Singer 15-91
05-20-2020, 06:50 PM
#11
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Thank you, Leon. -- exactly 
Thank you, bkay for the link.
I agree that the thread needs to go over the hook. The instructions are written out and illustrated on page 12 of the pdf manual that bkay linked to. The manual calls it a retaining fork. It does state to hold the spool so that you don't keep pulling thread off and use what you have in hand. You actually go around the disks and into the wire spring. Then pull it up past the retaining fork so that it goes into it and stays in the wire. Then up to the take-up lever.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
Thank you, bkay for the link.
I agree that the thread needs to go over the hook. The instructions are written out and illustrated on page 12 of the pdf manual that bkay linked to. The manual calls it a retaining fork. It does state to hold the spool so that you don't keep pulling thread off and use what you have in hand. You actually go around the disks and into the wire spring. Then pull it up past the retaining fork so that it goes into it and stays in the wire. Then up to the take-up lever.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
05-21-2020, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by OurWorkbench
Thank you, Leon. -- exactly
Thank you, bkay for the link.
I agree that the thread needs to go over the hook. The instructions are written out and illustrated on page 12 of the pdf manual that bkay linked to. The manual calls it a retaining fork. It does state to hold the spool so that you don't keep pulling thread off and use what you have in hand. You actually go around the disks and into the wire spring. Then pull it up past the retaining fork so that it goes into it and stays in the wire. Then up to the take-up lever.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
Thank you, bkay for the link.
I agree that the thread needs to go over the hook. The instructions are written out and illustrated on page 12 of the pdf manual that bkay linked to. The manual calls it a retaining fork. It does state to hold the spool so that you don't keep pulling thread off and use what you have in hand. You actually go around the disks and into the wire spring. Then pull it up past the retaining fork so that it goes into it and stays in the wire. Then up to the take-up lever.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
bkay
07-13-2020, 06:44 AM
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My MIL had a 15-91 and I hadn't been bitten by the VSMAD (vintage sewing machine acquisition disorder) bug at the time she passed away, and it went to Viet Nam Vets. However, their family friend had a 15-91 and I got that one. Love it. My MIL also had loads of thread- all cotton thread on wooden spools. Some of it is over 50 years old, I am sure. If you pull on it, it breaks. Old all-cotton thread probably is not going to work in your machine. It's a shame, but there it is....
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07-14-2020, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by DeeDee43
I just acquired this beauty.
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07-20-2020, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Sewjourner
These may help.
Another reason why it is good to have manuals for the machines.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
