Originally Posted by
Rach L.
Mike, seriously, you are awesome! Here are the results....
Before you started helping me, I seriously started feeling like I needed to sell some of my machines and give up. Thankfully I didn't...such easy fixes! In addition, I'm fairly certain this is the issue with my Kenmore machine I have not been able to fix. It's frustrated me for so long I was going to put up an ad on Craigslist. Feel proud that you not only saved one, but TWO of my machines, and really helped out a newbie!
Thanks Rachael, but you did it yourself. I'm sure you'll quickly learn to diagnose these things on your own.
The old sewing machines are simple and usually very easy to fix. Tension problems are something you've already mastered. If you ever find that the tensions are impossible to balance, the hook timing is probably off. Yours, along with your tension, is obviously perfect here: The zig-zag isn't pulling at all and there's no thread showing on the opposite side.
Well done!