Welcome. I'm guessing that you have a
201-2 which is a highly respected vintage machine. Evidently your repairman isn't familiar with this machine. There are some machines that will only back tack, however, the 201-2 and 15's that have a similar stitch length regulator will reverse the same length stitches as the forward stitch. That is if the "stitch length regulator thumb screw" is tightened as described in the manual. http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...ine-manual.pdf or https://www.singer.com/sites/default...20Machines.pdf
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
Last edited by OurWorkbench; 11-22-2019 at 07:40 AM.
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