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If you put the thread through the check spring before the bar, it will bend the check spring under bar and possibly break. Notice the distance and shape of the check spring at Threading a Singer 15-91 ? Also note this is a 15-80 not a 15-91 as they are threaded differently from each other. The image at the link is like the Federal!
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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I have noticed on mine if I sew too fast the thread will come up out of the first notch at the top, and get tangled. Someone else had placed a small washer up there held between the faceplate and the body of the machine. I’m not a very fast sewist so I haven’t tried the washer, but next time your acts up see if the thread is out of the notch. It’s figure A in the drawing in my last post.
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The thread Must go over the bar (thread guard) before engaging the take-up spring. Here's what I see as a potential problem. The take-up spring in your first pic is limited in travel, and consequently tension. Notice how yours exits the tension assembly somewhere around 2:30 o'clock? The pic of the Juki built clone shows the take-up spring at about 4:00 o'clock. More travel means it will remove more slack from the thread.
Loosen the set screw for the tension assembly and spin it clockwise. It will only spin within the slot provided. If more is required you may have to do a little bending of the take-up spring, or check the correctness of the tension assembly. Those springs are fairly fragile and can bend easily if not threaded correctly.
BTW- Love the 41 Mercury in your avatar. Takes me back to my HS years. My nicest car was a 41 Merc coupe. Wish I still had it!
Loosen the set screw for the tension assembly and spin it clockwise. It will only spin within the slot provided. If more is required you may have to do a little bending of the take-up spring, or check the correctness of the tension assembly. Those springs are fairly fragile and can bend easily if not threaded correctly.
BTW- Love the 41 Mercury in your avatar. Takes me back to my HS years. My nicest car was a 41 Merc coupe. Wish I still had it!
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 04-15-2019 at 07:43 AM. Reason: shouting/all caps
#17
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Location: central Kentucky
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I had a similar problem of tangled thread -- the spool would twirl around several times with each stroke. I tried putting one of those crocheted "spool doilies" over the spindle under the spool and that created enough drag to keep the thread from unwinding too fast. Just a thought...
The featherweight shop sells them, but if you crochet, they are easy to make and there are lots of free patterns available for crocheted flowers.
The featherweight shop sells them, but if you crochet, they are easy to make and there are lots of free patterns available for crocheted flowers.
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