Filling A Bobbin

[truenorth]

There has to be a correct way of filling bobbins, I have been told not to let the presser foot ride the throat plate while filling,is this right?will it damage something?Is this the case for all machines?

[gottaknow]

It won't really hurt anything, other than it's noisy and does bang the feed dogs a bit. It's better to lift the foot a bit either with the knee lift or the manual lift on your particular machine. Most important is making sure your needle is unthreaded and that you hang on to the loose needle thread so it doesn't get all tangled up. If an operator has on a Teflon foot, it does tear it up if you don't lift your foot. Regards, Eric

[CowboyBob]

Eric gave you some good advice.I also like to add it's best not to get in the habit of wnding the bobbin w/o sewing in 5 yers time you'll have 10 ys of wear on the machine.You can wind bobbins w/a drill if needed by getting a small bolt & nut that fits in your bobbin & wind them w/o have to spin your machine.

[RiverCity]

Eric gave you some good advice.I also like to add it's best not to get in the habit of wnding the bobbin w/o sewing in 5 yers time you'll have 10 ys of wear on the machine.You can wind bobbins w/a drill if needed by getting a small bolt & nut that fits in your bobbin & wind them w/o have to spin your machine.

That brings a good question about bobbin winders. What if you have one that won't click open when the bobbin is full, no matter how much tweaking and adjusting?

Chuck

[CowboyBob]

Which machine?

[Wizcrafts]

If you have oiled and adjusted (bend finger down to release sooner) the release finger mechanism and the bobbin winder still won't release when the bobbin is full, buy a new winder assembly.

[truenorth]

Im specifically asking for the adler 205-370 will the presser foot stay up while winding?I am waiting to get the manual hope iot shows it,.and it does have the winder attached to the side

[truenorth]

Thanks everyone and delete my last post!

[RiverCity]

Which machine?

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If you have oiled and adjusted (bend finger down to release sooner) the release finger mechanism and the bobbin winder still won't release when the bobbin is full, buy a new winder assembly.

I've tinkered with bending and twisting the finger, tightening and loosening the screw. The mechanism moves freely, but when the thread touches the finger, it jumps to the side closest to where it touched and would just keep going on one side endlessly. Hopefully that made sense.

Chuck

[gottaknow]

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I've tinkered with bending and twisting the finger, tightening and loosening the screw. The mechanism moves freely, but when the thread touches the finger, it jumps to the side closest to where it touched and would just keep going on one side endlessly. Hopefully that made sense.

Chuck

You need to back the entire wider assembly away from the belt. Loosen up the winder, engage it to the wind position, and slide it into the belt just enough to turn the winder. What's happening is your spring's too wimpy to disengage the winder from the high belt tension. Regards, Eric