Originally Posted by
heart of Dixie
When I bought my three singer featherweights I couldn't get the thread guild to thread in either. My hubby said they just have dirt in them and used a tread tap to clean the thread hole. Now the screw in perfect. The screws arn't to big the hole just has a small amount of dirt or dust in them. Hope this helps
a little Tri-flo on a pipe cleaner might clean that hole out a bit.