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Perfect, I assumed it was right but with the positioner working it just looked funny. thanks. btw, that video is great explanation.

So that is kind of what my question is. On this machine, the needle top of stoke happens 20-25 degrees before the take up arm reaches its top of stroke and that is when the bobbin thread releases. top photo marked 0 is needle top of stroke, bottom marked R is take up top of stroke.

Hello all, this forum helped greatly in helping me identify the machine that I wanted and most anything I needed to know. however, I have one issue that I can’t seem to find the answer to. my machine sews pretty well, and I have outfitted it with a consew servo motor and eps. Works awesome. the question I have is that when my needle comes to the peak of the up stroke, my bobbin thread is still hooked. I have to advance the hand wheel 20-25 degrees before the thread releases to pull out so I can cut it. I have checked the timing from the hand wheel to the bobbin shaft as shown in the manual and it’s dead on. its a minor inconvenience but the needle has already started dropping by the time the thread releases and seems wrong. Maybe that is just how these machines are, but if it’s not I want to fix it. thanks for any guidance.

I’ve been reading a great deal of posts here and gathered a lot of information from you all. I have a singer 16-188 that I have been using and I am going to look at a 111w155 on Saturday. Do you have any pointers I should examine while checking out the machine? I am pretty technical but never had my hands on one of these. thanks