how to remove belt on Cowboy 4500

[Uwe]

On 9/6/2016 at 9:20 PM, Uwe said:

If you don't trust that person to assemble things properly, perhaps not such a good source for purchases.

I'll rephrase that: Don't trust the person who installed the belt to do things properly. Read the manual and do it yourself.

Edited September 8, 2016 by Uwe

[dikman]

1 hour ago, Uwe said:

So how did the belt get on the machine if you didn't install it and Bob shipped the machine with the hand wheel removed? 

The logical assumption is that someone else did it for the OP. If that is the case then I would hope they didn't touch anything else 'cos if they couldn't even fit the handwheel correctly then they shouldn't be touching the machine at all.

[CowboyBob]

15 hours ago, Tent99 said:

Thanks Bob, was just trying to avoid bothering you on the phone again yesterday,  Remind me not to ask questions on this board again. sheesh.  ha  The handwheel was loose, like you suspected...but I'm still getting stuff tangled in the bobbin.  Im workin' on it...

I would much rather have you call than fight a problem that you don't know or understand how to fix! Looping underneath is usually a threading issue,you need to make sure you have the thread wrapped around the 2nd tension 1&1/2x,also ALWAYS hold your needle thread when you start sewing the first 3-4 stitches so it doesn't loop underneath too.Many times when it loops underneath people loosen the top tension thinking it's too tight when all it was is the threading or not holding the needle thread.

 

[Uwe]

Please forgive us if we come across harsh, but we don't answer questions that sound a lot like "How do I get this stuck knife drawer open?" with a simple "Press down on the safety latch and pull on the handle."

[JLSleather]

Wait... aint that purdy simple to figure?  I mean.. start the machine.. no material.. don't even need a needle.  Get it rollin'.  Grab the handwheel.  If you can stop the wheel, without stopping the machine, then 'you aint in the groove, man"...

 

Edited September 8, 2016 by JLSleather

[mikesc]

This place is definitely not "harsh" , programmer's fora ( even the "lightweight" ones like "el reg" ) on the other hand..

Edited September 8, 2016 by mikesc

[TinkerTailor]

On 9/6/2016 at 6:54 PM, JLSleather said:

On my piece of cobra, I can put the belt on or off without loosening something else.  Much like the old bridgeport mills l..

 

Do NOT try this at home on yer sewing machine:

 

[CowboyBob]

That's a great way to change a belt,I always would take the nut off & do it the slow way & then adjust with the washers!

 

[mikesc]

Of course, you could count the number of times that that method has gone wrong, on the fingers of ...

[OLDNSLOW]

what is the cowboy thread that you speak of here Jeff.  Is it some other type of new fangled, non tangle, never brake thread, that someone came out with and they put a cowboy hat on it.?  requiring minds would like to know.  Thanks