HELP! Enina Lotus TSP

Hi. My dad gave us an old Elina Lotus TSP as 1 of our wedding presents & its doing my head in. Most of the time I cant get the lower spool thread into the tensioner, that gives me problems. Whenever I use it I waste spools upon spools of thread, get knots constantly & is forever jamming. Does anyone have any information to help me? PLEASE, I'm about 3 spools away from scrapping it.

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New Bride
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Do you mean "Elna"?

Second question is, do you have a manual? If not

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Next question is, has it been serviced recently... or ever? If not, take it to your local service guy for a thorough cleaning and lubing.

Sorry, I cannot help more, I don't know the machine. But if you are not threading it properly you'll never get it to work right, and you need a manual for that as well as routine maintenance.

HTH,

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BEI Design

Yep - what she said - plus - review the archived posts in the Yahoo Group -

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that refer to the Lotus. I'm not familar with that model, but I've read that it's a quite good machine - worth spending some time reading & learning. Don't scrap it - pass it on to an Elna enthusiast for refurb or parts. John T.

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hubops

Lower spool = bobbin?

Do you have the manual for the machine? Most people who are newish to machine sewing tend to have problems that boil down to a slightly misthreaded machine. It's important to have the bobbin wound correctly and facing the right way, sort of like this:

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(Here are some common beginner problems:

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-- the photos are in pairs, first the top, and then the bottom of the fabric. Blue thread on top, red in the bobbin.)

Another problem that may occur is trying to use cheap thread, which often wants to tangle or knot or break. See:

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If you're threading correctly and still having problems, the machine probably needs a trip to the sewing machine doc and some TLC. These are excellent machines, much sought after, so I do think you'll like it once you get the kinks out.

Kay

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Kay Lancaster

Elna Lotus TSP?

I have one. (Actually, I have three Elna Lotus machines! I'm greedy!) If you can post some pictures for us to see, I may be able to help more. It might be a few days before I get back toy you as things are slightly insane here at the moment... Deep down the costume mines!

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Kate XXXXXX

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