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#HOW TO THREAD MY BOBBIN ON SINGER RED EYE 66 HOW TO#
#HOW TO THREAD MY BOBBIN ON SINGER RED EYE 66 MANUAL#

Note: Leave the red felt in the top corner of the hook in place. Don’t be afraid to move the positioning finger around to get to everything. This is also where you’ll find that errant thread that may be causing your machine to not stitch correctly. Make sure you don’t miss this area, it’s easy to mistake the fuzz for something that belongs there. Now that the hook area is exposed, clean everything that you see. While the case is out, take this time if you want to set the tension on the bobbin case, instructions here. Though crowded, you should be able to fit both in here.

While pulling to the left with your left finger, wiggle a little and pull up with your right finger.

Put your right finger in the right side of the bobbin case.

Put your left finger in the left center of the bobbin case.

Turn the machine so that the hand wheel faces away from you, this puts the business end toward you, and gives you better leverage.

Then tilt the bobbin case toward the right and remove it. Tilt the bobbin case to the left and at the same time slightly turn the right or forked end toward you so that it is moved out of engagement with the sewing hook. Singer’s method: Hold the bobbin case between the forefinger and the thumb of the left hand. It does work, eventually, but it’s worth trying this a different way if you have trouble with their method. In practice, I find that the next step tends to read easier than it’s done. The loosening of this screw will change the clearance for the thread between the bobbin case and the bobbin position bracket. Under no circumstances must the (bobbin position bracket) screw be loosened.

Insert the forefinger of the left hand under the latch, raise the latch just high enough to clear the edge and then move the latch toward you.

#HOW TO THREAD MY BOBBIN ON SINGER RED EYE 66 MANUAL#

To remove the bobbin case, the manual says: Once the feed dog area is clean, it’s time to focus on the bobbin case area. Remove it with your tweezers or a pointy object of some sort. No, the machine did not ship from the factory this way. Now if this is the first time you’ve done this, and the machine hasn’t been professionally serviced recently, there’s a good chance you’ll see a bunch of felt between your feed dogs.Some burrs can be smoothed out with a bit of abrasive cord. This is also a good time to inspect the needle plate for burrs or other damage where the needle passes through the plate. An average length screwdriver sits at an awkward angle, and can cause you to strip the head of the screw. I find that a screwdriver with a really long (8″ plus) shank on it, or a stubby (1-2″ shank) work the best here. This is done by removing the 2 screws on the top of it and just lifting it out of the way. Both of my machines are Needle Flat Right. Make sure you note which way the flat of the needle sits in the needle clamp. I like to remove the needle and presser foot at this point, for clearance, and because I try to limit my stab wounds to one a day.I’ll assume this works, neither of my 99s have a slide plate, and the one on order will likely be here next week. This assumes that the machine is facing the operator, as if to sew. Draw the slide plate slightly to the left, then lift its right hand end and draw it toward the needle until it is disengaged from the spring in the bed of the machine. Raise the needle to its highest position by turning the hand wheel over toward you. To remove the slide plate the singer 99k owner’s manual says:.Disconnect the power, or if you’re working on a treadle, throw the belt or keep your feet away from the pedal.stubby blade screwdriver or long shank screwdriver.The basic premise is the same, the execution differs somewhat. I will take photos and post a tutorial on a class 15, Featherweight, and other styles of bobbin cases as opportunity arises.

#HOW TO THREAD MY BOBBIN ON SINGER RED EYE 66 HOW TO#

Today I’m going to address how to clean this area on a Class 66 style machine. Maybe even worse, the bobbin case just won’t come out, no matter how you wiggle it. You remove the slide plate, and the needle plate and horror of horrors, you find you’ve been knitting felt and birthing thread bunnies underneath there. It’s often not until one day when we’re sewing and suddenly there’s a nest underneath the needle plate (throat plate) that we have to cut out, or worse, the needle breaks and now we have to dig the shrapnel out. We stick a bobbin in, sew, replace the bobbin, sew some more.

Probably one of the most neglected areas of a sewing machine is the bobbin area. Also applies to the 185, 192 (Spartan), 285 and 292 models.