Originally Posted by susanwilley
Originally Posted by CAS49OR
Originally Posted by kathy
YEP! it's an oil wick, may have to have service tech replace it, not have any clues about the thread problem
what is an oil wick? what machine do you have?
An oil wick it what was used in old oil lamps, the wick is the fabric like thing sticking out of the top of the lamp that you would lite with a match. Kinda like a candle but in a glass lamp that held oil to light it. I have the Singer Futura emborider sewing machine it's only about 2 or 3 years old. I have never heard of a wick in a sewing machine.
I don't get why there would be an oil wick in a machine. Even the old machines had to get drops of oil, mine says it never has to be oiled.