Got Me An Old Machine

[CowboyBob]

If you take the bobbincase out how much play to the left & right does the shuttle driver have?Sometimes the little screw in the gear loosens up & needs to be tightened up,or the gears could be worn out.

Bob

[shadowryder]

If you take the bobbincase out how much play to the left & right does the shuttle driver have?Sometimes the little screw in the gear loosens up & needs to be tightened up,or the gears could be worn out.

Bob

Hi have removed the bobbincase, there is approx 1/8th to1/4 inch movement each way on the shuttle,

today i got a perfect line of stitching for 11 or12 stitches and then i felt the handle go tight as i tried to work it through tt the next stitch i heard a metal on metal clunk and the thread snapped.

I really would like to get this going myself but fear i might have to put it into the shop and thats 45 bucks an hour i cannot afford right now.

Thanks for all and any help and advice given it is much apreciated,

JJ

[CowboyBob]

That's the problem to much play ,so mewhere,If you look at the bottom on the back side where the flat gear comes out of the arm,the slot on the backside that's were you shine a torch into & turn the machine around & look for thre little hole in the gearthat's were the screw is you might have to clean out the hiole to get at it,tighten it & see if that helps.

[Wizcrafts]

Hi have removed the bobbincase, there is approx 1/8th to1/4 inch movement each way on the shuttle,

today i got a perfect line of stitching for 11 or12 stitches and then i felt the handle go tight as i tried to work it through tt the next stitch i heard a metal on metal clunk and the thread snapped.

I really would like to get this going myself but fear i might have to put it into the shop and thats 45 bucks an hour i cannot afford right now.

Thanks for all and any help and advice given it is much apreciated,

JJ

This happened to me on my previous Singer 29-4 patcher. The thread was getting pulled under the shuttle plate, rather than under the bobbin case. The eye of the needle was too low. I solved the problem by substituting shorter industrial needles for the 29x3 and 29x4 that I bought for the machine. Bob Kovar later suggested that perhaps a needle had broken off just above the needle locking screw (after being overtightened) and was jammed inside the needle mounting hole - above the lock screw.

I don't have that machine anymore to check it. But, you could take off the needle mounting tab, unscrew the needle locking screw, remove the needle and tap it on a hard surface. Maybe, just maybe, a broken top of a needle will fall out and your needles will have the correct length.

Otherwise, the slop in the bobbin drive gears may the the culprit.

Other things to try:

• Move the needle mount closer to the right of the hole. Loosen the screw above the needle locking screw and push the mount to the right, then tighten that screw.
• Lower the needle bar all the way, then shine a flashlight up it on the outside. Look for a paddle shaped spring above the needle mounting bracket. If that paddle is broken, of twisted, or no longer making direct contact with the thread, it will cause skipped stitches.
• Change the needle
• Make sure the needle is threaded from left to right.

[Sylvia]

Hi have removed the bobbincase, there is approx 1/8th to1/4 inch movement each way on the shuttle,

today i got a perfect line of stitching for 11 or12 stitches and then i felt the handle go tight as i tried to work it through tt the next stitch i heard a metal on metal clunk and the thread snapped.

I really would like to get this going myself but fear i might have to put it into the shop and thats 45 bucks an hour i cannot afford right now.

Thanks for all and any help and advice given it is much apreciated,

JJ

JJ:

Talk to the man at the shop. Ask him to come visit you on the weekend and if He agrees to fix it on his own time... you will make him something in leather and take him for a pint or two at the pub. Do a little Bartering. Like for like, trade of services. There's always a way. Maybe he would like a set of leather saddle bags....or maybe he wants a "murse" or a leather "bum bag" who knows... I say ask because all he can do is say NO.