Originally Posted by LogCabin82

I recently got a Singer Featherweight 1957 machine. Overall it’s been sewing great, but there’s one issue I’m not sure how to fix.

I’ve noticed that as I’m piecing a block or chain piecing or really any quilting, if I pause to adjust something or take out a pin, the machine sometimes doesn’t start back up and I have to pull the balance wheel towards me like my treadle machine to get it to sew again. It’s very unpredictable when it occurs, but it’s annoying when I’m stopping and starting and it doesn’t always start back up for me. Any suggestions on how to fix this?