Hi,
I have learned a great deal from everyone on this board to assist me in cleaning and getting my machines unstuck and in running order.
I have a 503A that doesn't want to darn. The intent was to see if I could use it to FMQ with. I usually do that on my 15-91 when the moon & stars are perfectly aligned.
I have a brand new needle in (because I just broke one) but it doesn't want to grab the bobbin thread. The tension dial is set to "D". The darning lever seems to have an "old" stopping point to the right of the darning icon on the plate. There seems to be about a 1/4 inch play between the "old" spot and the actual darning icon.
Is this normal or is there an adjustment that needs to be made underneath, which in turn is preventing the upper thread from catching the bobbin thread? I have also watched for the upper thread to rotate around the bobbin case to catch as if doing straight stitching, but it never does. When the lever is in the straight stitch position and the tension bar dial is back on 5, it sews a beautiful straight stitch.
Can someone direct me to a solution on how to fix this.
Thank you,
Brigid