Originally Posted by ewecansew
Presser foot has to be up to change the top tension. You want the thread to go between the tension discs. On this machine the flat side of the needle has to go to the back. Are there loopies on the bottom of the fabric---top tension should be set around 4.
Are you sure up? That automatically gives it no tension at all so how would you know if it was correct because you would have to put the pressure foot down in order to sew. On home sewing machines in the 60's they did not use needles that had a flat side. You specifically had to buy a Singer needle. You could not use what we all know now as a Universal.