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Singer 221 Trouble

14 years ago

HI,

I have a old singer, I am pretty sure it is a 221. Last time I used it was with some help, when my grandmother was alive.

I threaded it, and checked it against a threading diagram I found. What happens is when I have the needle threaded, and I turn it forward, the needle goes down, picks up the lower thread, but then the thread from the top gets caught some how on the the lower bobbin, if I keep moving forward, it breaks the thread off the needle. I've tried it numerous times, including taking out the lower bobbin, and reloading it to make sure it is in place. Last time I used it, it was working well and I have no reason to believe it was damaged. I highly suspect it is a user error on my part, but am at a loss as to what I am doing wrong.

Thanks for any suggestions. I can post photos if that would be helpful, let me know.

Thanks again,

Jamie Dolan

Neenah, WI

Comment (1)

oilpainter
13 years ago
When you put the needle down to catch the bobbin thread, First make sure you have a long enough top thread and then hold on to the tail of the top thread. After it brings up the bobbin thread pull on the top thread a bit and you will be able to pull out the loop of the bobbin thread.

If you are doing this and it still gets caught then you need to clean out the lint and thread from the bobbin case.

If neither of these work then take the cover plate off and slowly turn the hand crank. Watch the bobbin area and see what it's being caught on and let us know
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