sew wishful

Gee, Nancy. You must think I'm a real ditz! You did send me the Smithsonian...I thought you had a New Home Shuttle manual of your own. LOL! So I've already printed this off but the pic is so small I can't see how the tension part is threaded. I'm gonna attach pics here in a minute so you can help me out. Back in a bit.

sew wishful

Sew, here are the pics...the first is of the tension...one nearly flat metal piece on top with a bend on the left. Pic 2 is the needle bar that goes up and down and looks to me as though the thread goes through it, also. Three is the face plate which has a bar at top right that moves back and forth horizontally, a broken thread guide to the left of the bar, and at the bottom another thread guide. Then on the presser foot bar there is another thread guide (I think). It is on the left of the bar just behind the needle. What do you all think? The wear pattern on the face plate makes me believe the thread comes off the top from the needle bar and goes behind the little horizontal bar, straight down to the bottom thread guide. But that could be deceiving.

Charlee

~laffin~ He wouldn't mind if he needed something sewed and it was the most available!

Mizkaki

Randa,

I think I see two problems. First the tension looks like it is missing the second metal plate which sits below the plate with the slot. The tension is created by these two plates pressing on the thread.

Second the thread passes to the left of the broken wire. As it passes it slips to the right to catch the "take up spring"
(the bent wire that moves left to right). It looks like the thread is correctly on the left of the top of the broken wire, but on the right of the bottom half. It needs to be to the left of both halves so that it can correctly pull the movable spring to the left at the proper time.

Easy for me to see and understand, but next to impossible to explain in writing. I hope I didn't completely confuse you.

Cathy

Mizkaki

Randa,

I'm not sure if I said it before, but great looking machine. I love it.

Cathy

Miz Johnny

I have a New Home with this type of tension, and this one looks complete to me. It has a short plate in front with a lever to release tension. I will try to take a picture to show it. HOWEVER, it LOOKS like the top plate is bent downward. It should be flat.

Miz Johnny

Hope this helps with the tension issues!

Miz Johnny

On second look, your tension doesn't appear the same as mine. However, the thread should go over the top of the tensioner and then be fed through the slot.

Mizkaki

Miz Johnny,

The new pictures really help. I agree with you to pass the thread down through the slot and then between the two plates and out the left side.

Cathy

purplefiend

Miz Johnny and Randa,
I have a New Home treadle machine and it looks just a bit different than the ones you 2 posted. Mine has been repainted, the take up lever is down lower on my machine.