Nancy,
The adjustment that I did for Monica was only the bobbin case tension.
I mentioned skipped stitches on the 319 because you said that the hook tip was intersecting behind the eye of the needle. It needs to intersect in the scarf area to take full advantage of the developing thread loop. If it intersects too early the loop won't be fully formed therefore resulting in skipped stitches. (Hope that wasn't too confusing.)
Many people have problems doing FM with the horizontal hook machines, but not all machines for some unknown reasons. The thread path is the issue. The thread on the horizontal bobbin machine has to take an extra (sharp) turn to come up to through the needle plate and this can cause extra drag and therefore tension problems.
Cathy
Originally Posted by
BoJangles
You know this surprises me? I always heard the 201 was the 'finest machine' Singer made. It surprises me that it doesn't do a good job with FM. I have to agree with Monica about the 15, though. I use my 15-88 exclusively for FM when I am doing a Quilt as you Go quilt top. I wonder if what Cathy said about skipping stitches with the 319w if it weren't timed correctly could be the problem with the 201's you and Sharon are trying to use? Maybe, not because the 201 is a horizontal hook, and the 319w is a vertical hook?
Monica, those photos of the 201 being cleaned are cool, but with the 319w I had to put back together and time - there was nothing left on the bar it attaches to! I had everything off, including the hook/race, the whole bobbin assembly. All you saw when you looked under the machine was a bar where everything had been! So scary looking! I should have taken photos too, but I was too stressed out about getting it all back together! I have to admit it was a pretty cool learning experience!
Nancy