Machine tension questions
#11
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: PA
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Try using tear away stabilizer underneath. Light weight will work. You'll need to be carful removing it so you don't pull stitches out. If you have a walking foot use that too. I sewed thick slippery items on my DSM using this method.
#12
I don't think I'd use the featherweight for it. They have fairly weak motors compared to most vintage machines.
Did I miss it? I didn't see anything about you possibly loosening the bobbin tension to make it easier for the top thread to pull it up...
Did I miss it? I didn't see anything about you possibly loosening the bobbin tension to make it easier for the top thread to pull it up...
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 374
My vote is for an older, mechanical machine. I did boat covers and repairs on the cloth top and tonneau covers for our MG. My machine was an Elna Super 62c. I still mourn that machine. I bought it in 1972 - forever ago.
Good luck.
Pat
Good luck.
Pat
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