Hello, I hope I'm not messing up this thread, but I've been reading this thread and wonder if some of you can help me get an old Singer 97 running again. I have tried several times and generally I'm good at figuring out things but its got me stumped. Im a retired saddlemaker but I still get occasional requests to do something for friends. When I sold the shop to my apprentice, I had a a Landis 16 that I sold with the shop.
I have two Singer 97's. One more complete than the other. So i guess I have one parts machine. I bought them many years ago because I wanted a closed eye machine for doing heavy nylon but I never got it working. I have the manual and the parts books and an assortment of needles.
Can someone first tell me what size needle to use with 207 or 277 and do you use one size smaller in the bobbin?
The problem I have is with the tensioner on the back and timing the whole thing. I get it to sew for a few stiches and then it starts looping big time on the bottom. Its been a while (years) since I tried to get it going but I will probably go try it again tomorrow.
thanks in advance.
Gary
