I thought that it was purring. But it's not. I can't seem to adjust the bobbin.

I have only one screw on the bobbin. Not two. The machine came with one missing. I've adjusted the bobbin several times, but it still is not stitching well on the bottom.

The top stitching looks great.

:(

Here are some great and helpful sites for Featherweight trouble issues! Go to: http://singerfeatherweight221.blogsp...herweight.html

here's another one from the same site at: http://singerfeatherweight221.blogsp...tments-by.html

here is another great site for the answer to someone else's tension problem and in the answer is another site to how to thread, etc your machine at: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Sewing-32...ight-221-2.htm

here's advice on how the plastic spools are difficult w/the tension on these machines so add felt circles like suggested..go to: http://www.gpbwebworks.com/fwinfo/thread.html

Hope one of these help!! If not, send me that baby!!:))LOL I'm sure it is just a minor adjustment somewhere...there is so much free info on the net w/these babies...keep us posted! Skeat

Singer Featherweight Service Manual at: http://www.singer-featherweight.com/...ervice-10.html

Thank you so much!!!

I'll check out those links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjYlr...eature=related
Look at this and then you can go to this guy's website. I'm going to order this for mine. He has a complete 2-disc set showing you how to do EVERYTHING to repair these wonderful machines. I have a black one and a green one and this is cheaper than having to take them in to be serviced. They were made to be repaired by their owner :-)

Great job, you now can have fun,fun,fun....

You can have the wrong bobbin also. Mine is not tight. How ever I did buy the wrong bobbing for extras , they fit but were tight.

I wonder if it is the bobbin case. If you know of someone else with a featherweight, ask her to come over and try your machine out with her bobbin case. I bought one bobbin case for my featherweight and it gave me a lot of trouble. When I used a different bobbin case, it worked great.

Thank you all for all the wonderful suggestions.

I've sewn a little on it.

I'm still tweaking it.

Hopefully, I'm on the right track.

I have a Singer Featherweight too and just love it. You really need to have the book for it though because it gives you a good insight on the proper threading, cleaning, and oiling. After putting the bobbin in the bobbin case, you need to pull the thread through the slots and hear it actually snap into the last slot. When putting it into the machine, move the handwheel so that the take-up lever and needle is in its highest position -- the bobbin case will actually snap in place then. Hope this helps.