Originally Posted by Deborah12687
Originally Posted by ewecansew
What is the rocker arm on a sewing machine? I have been around machine for a long time and have never heard this term.
The rocker arm is what makes the up and down movement of the sewing machine. It was always called a rocker bar years ago and it probley called something else now.
If you're talking about the part closer to the needle, it's called the needle bar; if you mean the curved part that holds the thread as it goes up and down - that's called the 'take-up' lever or take -up bar.