Originally Posted by
Gymnast2
Thank you for your help OurWorkbench.
I think, that very few machine types got this combination:
Zigzag
Free arm
Needle threaded from side ...
I'm glad whoever thought it threaded from the side with a front loading bobbin got it figured out.
Granted, there may be very few of them that have that needle orientation. You have to look at the bobbin location, Indeed, the front loading would have the needle orientation from front to back. I have a few Necchi free arm machines, but they all have the front loading bobbin.
If you note the location of the bobbin on the pictures of the machines (Necchi & Princess) that you linked to they both have end loading bobbins and would be threaded from the side.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.