Shout out to the forum

[hivoltfl]

I am a newbie here but have been using the search feature and want to give a big shout out to all, this place is great, I searched for posts on a 29k51 I have that is out of time, bad out of time, found some pictures and since I have no manuals thanks to snail mail I have spent 5 days of pure frustration, the pictures were of a properly tuned shuttle plate, at least I found out where I needed to get too, the cam adjustment would not get me close or remain in position as close as I could get it, spin the hand wheel about four times and it was right back to where I started from, what made no sense to me something was moving and I could not find it, until I thought there has to be a nut on the back side of that cam, sure enough it turned 2 plus turns before it made contact so my trusty 3/8ths wrench fixed that part  but it was still out of time, more looking and I took the plate off the gearbox everything seemed ok not to much play and no signs of wear, then it dawned on me, I dropped the needle to the lowest position and removed the middle gear and manually placed the shuttle carrier where it needed to go and reinstalled the middle gear snugged up that cam nut so it could not move and my machine was in time and will pick up that bobbin thread like a champ, have been playing with tension and have it sewing a pretty good stich with what I have, need needles and proper thread and I am confident it will sew great. Thanks again to all, saved me and my sledge hammer some work. I also have an 1893 29-2 that sews but has been cobbled up with modern stuff, another project for another day, Regards to all Rick