Originally Posted by
KenZ
The post “Weird stoppages ..... -- by J Miller” just reminded me ofone other thing that can cause problems in a 221 Featherweight. That is threadjams in any of the parts in the hook assembly. These pieces of thread can causea total jam or just cause the machine to sew badly. Very small pieces can causelarge problems.
I have found that turning the hand wheel backwards on the Featherweight, will cause thread jams every time.