Originally Posted by
Champanier
Thanks very much, Mike and Miriam!
Oh, also, when the wheel was stiff, I think I may have put the needle plate on slightly askew and it may have been interfering with the feed dog movement. Just a theory, but when I started to unscrew it, it seemed to pop into place when I loosened the screws. I don't know if that would have affected the wheel movement, but as soon as the needle plate was off, the wheel turned with no resistance.
You're welcome. It makes sense that the plate was in the way. There's no way you were going to force the plate up with the feed dog. Pretty sure I've done it on a machine.
201s are the best model and last just about forever so I know you'll get a lot of good use from it.