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Old 10-29-2015, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Sewnoma View Post
My FW's seams are kind of puckery, and I think maybe I have too much pressure on the presser foot. I really just need to play with it...
... (Of course it's going to be different for different needs, but is there a way to test it with the intended fabrics...?)

Do any of you mark your vintage machines somehow when you find the sweet spot? I have changed pressure on my big modern machine a bit, but it has a numbered dial so I can always put it right back to "normal" afterwards.
Yes, one has to play somewhat to get it "right" especially with something that isn't numbered. I have seen some things about adjusting the pressure in some of the Singer manuals. One of the 221 pdf manuals I have just tells which direction to turn to loosen or tighten, but not much else.

The best description I have is from a "Singer Study Skills" booklet I have that I scanned. I don't know if it is legible how I have edited it but here it is. [ATTACH=CONFIG]534495[/ATTACH]

Wow. that turned out better than I thought it would.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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