Originally Posted by
NanaCsews2
Exactly. I learned that in HS some 40+ (Whew!) years ago. The tension can get totally messed up pulling it out backwards, not to mention the lint that is carried back into the mechanisms. And, never hand turn the flywheel away from you, always toward you. The timing can get out of whack if the backward turning is a habit. The belts are meant to run in a forward motion. My sister's sewing machine flywheel locked up because of this. (We had the same Home Ec teacher. One of us was paying attention in class. LOL)
WHOOPS!! I misspoke and did not mean to say the 'belts are meant to run in forward motion'-I mean you should only turn the flywheel foward to guide the thread. I wanted to say nothing about the belts!! Let the machine do the backwards sewing when it is supposed to. I don't know everything about the machines, I only know what I was taught my the Home Ec teacher. Duh!
