Thank you all. Obviously we were doing things the wrong way. Well, we are stopping now! I am sorry I did not post here BEFORE we started. What is done is done. If I ever manage to ship my original machine - Singer 1892 treadle -(which is in Sarajevo, Bosnia and I am in Long Island), I will not make the same mistake. Oh boy, when my husband comes back home I am going to hear "I told you so...I am right! For once I am right! You have to say I am right!" LOL