Slow Featherweight
07-21-2013, 06:14 AM
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Raine54RN,
If the belt is too tight it will run slow, move the motor up a bit, the belt should only be tight enough to run the machine without slipping.
To adjust it loosen the big screw that is to the right of the motor as you are looking at the machine from the front.
Sharon W.
If the belt is too tight it will run slow, move the motor up a bit, the belt should only be tight enough to run the machine without slipping.
To adjust it loosen the big screw that is to the right of the motor as you are looking at the machine from the front.
Sharon W.
07-21-2013, 12:34 PM
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I think I have another solution
http://www.featherweight221.com/fwrx...79675006773327
I was on dave mcculum web site and found this. there may be a tangle of thread inside your machine. read it and see if it may help.
http://www.featherweight221.com/fwrx...79675006773327
I was on dave mcculum web site and found this. there may be a tangle of thread inside your machine. read it and see if it may help.
07-23-2013, 07:03 PM
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Thank you this has given me several ideas to investigate. My son is supposed to change power cord but had to go OOT , so as soon as he is back, hopefully he will helpmeet check out some suggestions. I do appreciate each of you taking the time to read and respond.
05-04-2014, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
This might sound weird but I know that I read somewhere that if you turn your plug around so that the prongs go into the wall outlet the opposite of how you put them in the first time. Don't know how true that advice is but it wouldn't hurt to try it.
I know the site you read this on. The site is often recommended here.
It's NOT true.
It CAN hurt people if they do this instead of fixing an electrical problem.
http://www.archaicarcane.com/love-be...ewing-machine/
ETA: Raine - The most common by far reason for a FW to run too slowly is that the belt is too tight. It should be incredibly loose. So loose that it ma even rest on the guard when the machine isn't running. You should be able to take the belt between 2 fingers - hold it steady, and turn the handwheel with the other hand and make it "slip". That's how loose. Try that and then let us know how the machine is running.
Last edited by ArchaicArcane; 05-04-2014 at 05:15 PM.
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