Originally Posted by
SuzyQ
Carol, if you plan to drop the feed dogs for any reason, try lowering and raising the feed dogs a few times. I got this machine from HSN when it first came out a year or so ago but after lowering the feed dogs a few times, the latch wouldn't raise them anymore. I could manually push the feed dogs up with my fingers and they would click and stay up, but the lever wouldn't work so I returned it and got my money back. I'm sure I just had a bit of a lemon, but since that happened to me I thought I'd pass the info on. Enjoy your new machine!
Suzy
Had you read the instructions in the manual on page 48? It states "Sliding the lever to the down position will lower the feed dog, to resume normal sewing slide the level up. NOTE: Turn the handwheel one complete cycle to return the feed dog to the raised position.
I tested it and that is how it must be done. When you push the button to up position or raised position you then must turn the hand wheel one complete turn to get the feet to raise.