Originally Posted by
irishrose
Joe, I understand your problem with the 15, though I don't share it. Get a 301 - the whole end raises up.
I cannot agree with the bird's nest on vertical bobbins. No machine jams more easily IF YOU DON'T HOLD THE THREADS WHEN YOU START than my vintage Elna which has a horizontal bobbin. The 301 (vertical) doesn't know how to snarl - my 15 clone a little more so, but not like the Elna.
irishrose,
LOL, I'll put the computer screen close to my machine and make sure it knows this.
The 301 has the same bobbin system as the Featherweight's and ours came to us totally locked up with thread behind the hook.
I have found that if I remember to start each stitching run with the thread take up lever at it's highest position I rarely have a birds nest. But I forget more often than I remember.
Joe