Originally Posted by
OurWorkbench
I found that the "Franklin" manuals can sometimes be better than the "White" counterparts. I know that was true for one of the Whites' top tension thread guide. The Franklin manual had a better picture and description then the actual White manual. Since these machines were made by White, you may have better luck searching for loading White rotary bobbin instructions. To get you started there is this one -
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...c-t172420.html
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
That is a VERY good link. That one taught me how to thread a White style tension on the first try. (On a Kenmore 117.959 even.) I think I had gone so far with the idea of 'thread one point at a time' that I held down the thread against the machine with a finger and did not allow more than a hand's width of slack in the thread. For the tension I was holding the thread higher up the face plate, and I swung the thread very close to the flat of the face plate, towards the back, like a pendulum, and it swung right into the tension. Then the 'pendulum' angle changed as the thread started to catch the first part of the tension, it took a little harder pull (still going towards the back of the machine) and it clicked so I could feel and hear.