All this talk of buttonholer recently got me BH crazy, ie I realy wanted one.
Checked the posts, checked all the info on ebay, just to make sure I got one that would fit.
My machine is low chank so I didn't get the first one I found that was for high shank, My machine is straight needle, so I didn't get the second one I found wchich was for slanted. But the third one I found was juuuuussst right. Not to hot, not to cold , not to hard , not to soft ( just thought I would throw in a Goldie locks ref for fun ), and it was complet, instructions and everything, even an extra cam.
So I bought it, cost me all of 1 dollar, you would think that nasty little old lady would give me a deal but ... :-)
Ok back to the serious stuff. Got home , got some scraps , set it buttonholer up, fitted perfectly. Treadded, loaded up the fabric, strated up.. slowly, IT WORKED !!!!! for half a button hole and then the needle broke.
Turns out its not only low/high straight/slanted I had to look for, but also needle position. RATS one loony down the crapper.
Ok so my machine seems to be the problem I have a japanese badge machine which no one has ever heard of. And it only has one need position :"Left"
So what do I do now ? does anyone know if there is an adjustment I can make to the buttonholer to ...shift it to the left a little ? is there an adapter out there somewhere ?
Any idea ? , at all ?
for those interested the buttonholer is a Singer model 160506 , it is black can comes in a forest green case. ( I know that the burgondy case is for slanted needles). The case is not one or those spaceship ones just a regular rectangular box with an attached lid.
Thanks
Jean P.
PS this is probably Karma for me hating the 401, rats again