Consew 226 Stiching Is Reversed?

[jkbuzbee]

so if my machine is showing knots on the bottom side I need more top tension?

[TXAG]

so if my machine is showing knots on the bottom side I need more top tension?

Yes.

Edited January 14, 2014 by TXAG

[Piedmont]

So let me expand on that a bit.. and probably show my limited knowledge.. but I'll try and help, or lead you down the wrong path..

I like to think of the top and bottom tension like a tug of war.. with the knot being the center point.. if its in the middle life is grand..

On the bottom it could be the bobbin tension to high OR the top tension too low.. same when the knots on top.. top could be too high or bobbin too low..

So you MIGHT be able to fix it by just adjusting the top tension basically.. or not..

Or like in my case, it really wasn't the tension in the tension adjuster, it was the tension in the whole system.. which was frustrating, because I was adjusting the f&*ck out of that thing with NO results.. but it ended up being the tension from the spool, and another point that's too much to go into..

So good luck, and let us know how it goes..

T

[TXAG]

You should always START with adjusting the actual tension knob though...that's what I was talking about in my previous post. IF and ONLY if you cannot get it adjusted properly with the main tension knob, THEN you can start trying to adjust the bobbin tension.

So in my previous post, I answered "Yes." because they need to check their top tension first with the main tension knob and try to adjust it there.

[jkbuzbee]

thank you both txag and piedmont im about 99% sure that I have it threaded right thanks to youtube :-) the problem im having is that if I do have a bobbin tension problem I cant find where to adjust it at. in the manual it says by the screw near the center spring at the outside of the bobbin case can anyone help me out with this?

[TXAG]

This is pretty much what my bobbin case looks like for my machine...that screw on the side that holds down the piece of spring steel is how you adjust the bobbin tension. If yours looks like that, try adjusting in 1/4 turns at a time. (Rotate left (counter-clockwise) to loosen...right (clockwise) to tighten)

Edited January 14, 2014 by TXAG

[jkbuzbee]

this is what it looks like

boobin.pdf

Edited January 14, 2014 by jkbuzbee

[TXAG]

Yeah, I don't see a decent pic of your bobbin case in there. If it has a screw on the case holding down a piece of spring steel (which the bobbin thread is routed under), that is the screw you use to adjust the bobbin tension.

From page 7 of your manual:

"B. Tension of the Lower (Bobbin) thread:

The lower (bobbin) thread tension is controlled by the screw near the center of the spring at the outside of the bobbin case. Turning this screw clockwise will increase the thread tension, while turning it to the left of counterclockwise will decrease it."

...which is almost precisely what I just said.

Have you actually read the manual for your machine yet?

Edited January 14, 2014 by TXAG

[jkbuzbee]

yes sir I have read it or at least I read that manual. There are so many screws in there I wasn't sure what they were talking about and near the center of the spring if your looking at the picture of the bobbin on pg 3 I see no spring but I will try to adjusting that little screw that holds the piece of steel that the thread goes thru.

thanks for your help txag

[TXAG]

It's not an actual "spring" -- it is a piece of spring steel. It should be the only screw on your bobbin case...and your bobbin case should look similar to the one I posted a pic of earlier.