My newly acquired Singer 66-6 machine won't stitch. It was stiff and with cleaning and penetrating oil it loosened up and now runs very smoothly. However, it will not form the loop and no stitches are made. The upper thread coils up, then breaks, at times the bottom thread "locks" and the rotation stops. I've tried all sorts of tension settings, I've "verified" the timing, with the bottom timing mark coinciding with the needle lined up with the tip of the hook. Needle bar is in the very middle of its adjustment travel, bobbin is free and "properly" threaded, new genuine Singer needle. I'm at a loss, could use a little help, thanks.
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Hi,
Have you made sure the presser foot is not sticking in a half-way down position? Also how about the tension of the thread. This is an interesting question, if you find out what the problem is, would you post the answer here?
----Thank you,
Robyn
Thanks for your replies. The presser foot goes all the way down and the tension tightens when the foot is in sewing position. I just took out the toothed conveyor and the bobbin case to be able to observe the movements of the hook and the (threaded for this purpose) needle. It all seems normal, needle goes down, meets the hook at the right time, goes around the bobbin to form the loop , then the cycle repeats. The oddity is that when I insert the bobbin, the thread has a rough time to travel around the bobbin case, catching against the bobbin case.
Hi,
Thank you so much. I would love to know what solution you find to this :)
Blessings,
Robyn
Make sure no threads or bits of fabric are stuck under the feed dogs.
It sounds like you have really been working at this for some time.
I have found that sometimes I just miss a "step" or something and can never get everything to working right.
There are several groups that I "join" (no charges) so that I could ask questions about my vintage Singers and they have always been patient in trying to help me (an amateur).
If you would like to contact some of these they may be able to help you but they also have excellent tutorials on some of the sites. You will have to join (email) but I do not think you will regret it - especially Ismacs.
mysewingmachineobsession.blogspot.../
Thanks CG, I sure have been trying hard to get my 66 to work. I have learned enough to be able to get my White 1065 going again, but the Singer hasn't budge. Thanks for the links, I'll go through them in search of my solution. I wander what happens if someone loosens the "QQ" screw (fig 21 on the manual, which advises that under no circumstances that screw is to be loosened).
Please try asking on the Ismacs site as these are true sewing machine people and they love to help solve problems.
I really love receiving their messages as they are always interesting.
You can sign up for just emails and not a member (membership cost money and email is free).
Since you may need help with something else in the future this is a good site to join.
You state newly acquired. Can you talk to the shop or person where you purchased it and ask for guidance? I would hope that would get you back up and stitching!! Post back what you learn!
I got it running like a Swiss watch, over the last several days I searched the internet for information about my machine. The folks at Vintagesingers.com gave me a lot of tips and I also went over the timing procedure, which turned out to be quite simple. As it turned out, it was not out of timing and the issues were more related to lack of use and barely noticeable stiffness, aggravated by improper needle, improper thread tensions and I believe it threw too much at it to wake her up. I thoroughly cleaned every joint with liquid wrench got all of the lint and debris from the bobbin area, started to use a #20 sharp heavy duty needle, switched from Nylon to V64 Sailrite thread and it started to stitch as it was designed.
How awesome!!! Thanks for sharing the details!! Happy stitching to all!! :)
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