Honchey

Hi, I have this cloned machine that a previous person tried to redo the wiring and now the machine only sews backwards...Could it be that something with the wiring is reversed?

Cari-in-Oly

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think the two wires that connect to the brush terminals need to be reversed.

Cari

J Miller

On some motors the wires can be reversed and the motor will run backwards. On others it won't matter. But that does sound plausible.
Also if the machine has one of the old huge Hamilton-Beach type motors they have a pair of knobs which can be moved to change the motor rotation.

Joe

Honchey

I'm hoping that will be the solution...I hate to get rid of the machine ...It's so pretty...

Thanks so much for the responses...

J Miller

A couple pics of the machine and it's motor would go a long way in things like this. There were so many hundreds of clone names that the name only doesn't really tell the story.

Joe

ArchaicArcane

Does it stitch backwards only when you run the motor, or also when you turn the handwheel?

Only with the motor, probably what everyone was saying.

Handwheel too - 1. the machine is designed to crank backwards from what we're used to - i.e the handwheel turns away from us, not toward - but I don't think that's the case with this particular machine. 2. The feed dog timing is off by 180 degrees.

Honchey

So sorry I haven't taken a photo yet..I was called into work then a family reunion, grandkids on sunday.and now have to go in to work for the net 3 days...I'll try to check for the answers inbetween everything..Thanks so much for the interest...