J Miller

I always have to adjust the presser foot tension cos when I get a new to me machine I take P/F springs and adjuster knobs out for a thorough cleaning. Those things tend to get really cruddy.

manicmike,

When you do your adjustment do you do it with the feed dogs down, or up? I've got to play with your adjustment technique on a couple of my machines to see how it works, but I've found that adjusting the presser foot with the feed dogs down gives me a better adjustment.

Joe

J Miller

Addendum to my post above:
I checked mikes method using one of my 66s. That reminded me of another machine that had presser foot tension trouble. The foot shaft was adjusted too high and only made pressure when the feed dogs were up. I had to readjust it so the foot would rest on the needle plate with the dogs down. Then I could get a good adjustment. From there I found that if I removed the needle and lowered the feed dogs first, then did as Mike suggested in his post, I'd have good tension. That sort of comes out to just turning the adjuster to the half way point plus or minus a bit.

Joe