machine oiled, clean, no thread clog. needle mechanism won't go up/down. Struggling like it's locked up. See nothing to make it lock. please help. Belongs to elderly lady finishing last quilt.
took machine to repair shop. mechanism inside. not broken, needs adjusting of some sort. Thanks for input.
Essence
April 2010
Hello Essence,
Have you made sure the stop motion wheel is tight ?
Can you hear a buzzing from the motor when you put your foot on the foot control ?
If you can hear a buzzing the chances are there is thread still stuck round the raceway, yopu need to take the bobbin case out and have a good look, with the bobbin case out the machine should move, if it does not and the motor is buzzing then you have a problem.
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