It's "NATIONAL CLEAN THE BOBBIN AREA DAY" nah just do it anyway...
#21
Nancy
#22
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
Posts: 3,992
#24
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Martinsville, Indiana
Posts: 1,430
I had done it already to my newest machine on Monday. I bought a Singer 221K knowing that I'd have to work with the bobbin area. The finger was to the left of where it was supposed to be and just swinging back and forth. I took the little screw out and couldn't figure out how to get the parts apart or how to get it fixed until I went on line and found a picture of just what to do to fix it. In the mean time, I used a pair of tweezers to get out all of the thread that was under the parts there in the area. Got it all fixed and even had to adjust the tension on the presser foot to get it to hold the fabric. That was the first time I ever had to adjust the pf tension. Not like fixing and rehabing a 'boat anchor' but a start!
Great tutorial, Miriam. You need to do one on some of the other types of machines too.
Great tutorial, Miriam. You need to do one on some of the other types of machines too.
#25
Power Poster
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 15,506
I had done it already to my newest machine on Monday. I bought a Singer 221K knowing that I'd have to work with the bobbin area. The finger was to the left of where it was supposed to be and just swinging back and forth. I took the little screw out and couldn't figure out how to get the parts apart or how to get it fixed until I went on line and found a picture of just what to do to fix it. In the mean time, I used a pair of tweezers to get out all of the thread that was under the parts there in the area. Got it all fixed and even had to adjust the tension on the presser foot to get it to hold the fabric. That was the first time I ever had to adjust the pf tension. Not like fixing and rehabing a 'boat anchor' but a start!
Great tutorial, Miriam. You need to do one on some of the other types of machines too.
Great tutorial, Miriam. You need to do one on some of the other types of machines too.
One time I was at a friend's house and she showed me her beautiful Bernina. It had to cost a fortune. Anyway I looked at it and I could see lint - tons of it. So I took out the screws or what ever it was holding it in. Pulled out the thingy and the thing and pulled out a boat load of lint. I thought that lady was going to have heart failure. Then she wanted to know how to get it back together. I said I figured it would go about like it came out and I messed with it a bit and got it back together. Meanwhile she was frantically looking in her manual... the info was there. It will only go back one way and work. Those FWs and 301s are another story. They will go back but unless that notch thing is in line it won't work. Like Janis says it will twiddle around and not sew. Once you have done it you will wonder why you don't do it like some say, every day or every bobbin change.
#27
Power Poster
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 15,506
My grand daughter got a real kick out of helping me clean a Singer 99. As we did it I told her how important it is to keep the machine cleaned and oiled. I did not remove everything on that bobbin area. I took the machine out of the case and turned it upside down so she could see everything. It cleaned out very neatly from the bottom. I let her oil, too. She thought it was great fun. She is nearly 8 and has some vision problems so she isn't allowed sew yet and yes, it is killing me. We also used one of those ear syringe things to blow stuff out. We washed off the grime and dirt from the machine. She thought it was great fun.
#29
I loved this, I did this yesterday, but not all my machines, lol.....only one I was using. Loved the wording on your tutorial, lol......and Joe if my DH had a sewing machine I would have to clean His for Him, lol.
#30
Miriam, I love the humorous way you wrote that out! I was LMBO every time I read "terrible warning" and "thingy"!
I thought I was being good by doing it after every project... but it appears not: Kalama you have me beat by a long shot!
I thought I was being good by doing it after every project... but it appears not: Kalama you have me beat by a long shot!
Last edited by BuzzinBumble; 07-19-2012 at 06:36 AM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bearisgray
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
65
02-01-2024 09:04 AM
Boop56
Member Swaps and Round/Row Robins
40
12-04-2019 07:20 PM
vintagemotif
For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
0
01-10-2014 11:48 AM