Little help, please

Dug out my downloaded book, and was able to make a couple of adjustments deep in the machine that SEEM to have it humming now. It was a long couple of hours, and I'm ready to rest. But I did get it sewing straight, not breaking the thread, and only two threads coming out when I finished a row. Hope to get this running soon and start on the awnings and shade cloths for the garden.

Steve

Dear Steve,

There are two types of lights for machines. Is there an old one still in the machine? One pushes and twists in; the other screws in like a regular lightbulb.

As for the broken thread. Are you certain you have the correct bobbins for that machine? Sometimes two bobbins may look alike, but really aren't. I had Berninas and Vikings in my studio, and the students kept trying to use the metal bobbins from the Berninas in the Vikings, with the same result you're getting. Look in your manual where it talks about bobbins, and make certain that you're using the right one. If you are and still have problems, try turning the bobbin over so the thread feeds opposite from the way it's feeding now. If that doesn't work, you probably need help from an expert.

Teri

Steve, is there an opening in the back of the head? Perhaps covered with a removable plate? If so, you can get an old light that was produced and usually added to machines when motors were put on to replace the treadle. Check with Cindy Peters at

or Guy Baker at snipped-for-privacy@sewingmachineparts.net. Both have parts for old machines, particularly Singer, but others as well. I know I've got a couple of them around here somewhere, but you would not want to wait until I found them. LOL!!!

Thank you so much. I have copied the url's to my sewing folder. My light has the articulated arms that end in a round ball, so I believe the light I am seeking is one that would clamp onto that ball. I will look at those sites and inquire.

As a PS, the other night, I got out my downloaded manual for the machine, and made a couple of adjustments to the main mechanism, and so far, it is sewing much better. I'm going to read more, and study things more, and perhaps try two more adjustments in the manual. The two things I did adjust were major to the operation of the machinery, and were way out of whack. With the help of the directions, I was able to puzzle out this, and make the necessary adjustments. Simple, really. But I do have a mechanical aptitude luckily.

Pogonip? golfer? photog?

Steve

Aha! You had looked it up! The pogonip comes in the early, early morning, before sunrise (or at night, when it's dark), and when we're lucky, the morning sun burns off the fog, but the low temperatures leave the ice crystals on everything - each twig, each slightest bit of matter. So we have a crystal world that glints blindingly in the brilliant sunlight. It's breathtakingly beautiful - also breathtakingly cold - and it does take your breath.

Naahh, I sorta remembered from when I asked you that question some time back.

Sounds very like a description of *you*, judging by that (40-year-old?) picture you shared a while ago. ;->

Beverly

:^0

The lights are table mount, you can get them in gooseneck now. I would suggest a simple clamp on light you can get most anywhere cheap. The clamp to the table.

"Ron Anderson" wrote

After looking at that multi directional contraption they used from the factory, I agree. It's got SQUARE nuts on it! Couple of 90 degree flat bar pieces, and two ball on the end of a short rod assemblies. Maybe I'll even get one of those with a magnifier that I can pull down to thread and such. I got one around here. Somewhere ....................

Steve