Damas

@AlZilla I tried this already, no lateral movement... @friquant yes, I used a brand new 230 needle as recommanded in engineer's manual and then my usual 160 to check every modification Thank you both of you for your kind words and help through this journey 😅 it helps ! I feel less alone 😆

Yes, it is still all the way to the right, as it was in the begining. I messed up eveything trying to do what @Constabulary was suggesting. It's been the hard way to learn that these screws/settings will only allow me to move feed dog original position from : - Up or down - Back and forth The procedure I should now try is the one suggested by @friquant and it should allow me to move the needle bar block in order to center the needle. This is why I am reluctant. It's clearly the feed dog which should be moved but there is no way to do that. My last option is now to move the whole needle bar block

Thank you to all your advices, I finally succeeded to unfroze that screw. I tryed to move the shuttle race accordingly to manual but the shuttle itself was then rubbing on the other side of the race so I revert to initial position... to realized that I messed timing up and had to resync everything... I then decided to see if I could move the feeddog, and messed up everything again... It took me another hour to understand what to do and fix that issue So I am now back to the start point. I am considering doing the procedure below as suggested by @friquant but i am messing up so much that I feel a bit scared... My situation is number II so it won't be an easy fix procedure

Yes, allen wrench and nothing stronger than wd40 It's the red circle, the blue ones are ok. I am supposed to free all three in order to move the all shuttle part according to engineer's manual As shown here :

@AlZilla working on it 😅 @friquant I have the chapman set, it cost me much more here in Europe but it's so far one of my best buy, no regrets ! The screw is hexa type and above in size of the ones included in the set. I put some wd40 yesterday, I'll try again today...

Hi, well I guess I will have to make discussed adjustments first, and then post feedback here once done... So far my issue is a reluctant screw that I am still trying to free in order to proceed I also post extra pics as requested by @Constabulary and @AlZilla

There is the local album link

I'll do that today, sorry

To All, thank you so much for your help. I asked a manual from Hightex EU and they sent me the attached leaflet (CB7243 is the other name of CB243)... Also, I took pictures and made videos of my machine, I hope it will cover all the pics you asked for, but in case not, I will take some more ! In order to ease overview of the machine, I did an album : Here is the local album link 7243.pdf

I'll do that tomorrow, the day is over on this side of the Atlantic and I am no longer at the workshop

@AlZilla It's in the post below the one you mention that I am wondering if it's bent or not (post is still visible on previous page). I cheched it and can not decide if it's bent or not... It's hard to tell when you have nothing to compare to so I ordered a new one but won't get it before two weeks Meanwhile, I put a 230/26 needle in the machine (I normally use 160/23), as asked in engineer's manual and needle was rubbing on the shuttle point so I set "needle to shuttle clearance" accordingly, it's not rubbing anymore I am now trying to set up "needle to shuttle driver clearance" but I am confused trying to understand what I have to look at. Is it the part of the shuttle circled in red in my pic ?

Actually I just noticed feed dog seems to be bent on that pic... Maybe it is and I should buy a new one before trying any other ajustement !

@friquant thank you so much ! I had a different version of the manual that did not show this adjustment @AlZilla true, I confirm and cheked. I added a picture with needle plate in position showing that issue clearly comes from feed dog placement

Yes, that's the point. I need either to move needle bar or feed dog, depending on what is ajustable on this machine to have everything in line I just don't know how to do that. This is why I came here and asked