Originally Posted by
Cogito
Thank you Miriam for reminding me of Tammi's videos. I am subscribed and I love her tutorials. Thanks Tammi! Well I dutifully watched them again. I confirmed that I have at least assembled in the proper order. I took it all apart and did it again, just in case. What I don't understand is that in order to reduce the twnsion enough so that I don't get extreme resistance, I have to have the knurled nut halfway off the post. The really weird thing for me is that when I have the tension set at 4-5 ( with presser foot down) I can barely pull the thread for fear of breaking the needle yet the stitches indicate the top tension is too loose!
Update: I admit I don't get it....I had to loosen my bobbin almost 3/4 of a turn and tighten up the top tension quite a bit and NOW I'm getting a nice stitch. But if I were to do the tension test of pulling top thread it doesn't act like it is correct. Go figure.
Cogito - you are very welcome. I'm so glad to hear when people get stuff out of those posts.
One thing that people miss when they watch that video is the comment in the description "after the jump" - i.e.if you click "Show More".
It says "Note: The "2 setting" I mention toward the end of the video works for most full sized tensioners. For the smaller tensioners, like the 301 and the Featherweight, I find that the setting is full tight when the post is flush - between 9 and 10."
That would put the knurled nut part way off the post when it's at a 4 - 5.
If you reassemble like that, I bet your bobbin tension is now a little loose.
I grinned like the village .... uh,.. not so smart person ... when I read that you adjusted your bobbin tension and didn't even cringe!