The waiter stops and says…. If your sewing machine tension is still not correct, it is time to take your machine to a technician. Like cars, sewing machines need regular tune-ups and services. Before you head off, do one last check and try sewing a different type of fabric. Hi, I have a leriva sewing machine.
When u start to sew the top thread keeps on breaking. It's so frustrating please help. Hi Helen, it is hard to know but yes it does sound like it is something in the tension plates not working correctly. I'd return it for the seller to have a look.
You say you are a seasoned sewer so I'm sure threading is not the issue. All machines are roughly the same for threading. Threaded correctly and sews perfectly but when seam stitched, needle and presser foot lifted, unable to pull upper thread Free to allow cutting threads.
Too tight between tension plates. Releasing tension pressure results in unlocked stitches. Just pulling snaps thread and would break needle.
Do you think the tension guide is faulty before I attempt to return machine. Seasoned machine sewer. I really love the guide. I tried to make one of my own and it was no wheres as good as this one.
I also have the same problem with the tension being fine on the top and my bottom stitch being loose and sometimes both being loose. Good stuff here. Thanks again.
Start with rethreading the threads both top and bottom and checking that you are putting the threads through the tension disks at the top and the groove at the bottom. I have the Elna sew 75 I keep getting bird nests and lose bunching from the top cotton.
On the under side of my fabric when I sew. I am a beginner and very eager. Please help. My bottom stitch is loose but top stitch is normal. What should I do? Am using old manual singer sewing machine. Your email address will not be published.
Share this article:. Turning clockwise tightens the tension and turning anti clockwise loosens it. Right to tighten, left to loosen. Final note: Exciting effects can be achieved by utilising tight and loose tension settings on your sewing machine when doing free-machine embroidery.
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Textile Workshops. One-to-one sewing lessons. Sewing machine tension Probably the most common sewing problem is getting correct sewing machine tension. If you don't have a set of small weights, then you can use digital scales to weigh sugar, sand etc into a small ziplock bag to use instead. If the tension needs to be adjusted then it is simply a matter of tightening the screw near the centre of the spring to increase the tension, or loosening it to decrease the tension.
Once the bottom tension is set correctly, the top tension should provide a sufficient adjustment band to cater for the full range of materials and threads that may be used. If the lower tension is incorrectly set, then the machine may still sew but the upper tension may have to be at an extreme setting to compensate and this can cause tight or loose stitching, or thread breakage under some conditions.
Early Singer models had a simple arrangement of a knurled nut pressing a spring against 2 tension discs through which the upper thread passes.
Tension adjustment is then a simple trial and error process of adjusting this nut so that a perfect lockstitch is formed. A fraction of a turn on the knurled nut in either direction is all that is usually required to suit different conditions.
Later models used an upgraded upper tension control that incorporated a numbered dial into the adjustment nut. These should be calibrated so that the machine produces a perfect lockstitch on 2 layers of medium weight cotton fabric with the dial set between 4 and 5.
If this is not the case then it needs to be re-calibrated so that it does.
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