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Is it normal that the thread will go over bobbin like in the first photo? When I did hand crank, it has some forcing sound a bit. 

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Raising the presser foot should release the upper tension disks... rotating the hand wheel should allow the upper thread to clear the bobbin mechanism (try rocking the hand wheel backwards and forwards as you pull the material free).  If that doesn't free both threads then double check the adjustments mentioned.  Multiple threads(cut) coming out of the feed dog in your picture, indicates upper thread is still captured by bobbin assembly i.e. shouldn't be more than one thread there (bobbin thread).  I will hook the upper thread with an index finger where the thread rises above the tension disks and lash spring and pull some slack after lifting presser foot if top tension is tight so not to stress the workpiece.

That's the correct threading shown tho most don't use it.  And yes... it will increase upper tension by design.  The Singer 111 has that pin on the opposite side of the mechanism and is supposed to be threaded accordingly.  The machines will still work if you don't.  But it does appear you may have missed a guide out of frame prior to the tension assembly. There is vertical wear indications on the first chrome guide feeding the tension disks and the thread is coming in at a different angle... your thread appears to be riding the casting even tho there is no scuffing of the paint.  This doesn't affect or cause your problem but...

 

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I'm curious when you say it's the correct threading. I've checked my manuals for Singer 111 and 211 series, my Seiko and Pfaff 335 (both old and new castings) and none of them show the thread going around that pin.

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

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These pictures are to show the way the machine is correctly threaded according to the pfaff manual. The thread does not go around the pin in the illustration.

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I would go for what wiz suggested. 

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That's the correct threading shown tho most don't use it. And yes... it will increase upper tension by design. The Singer 111 has that pin on the opposite side of the mechanism and is supposed to be threaded accordingly. The machines will still work if you don't.




That pin is not on there to pass the thread around, that pin is only there to stop the tension discs spinning. Threading around that pin is totally incorrect and was never "by design" on any machine which has a pressure disc and take up spring assembly mounted on on the side of the machine..such as Singer 111 , 211, Pfaff 335, Juki ( whatever ) etc..( there is a very long list of machines, waaay too long to list here, where threading around that pin is wrong and was never intended to be done ) ..There ought to be a piece of "code" that looks for comments that say to thread around that pin, and then block the incorrect information, like the way bad language filters work..
then maybe the myth would die..

Btw ..just because a certain machine dealer's video shows it that way does n't make it correct either..

Rant off :)

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43 minutes ago, mikesc said:

That pin is not on there to pass the thread around

That is why i put up the pictures :whistle:

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I know :)
But I type very slowly..so hadn't seen that you'd put up the 335 manual pics..
OT/ How many manuals in total for all the machines do you have ? Must be entire walls of shelves ( digital or real life ) of them in your place.. :)

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And going around that pin would certainly cause an increase in thread tension!!

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

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And going around that pin would certainly cause an increase in thread tension!!


And doing so can damage various parts of the machine, in either the short or long term..will cause increased wear and premature failure of parts that are "further along the line" than the pin..and can damage the hook ( by placing it under strain due to way over tolerance top tension being applied via going around that pin ), the timing wil not like it, the stitches ( length and formation )will not be as controllable..
You'll also hear that "snap" that wiz mentions a lot when the take up spring is giving a problem because it is not adjusted correctly, but it won't be because of the take up spring..it will be because of the pin..

Going around that pin is like pulling the "D Ring" on a parachute with the hand on the same side that the "D Ring" is on..

If you do that, you cannot pull smoothly across your body..sometimes it will work OK..sometimes it won't..it only needs one "won't" ..

Some things there is indeed a right way and a wrong way..the right way to thread a machine is "do not go around that pin"..that is not what it is for..

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11 hours ago, mikesc said:

Must be entire walls of shelves ( digital or real life ) of them in your place.. :)

:o:lol:

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