erpooler Report post Posted January 16 My aunt gave me her Singer 51w54 and I found the user manual online. The problem is that she didn't know how to set up the thread and bobbin and the user manual pictures are a little different than what I have. Does anyone have a 51w54 and can take some pictures or short video of their thread and bobbin set up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burkhardt Report post Posted January 16 @Northmount probably best to move to sewing machines if you would be so kind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Burkhardt said: @Northmount probably best to move to sewing machines if you would be so kind. Moved. @erpooler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 16 (edited) There are 2 basic types of 51w sewing machines, an early type with thread take up lever on the left side and the later type with thread take up lever on the front side. You can download the manual for either type here. They should help to figure which one you have. Edited January 16 by Constabulary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erpooler Report post Posted January 16 11 hours ago, Constabulary said: There are 2 basic types of 51w sewing machines, an early type with thread take up lever on the left side and the later type with thread take up lever on the front side. You can download the manual for either type here. They should help to figure which one you have. Thank you. I do have the owners manual as well as the parts manual. I believe someone may have made some modifications since my model has a couple of different features as to how the thread is run. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 17 Please post some good clear pictures of your machine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erpooler Report post Posted January 18 On 1/17/2024 at 5:26 AM, Constabulary said: Please post some good clear pictures of your machine The picture on the far right is of my machine, which looks different than the manual. The first difference is the metal piece with 3 holes to wrap the thread to increase tension. My manual doesn't have that at all. I have seen some pictures and videos of similar models with this 3 hole bracket, but in all of those the bracket was mounted horizontally and not vertically like mine. I did try twisting in to the horizontal position and I can get it to rotate to about the 5:00 o'clock position. I may be able to rotate it some more but I didn't want to break it. The Picture on the left shows where I put the thread before I threaded the bottom of the needle. Is that where it goes? The manual shows it goes through something, but it didn't like this in the picture. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 18 The orientation of that thread guide should not be an issue. Anyway, it is held in place by a tiny set screw coming from the top. See picture (yellow circle). Top thread look correctly threaded to me. So what is going on with the bottom thread. Or what is the overall problem? is it not sewing or not picking up the bottom thread? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erpooler Report post Posted January 18 (edited) 4 hours ago, Constabulary said: The orientation of that thread guide should not be an issue. Anyway, it is held in place by a tiny set screw coming from the top. See picture (yellow circle). Top thread look correctly threaded to me. So what is going on with the bottom thread. Or what is the overall problem? is it not sewing or not picking up the bottom thread? Thank you Constabulary. I got it to stitch. I just need to play around with the different tension adjustments to set the depth of the stitch correctly. I just wasn't sure if I threaded just above the needle eye correctly. Edited January 18 by Northmount Moved post out of the quote box so it is obvious it's not part of the quote. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
