Help! Thread caught in bobbin area of my 101!
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The thread jammed up on my Singer 101 and there is a piece stuck in the bobbin area. I removed the plate and feed dogs and tried to gently tug on it while I wiggled the wheel, but it is stuck tight. The wheel will only turn about 1/8 inch either way. I am assuming I need to remove the bobbin assembly, but don't know how. I see what looks like a screw with a hole in the center underneath where the bobbins lays. Is that what will release the bobbin assembly? Any help appreciated!
Linda
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I tried that with one end that was sticking out and it broke off instead of coming out. I'm afraid to tug too hard on the other end for fear of it breaking also. Thanks for your help, though!
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Aaargh. I just had that happen with my featherweight. My wheel turns but that thread is really wedged in. I looked in my manual and there's a diagram of the bobbin holding assembly. I must admit that I'm a little afraid of removing those parts. If I can't get them reassembled..... I'm not within several hundred miles of a good sewing machine guy/gal.
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Glenda M (above) and I solved your problem the same way. I don't know what it was about the oil and turning back-and-forth combined with gentle pressure that made it happen but everybody came unstuck literally and figuratively.
I keep a battery of metal tweezers in my sewing room. Two exceedingly long ones I picked up, believe it or not, at a gourmet food store. One which I could ruin and not get gray hair and wrinkles over. One that has a lovely and sturdy set of semi-pointed tips. And finally, the ones that, should they come to a nasty end, would be the cause of a great deal of woe. My recommendation is you kind of keep an eye out for various sorts of these things. Getting the right pressure at the right point with the right lubrication seems to be important.
Oh and then there is a surgical seam ripper. It looks as though it started out life to be used in surgery but it didn't quite make the required quality. It is more than plenty sharp to be used with threads and fabrics. I have had to get threads out of really small places and occasionally I have to cut, pull out a bit, cut some more. The tip on this ripper is tiny and slightly curved so you can actually get it in there and see it what you are doing and cut, all at the same time. What a concept! The ripper is exceedingly sharp - all the way to the tip of that point.
Sorry to be so loquacious but I hoped that I had some information that might be of help either now or in the future.
Have you figured out that I hate having anyone else's hands on my sewing equipment?
Peculiar Pat
I keep a battery of metal tweezers in my sewing room. Two exceedingly long ones I picked up, believe it or not, at a gourmet food store. One which I could ruin and not get gray hair and wrinkles over. One that has a lovely and sturdy set of semi-pointed tips. And finally, the ones that, should they come to a nasty end, would be the cause of a great deal of woe. My recommendation is you kind of keep an eye out for various sorts of these things. Getting the right pressure at the right point with the right lubrication seems to be important.
Oh and then there is a surgical seam ripper. It looks as though it started out life to be used in surgery but it didn't quite make the required quality. It is more than plenty sharp to be used with threads and fabrics. I have had to get threads out of really small places and occasionally I have to cut, pull out a bit, cut some more. The tip on this ripper is tiny and slightly curved so you can actually get it in there and see it what you are doing and cut, all at the same time. What a concept! The ripper is exceedingly sharp - all the way to the tip of that point.
Sorry to be so loquacious but I hoped that I had some information that might be of help either now or in the future.
Have you figured out that I hate having anyone else's hands on my sewing equipment?
Peculiar Pat
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