[quote=irishrose]Take the top off and clean and oil in there - no oil in the grease areas. You can use Singer lubricant for those. It's at your LQS. Take out the bobbin case and inspect the area with a flashlight. Compact machines don't have room for even a tiny thread snip out of place. My feeddogs were packed with nasty black lint. I took them off. When you do, be sure the little hook for the bobbin is in the right place when you put them back in. Take off the bottom, oil the moving parts and lubricate the gears. I printed a free owner's manual from a website. If you have one the cleaning procedure is in there.
Oh, oh, I just reread my post. I did NOT, NOT, NOT remove the feed dogs. I removed the cover over them from the top. It's the cover that needs to be put back just like it came off. I would not remove the feed dogs!!! :oops: