Can't release the stop motion knob on FW
#1
Can't release the stop motion knob on FW
On a FW I was gifted, I cannot get the silver stop motion knob to budge at all. It should release by turning the knob counter-clockwise while holding the hand wheel but the knob will not turn at all. Thought maybe someone had just tightened it a bit much so I tried using one of those rubber jar opener gripper things but still couldn't move it. I tried removing the screw that holds the knob on but, even with the screw out, I can't move that knob - neither turn it nor pull it off. The machine runs beautifully but if I want to wind a bobbin I can't stop the needle from moving up and down if I can't release that knob.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
#2
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Hi Pam. You will have to really oil it probably. More than once. I have that trouble all the time. It takes my Son or my Husband with a big handled TINY screw driver to finally get it loose. Leave the little screw out until you get it to unwind a smidge. If you can put it on its end so the oil will go around in the screw hole. Sometimes I give it a little "judo Lesson", with a rubber hammer. But be careful! Maybe a hair dryer would help.
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or (no booing please) you can do like I do with my 301A, wind the next bobbin you will need as you are sewing the current project. It might be that you will need 2 spools of the same color/neutral occasionally. It tickles me to always have that next bobbin ready and waiting....giggle.....
have a great weekend everyone !
#6
A dissolvent oil that I've used with success for stubborn stuck metal parts, is KANO Aerokroil; it magically creeps to where it needs to. It just requires patience with repeated applications of oil soakings and wrenching with a swatch of leather between the knob and teeth of a vice grip pliers. Then once you get it loose, clean the gunk with Mean Green Cleaner & Degreaser. Then if you have it loose and it still won't come off, then use a flat-tipped metal punch and rubber hammer to coax it to slide off from behind.
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[QUOTE=You can do like I do with my 301A, wind the next bobbin you will need as you are sewing the current project. It might be that you will need 2 spools of the same color/neutral occasionally. It tickles me to always have that next bobbin ready and waiting....giggle.....]
Wait, I'm confused, although I love this idea. Do you have a second spool of thread off to the side for the bobbin to wind from?
Ila
Wait, I'm confused, although I love this idea. Do you have a second spool of thread off to the side for the bobbin to wind from?
Ila
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