Originally Posted by
mom-6
How do I know how snug the belt needs to be? The belt is the one that was on it when I got it 9-10 years ago.
I don't know if there is a 'hard and fast' rule as to tightness of the belt. I would try to snug it up a bit and see what happens. It's possible that, after who knows how long that belt has been on there, it has stretched a bit. I used my FW 'out of the box' so to speak as soon as I got it. I had no clue as to how long that belt may have been on that machine. I took the little darling away with me one weekend to do some sewing and wouldn't you know the belt broke on stitch 3 the first day I planned to sew! Very disappointing weekend for me!