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Originally Posted by Sunflowerzz
(Post 7299731)
I purchased my adorable FW awhile back and sewed a little with her and she was such a pleasure to use and she has been unused since. I have just been too busy. I brought her out to start piecing in the evenings and guess what?! Nothing but thread jams!
Thanks for this thread and all of the helpful hints. User error, nothing wrong with my baby! YAY! Tomorrow I will start fresh now that I know what to do. Thank you Thank you. :) |
NOT, a Franklin (1926) the wheel turns away from you, and boy is it a bugger to remember that. Then I use another machine and have to reset my brain to "turn wheel forward" Fun times!!
Linda |
Thread jam on any machine is Sssoooo frustrating. Draw big arrows on the balance wheel of that Franklin with sharpie. I did...
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I have an old Kenmore where the hand wheel turns away...never use it, actually.
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Miriam posted " To me a hand crank goes the wrong way, too"
I am certain that she know this, but for non handcrankers; The gears in the handcranks reverse the direction of power and give it a 1:3 ratio of revolutions. At least for Singers, anyway. |
Thread jams can be helpful. I love it when someone sells me a machine cheap because it won't move and I find a thread jam.
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So can too much lint in the bobbin area... Sssshhhhhh
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Thanks, Miriam. My mom taught me well when I learned to sew on her 301. She told me to always make sure the take up lever is all the way to the top and never turn the wheel backwards and that has served me well.
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I am short, 4'10" and my Mother was short. Every time I went home to visit her she would ask me to look at her machine. She would thread the machine but she did not have the thread "flossed" in between the 2 discs at the top tension. I find myself standing up to thread my machine now because I cannot see if the thread gets in the right place.
I think this is a mistake for a lot of people. Of course, I have to stand up to iron too. |
ragamuffin,
if you are using your own machine, why not just cut the legs shorter on the cabinet. One size Never fits all. |
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