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Posted by Betty Vereen Hill on August 19, 2006, 10:34 am
My sewing machine is a Singer 5050C. Less than a week ago, it was humming
along with nary a problem, and this morning, all heck has broken loose. The
top thread looks perfect, but the bobbin thread is in hundreds of large
loops.
There is no repair shop in my small town. Can anyone suggest a fix for this
problem which I might be able to handle on my own?
Betty in Georgia
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Posted by Kate Dicey on August 19, 2006, 11:12 am
Betty Vereen Hill wrote:
> My sewing machine is a Singer 5050C. Less than a week ago, it was humming
> along with nary a problem, and this morning, all heck has broken loose. The
> top thread looks perfect, but the bobbin thread is in hundreds of large
> loops.
>
> There is no repair shop in my small town. Can anyone suggest a fix for this
> problem which I might be able to handle on my own?
>
> Betty in Georgia
>
>
If you are getting loops UNDER the work, it's a TOP thread tension
issue. Before doing ANYTHING expensive, try this:
unthread the machine
Take a length of smooth thick thread (perl cotton is perfect).
Floss the tensions disks as if they were your teeth! be firm but not
brutal!
Check the disks for rust spots and the post in the middle for fossilized
grunge: remove and clean if need be (you may need help if the manual
doesn't have an exploded tension diagram). Reassemble...
Make sure there are no snags in the thread path
Clean and oil the rest of the machine: check the manual for oiling points
Put in a new needle of the correct type and size for the work you are
sewing. test.
If this doesn't work, get back to us. :)
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Betty Vereen Hill on August 19, 2006, 4:11 pm
> If you are getting loops UNDER the work, it's a TOP thread tension issue.
> Before doing ANYTHING expensive, try this:
>
> unthread the machine
>
> Take a length of smooth thick thread (perl cotton is perfect).
> Floss the tensions disks as if they were your teeth! be firm but not
> brutal!
>
> Check the disks for rust spots and the post in the middle for fossilized
> grunge: remove and clean if need be (you may need help if the manual
> doesn't have an exploded tension diagram). Reassemble...
>
> Make sure there are no snags in the thread path
>
> Clean and oil the rest of the machine: check the manual for oiling points
>
> Put in a new needle of the correct type and size for the work you are
> sewing. test.
>
> If this doesn't work, get back to us. :)
Thanks to you, Kate, I'm back in business. The only cost was a bottle of
Singer machine oil. I didn't detect any rust on any metal parts, thank
goodness, and I was able to follow the manual for the oiling points. I am
ever so grateful for your expertise and kind advice.
Betty in Georgia
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Posted by Kate Dicey on August 19, 2006, 5:38 pm
Betty Vereen Hill wrote:
> Thanks to you, Kate, I'm back in business. The only cost was a bottle of
> Singer machine oil. I didn't detect any rust on any metal parts, thank
> goodness, and I was able to follow the manual for the oiling points. I am
> ever so grateful for your expertise and kind advice.
>
> Betty in Georgia
You are very welcome. Glad you got the old treasure back to work. This
is the same technique I use on all my older machines, and, to a certain
extent (oiling being something to be VERY careful about with some
machines!) the new whizzy electronic madly computerised things. :)
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Kay Lancaster on August 19, 2006, 5:41 pm
> along with nary a problem, and this morning, all heck has broken loose. The
> top thread looks perfect, but the bobbin thread is in hundreds of large
> loops.
The thread on the underside of the work is loopy? If so, that says there's
little or no tension on the upper thread.
Try the quick fix of unthreading the upper thread completely. Raise the
presser foot completely and thread the machine (the tension opens so the
thread can enter it when the presser foot is up) -- you can lower the presser
foot after the thread's in the tension in order to make the needle easier
to thread, if you like. And a new needle is often a good idea.
If that doesn't work, then a good cleaning is in order... floss the tension
with heavy thread, get everything nicely cleaned up and oiled properly,
make sure the little felt doily's under the spool of thread on older machines
with upright spool pins, put in a new needle, and rethread.
Cheapie thread that sheds fuzz is a good way to get grunge into the tension
and cause this problem.
Kay
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