbin area is clean/ lint free & bobbin is wound smoothly and inserted correctly. Use scraps and practice as you make adjustments until you get the tension right.
03-07-2016, 03:43 AM
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03-10-2016, 12:05 AM
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Thanks for all your help. I changed the needle rethreaded the machine, loosen the tension. Then tried to make the presser foot pressure less without success. So I opened the machine (took face plate off) and discovered that the spring is missing. So my next question is where could I buy one, or what is the part number. Again any help is most appreciated. Denese
03-10-2016, 05:23 AM
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Ok so an internal spring is missing. There are springs that go outside the pressure shaft and some machines have springs that go inside the pressure shaft. I will have to look and see which it is when I go home. If it is internal, you won't see it unless you take apart the shaft. Look in the sticky notes for sewing machine resources and then in there should be a link for a TFSR manual. That manual has tons of info on the Singer 99. The most knowledgeable people are on the Victorian sweatshop forum...
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