JoeJr

Even though I am trying to wind down my avocation due to health reasons, someone gave me a Singer Touch&Sew 600E...I wrestled with recycling it vs. trying to make it work. Trying to make it work won out; it was the metal gears that swayed me.

Anyway, my question relates to the bobbin case. Is the arm on the bobbin case spring loaded, such that it puts downward pressure on the bobbin? On this machine the arm is loose and therefore the bobbin is hopping all around, except at very slow speeds.

JoeJr

I think I figured out my own problem. The screw to the left of the arm, in the picture, goes through a thick metal spring under and inside the bobbin case, which puts pressure on the pivot point of the arm when up or down. There is supposed to be a very small nut on the underside of that screw, not there in this case. The bobbin bouncing all around in the case would explain, in part anyway, why I couldn't sew good stitches with this machine.

bkay

It's a great machine. There were some problems with the bobbin winder on the original one. Then they changed it to the model they used on the rest of the touch and sews. I had one at one time. I passed it on to a lady who learned to sew on one. They drove from East Texas to get it. I love passing on memories.

Terry at T and T repair is a real asset on those machines. He answers questions. Delivery is fairly slow on parts, as he lives in American Samoa. So it is a very different time zone (emails are usually answered the next day).

bkay

bkay

It looks like the bobbin case spring may be compressed. That spring holds the case in place. (If I'm remembering correctly.)

bkay

JoeJr

That spring is in place and keeps the case itself from moving around. The arm keeps the bobbin in one place. I have a lead on a replacement bobbin case, hopefully for not a lot of money because I will be rehoming this machine for free, assuming I can get it sewing.

JoeJr

I have a tendency to save things, e.g. if some piece of electronic equipment fails beyond repair, I will disassemble, recycle what can be, scrap what can't, save what I think I might need (one of my brothers-in-law says if it's organized it's not hoarding).

When I received this 600 the bobbin case was missing a very small nut on the underside for the screw visible from the top in the 1st picture. The case had that screw and the bar spring underneath. I had been looking for a small enough nut to match this screw with no success. I was sorting through some old circuit boards awaiting recycling and noticed a very small screw holding a piece of something onto something else, screwed into a tab. I was able to cut off that tab and trim it to fit in the underside of the bobbin case, as in picture 2. Luckily the top screw threaded into this tab.

Now the arm on the bobbin case stays down and holds the bobbin down instead of the bobbin hopping all over the place, and the machine sews pretty much the way it should.

bkay

Congrats on the save. I had one at one time, but never used it, so I don't know how it sews.

bk

annievee

This is a workhorse machine, glad you found a solution.