HighTex CB243 help needed

[AlZilla]

14 hours ago, Damas said:

true, I confirm and cheked. I added a picture with needle plate in position showing that issue clearly comes from feed dog placement

Your earlier post said the feed dog was bent. Have you decided it's not?  Maybe drop the foot and lower the needle to evaluate the position of all 3 (foot , feed dog and needle) to get a better idea what's going on.

Edited 1 hour ago by AlZilla
Better wording

[Damas]

@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 ?

 

 

[Damas]

1 hour ago, AlZilla said:

Maybe drop the foot and lower the needle to evaluate the position of all 3 (foot , feed dog and needle) to get a better idea what's going on.

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

[Constabulary]

You can move the feed dog holder a bit sideways.The feed dog holder is attached to the feeding rod with 2 pointed screws (one on either side).

When I look at this picture I think the feed dog seems to be misaligned. What I would do first is loosen the 2 feed dog screws and try to align the feed dog. 

Then I would try to move the feed dog holder to the left.

It should be the same as on Singer or 45K or Adler 104 flat bed machines.

I´ll take pictures tomorrow...

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Constabulary

[Constabulary]

aaaah I´m toooo much "singerized" I guess... 🤪 

its a bit different on the 243 as it seem but you can move the feed dog holder sideways.... but its a bit more difficult as it seems. Looks like you have to loosen the 2 screws #25 but an actual picture of the underside of your machine may give us a better idea.... 

Edited 4 hours ago by Constabulary

[AlZilla]

4 hours ago, Damas said:

Is it the part of the shuttle circled in red in my pic ?

I read through that section and wasn't sure, either.  I'll bet Friquant or Constabulary will know.  I saw the post that seems to show a little rotational movement for the feed dog.

If I'm visualizing it right, it seems like moving the needle away from the hook would move it even closer to the feed dog hole.

It'll be interesting to see the final outcome.