new here and problem

Hi, I'm new here. My name is Heather, I'm 34 and my mom just bought me a singer sewing machine. My problem is this. for some stupid reason I cannot grab the bobbin thread. I've rethreaded the whole thing twice, pulled the bobbin back out and checked for dust but the only thing that happens is the needle thread will go under and get tangled. I just don't get it. I did it once the other day but I had to change the color of thread and now it won't work. UGH. thanks Heather

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onry13
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Try rethreading the machine, carefully following the diagram in the manual, and making sure the thread is firmly seated in the tension.

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Pogonip

Are you sure you have the bobbin in the right way up? Just check... :) Thread should unwind in a clockwise direction with a drop-in bobbin.

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Kate Dicey

Heather, another thing beginners often have difficulty with is to make sure there is enough thread coming out of the needle that you can hold it as you turn the wheel (and it's important to turn the wheel the right way, which is back, over the top) that it will grab the bobbin thread. The top thread should be threaded through the toes in the foot, and beneath the foot in order to work properly, too.

There is a really good webpage on common machine problems, which will be a good reference for you as you get more comfortable with your machine:

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the About.com site has some great sewing information, including this page:

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hope you will continue to visit us, too. We're always happy to help newbies! Welcome to the world of sewing. Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
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Karen Maslowski

The way I read it, that would be turning the machine backwards, at least on all of my machines. Make that: turn the wheel towards you, to the FRONT over the top. i.e. CCW viewed from the right side of the machine. JPBill

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WB

No, it's the other way around (I actually went into my studio to check this!). You turn the wheel away from you, over the top. You can check this, by the way, by taking the thread out of just the needle, and running the machine for a stitch or two. Whichever way YOUR machine turns is the way you should turn it when you do so by hand.

However, sergers are the opposite, as you describe.

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

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Karen Maslowski

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Liz Hall

Unless it is an old Rotary machine or some overlocks you are incorrect. Always turn the hand wheel towards the operator

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Ron Anderson

Ron, you are exactly right! Thanks for correcting this. I have a problem with choices of two--can you tell? (No idea why.)

But my sergers both turn the opposite way.

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

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R> Unless it is an old Rotary machine or some overlocks you are incorrect.

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Karen Maslowski

Just wanted to add, this is the precise mistake that I made a couple of weeks ago when I used my sewing machine for the first time since we moved 3 years ago. I had it in my head that you turn the wheel away from you; and couldn't understand why the bobbin thread wouldn't pick up. Had lost the manual (found it since) but luckily there was one for view on the web. Once I realise the rule is the top of the wheel turns towards you, no further problem. Bet that's it!

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spinningwoman

Karen, I very rarely disagree with you, but turning the wheel BACK? NO! On ALL my machines the instructions say turn it ANTICLOCKWISE: that is, pull the top TOWARDS you as you sit at the machine. Some of them even have an arrow pointing the way to wind!

While I do wind the handle of the handcranks AWAY from me, the mechanism is such that the wheel itself turns anticlockwise.

Making sure there is enough thread is VERY important with all but the whizziest Top Of the line machines that will pick up when you thread them with what looks like no thread at all! Mi lovely Lily is like this. Fore safety's sake, Heather, make sure there's a good 9" hanging out the back! This is what I teach all my students.

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Kate Dicey

Both mine turn like ordinary machines - towards me!

I'm dyslexic and left/right challenged, but back and forward with the sewing machines seems to be an easy one. Maybe because I use them so much! :D

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Kate Dicey

Also be sure you are pulling the tail out towards the back and left and not to tight.

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Ron Anderson

Really? How odd that mine both turn towards the back. They are both Bernettes, I wonder if that is what makes the difference.

I am a little right/left challenged, but mostly have a problem with two choices. I've always thought it had something to do with being a Libra. The Scale is not balanced; on the contrary, those of us under this sign struggle to stay balanced!

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

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Karen Maslowski

I was sooo confused after I bought my first serger, also a Bernette. Everytine I moved from the singer SM to the serger, I had to make a mental note of the reverse turn of the flywheel. Odd they would make them that way.

Now, I have the old Bernette and a new Huskylock serger side-by-side, I'm going mad, I tell you, MAAAAAAD!!! :-\

Beverly

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BEI Design

Possibly... I have a HV 905 and a Toyota. I understand that the HV is built by Toyota, and they share several characteristics (though no parts!), so it doesn't surprise me that they are the same.

I'm Sagittarius - which explains a lot! Mad, scatty, creative and inspired (not always in a useful way!), and difficult to live with!

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Kate Dicey

It's going to need to be considered when I replace the 910...

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Kate Dicey

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