Originally Posted by
Cecilia S.
Christy, When I run my stitcher, the L shaped bar to which you refer seems not to serve a tension purpose, but rather as a stop-bar for the tensioning spring so that it only goes up so far. Keeping the thread behind it and out of the way of the flapping tension spring makes the most natural sense as I watch it work, and if I put it in front, it does not make sense. The machine stitches beautifully this way. However, if there is something I am missing, please correct me; I am no expert!
Neither am I! The only reason I noticed it, it because I have always just caught the thread in the spring and recently actually read a manual and saw it mentioned to catch the thread there! I say do what works!