airann 1 #1 April 7, 2002 Ok, its the damn bobbin..... It balls up a ton of thread from underneath, but hardly any from the top - it wont make a stich.......My Mcchine is an ultra cool alvacodo green, heavy as an anvil, likely made in the late 60's - it has sweet skydiving stickers all over it and its cool, but ITS WHacKed....Damn it, I turned all the tension thingies and likely cant get them back to the right tension, ....... H E LL PPIs it the tension?or is it likely somthing else that is making it do this rat nest in the bottom and get balled up.....There is this china dude down the street who might could tell me... but I would have to get outta my pajamas and go over there and he will want to sell me a vacume cleaner......Ann ~ www.AirAnn.comLevin in RW suit.. I have pictures!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
packman 0 #2 April 7, 2002 hey Ann , is the thread bunching up under the machine where the bobbin is or is it bunching up under the material ?could be a number of things that would cause this.wrong size needleout of timethreaded through machine wrongbobbin in correctlyhard to tell you without looking at the machine, but check these things first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airann 1 #3 April 7, 2002 You know what earlier it was doing both .....now just underneath where the bobbin is.......I had not even got the material in there yet..about the needle, I took it out (I dont remember) and had trouble getting it bck in, I couldnt remember from when I was a kid doing this, but anyway I got it back but ... I think its right it is the one that came with it.....I was going to put another needle in there for medium weight material...Ann ~ www.AirAnn.comLevin in RW suit.. I have pictures!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard 0 #4 April 7, 2002 I would put in a new needle and try a different bobbin. Ive had this happen and the problem was a loosely wound bobbin. If that doesnt fix it, check the timing. Hope this helps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadDog 0 #5 April 8, 2002 When I had that problem, it was a combination of the wrong thread and wrong size needle. You probably need a new vacuum cleaner anyway.CorporateLawyerDave aka BadDog Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirils 1 #6 April 8, 2002 Your machine has seen better days. Do the right thing and bury it in the back yard....Oh, by the way, I have a White Serger machine with little use for sale for $250.00. Skydiving is not a static excercise with discrete predictability... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #7 April 8, 2002 Go back to the basics.Clean your machine, especially the lint under the tension spring on the bobbin case.Oil it.Say nice things to it.To figure out which way to install the needle, Stare at the hook underneath. Remember that the hook is supposed to pass through the small scarf in the needle.Remember that 90% of sewing machine problems can be cured by fixing a mis-routed thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
