Vintage.Singers.NYC

Hi Kay, first off congratulations! The 237 is a great machine.

The needle goes with the flat to the back, you have it correct.

The knob you see on the bed of the machine is for dropping the feed dogs for FMQ.

Now let's figure out why your machine is not making a stitch. Do me a favor and open the slide plate all the way. Then stick some fabric under the needle, drop the presser foot, and use your hand to turn the handwheel towards you to place a couple of stitches. While you are doing this, watch the bobbin case carefully to see what's going on. Tell us what you see. Is the needle thread being pulled across the bobbin case?

Vintage.Singers.NYC

The round knob on the bed of the machine isn't for the bobbin winder, it's to drop the feed dogs. If you ever see a white 237, you'll see it lacks this knob, as those versions of the machine do not have the feed dog dropping ability.

Vintage.Singers.NYC

Hi Kay, this problem in the photo is because you have the needle in incorrectly. You had it right the first time, with the flat to the back!

JMCDA

Congrats on your new machine, the cabinet on this one looks very nice, I like that style of cabinet! Sounds like maybe your timing is off - I am sure Rain can talk you through that one to get her up and running!

pinkberrykay

[ATTACH=CONFIG]309509[/ATTACH]the bobbin is turning but after 2 turns this is what it looks like. I need to change the needle back too.

pinkberrykay

I just turned the back side of need to the back and it is not piercing the fabric now.

quiltsRfun

I'd say that was my old machine but mine wasn't in a cabinet. It was a great little machine, the first one I owned after getting married.

My suggestion about your problem is to check that you have the bobbin in correctly. Getting a manual will probably answer a lot of your questions.

pinkberrykay

I found a copy of the manual on line and I am using that for direction.

pinkberrykay

[ATTACH=CONFIG]309526[/ATTACH] SUCCESS!!!!!!! I had the machine threaded wrong. Once I got that figured out I was good to go. For those that have this machine, may I ask what setting you put your thread tension and presser dial at? Thank you again all so much I really appreciate it it.

Candace

It doesn't matter what others have their machines set at. You need to figure out which tension # works best for YOUR machine. I have 4, 301's and each one is different.