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From: Teaque
Date: 04-02-2004, 02:19 PM (1 of 7)
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Hi There! I'm a new sewer and I'm having some trouble winding the bobbin. I took a class but the machines we used were different from the one I have at home and now I'm at a loss. This is what I did: I put the spool on the spindle, put the bobbin on the bobbin spindle, threaded from the spool around the hook, onto the bobbin. The I'm supposed to 'disengage the needle'. I do this by holding the outter knob thing (the one that's usually on the right side) and turn the fly wheel (the wheel that's inside the bigger wheel) towards me. I got this far yesterday. Then, when I pressed the foot, nothing happened (except that the outter wheel spun and spun). Isn't the spool of thread supposed to spin? Then I took everything off to try to thread it all again. I spun the outter wheel, re-engaging the needle. I went downstairs to look up on the internet why the spool wasn't spinning. Found nothing. I came back upstairs to try it again and now the damn fly wheel won't budge. Could it have gotten stuck so quickly? Am I missing a step or a button that's supposed to be hit? Oh, and I have a Husky machine... Thanks! |
User: Teaque
Member since: 04-02-2004 Total posts: 2 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 04-02-2004, 06:56 PM (2 of 7)
Do you not have a manual?? What does it say.? If you do not have one, then you need to get one Immediately , if not sooner..If you do not have one there are sites on the internet you can look up your machine and order a manual for it..
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: Teaque
Date: 04-02-2004, 09:43 PM (3 of 7)
| I can't find a manual. I have a Husky 160. I've called the *only* dealer near me about 5 times to order a manual - to no avail... |
User: Teaque
Member since: 04-02-2004 Total posts: 2 |
From: paroper
Date: 04-02-2004, 09:53 PM (4 of 7)
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In most cases, you disingage the needle in the manner you described. You put your thread on the bobbin spindle and over on the far left there should be some sort of tension control for the bobbin...usually it is a little flat knob looking thing that you take the thread around from the front to the back....clockwise. The thread should loosely "seat in a groove in the little knob or button....then take the thread from the back of the button and put it from the inside through one of the holes in your bobbin and seat your bobbin soundly on the bobbin spindle. If there happens to be two layers of holes, near the edge and near the middle, take the thread from the inside through a hole nearest the middle and hold the end of the thread at the top...hold on TIGHT. When you start this process, the thread will be prone to pull out of your fingers...just hold on tight until it twists and breaks. There should be some sort of little lever or flat contraption or bar near the bobbin spindle. This contraption usually presses into the bobbin to control the wind of the bobbin. It may also touch the bobbin itself. This is also a bobbin sensor that should stop your bobbin when it is full. Now, in most cases, you turn the large wheel to the side to start the process and hold down your presser foot....(holding your thread) and it should work. If you should drop the thread or have a tail of thread through the bobbin when it is wound, cut this as close as possible to avoid thread nests when you sew. In most older machines, the bobbin winder is located on the front and you raise it to the wheel which, when it turns, will wind the bobbin...and then there are a few that wind in the case itself...but that's another chapter. I hope that this will help you thread your bobbin.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: paroper
Date: 04-02-2004, 09:55 PM (5 of 7)
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PS If when you start your bobbin going your needle moves, you may not have disengaged your wheel...just stop and do it. Sometimes on new machines, these wheels are really tight.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: dmoses
Date: 04-03-2004, 08:17 AM (6 of 7)
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Usually, when you put the bobbin on the bobbin winder, you are supposed to then push the winder into 'winding position'. I'm not explaining this very well, but you slide the winder slightly and it usually 'clicks' into position. Could this be the problem?
Take care,
Donna |
User: dmoses
Member since: 02-22-2002 Total posts: 964 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-03-2004, 08:56 AM (7 of 7)
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That's exactly what I thought, Donna. It's the one thing she didn't say she was doing. Just see if the post your bobbin sits on will slide a little in one direction or another. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
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