Presser Foot Not Lifting While Sewing.

[chris989]

Hello everyone,

I have a consew 206 and I have been through the manual, parts book and google but can not locate an answer. Just tonight, my presser foot, not the walking foot, no longer lifts. I have inspected everywhere and can not find anything broken but i also can not understand what mechanism lifts this foot under normal conditions.

everything lifts with the knee lift. In the past i have adjusted the lift of the feet by using the 10mm hex bolt on the rear of the machine. the one that can change the relation of the feet to each other, But something big happens and now it is just dead.

Any help is appreciated.

Chris

Edited October 19, 2014 by chris989

[chris989]

Figured it out this morning, hope this might help someone in the future.

My machine always had a slight bind on the down stroke. The bell crank arm would strike the presser foot shaft. Finally the presser bar lifting bracket slipped (but still tight to the feel).

Anyway, once adjust the presser bar lifting bracket the machine lifts the foot and has zero bind.

http://www.consew.com/Files/112347/PartsBooks/206RB-5.pdf

pages 5-8

Hope this saves someone some headache

[Colt W Knight]

I have a 206, and will keep this in mind if I have a similar problem.

I had my 206 go out of time one time, and I discovered that there is a silver button on the sewing bed you can press and turn the wheel to get it all back in time. Would this mechanism also readjust the presser bar lifting bracket?

[chris989]

Negative, the adjustment i made was a small screw near to the presser foot lifting arm. To lift the presser foot the vibrating foot must be pushing down onto the bed/material. This action then puts upward presser on the presser foot bracket. My bracket was to low on the shaft and as a result when the vibrating foot would contact the bed, there was no more upward movement available.