Originally Posted by
FoggyButFocused
Thank you...It's interesting that the zigzag works by moving the bobbin case back and forth. I was just able to get the bobbin thread to come up. I don't think it is threaded on the top correctly. ...
You are welcome, glad I could help.
Yes, it is interesting to watch the machines of this era to zigzag.
If you were able to pick up the bobbin thread, you probably have it at least really close to having it threaded correctly.
As Leon mentioned you have push buttons for raising and lowering the feed dogs.
Something that I have done - was forget to set the pressure on the presser foot. It looks like yours has the kind that if you press the outer ring and the bar pops up. Then you would press down on the bar until you have the right pressure.
I tried to find a manual that would be close to yours, but was unsuccessful. By any chance did you see a J-A or J-C number on the bottom somewhere?
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.