I have a new (3 weeks old) Singer 140 Q. I was sewing for about an hour (stiches were fine, no puckering or any other problems) and all of the sudden the machine jammed. I checked the bobin, there were no tangles, the needle was fine, but I changed it anyway, just to be safe. Finally, I took the bobin shuttle, shuttle keeper and shuttle race cover off to see if there was some thread in there. There wasn't but the whole shuttle assembly popped out. I've been fooling with this all day. Singer's web site doesn't have much for trouble shooting and the singer shop is already closed tonight.
Anyone have any ideas?
Dawn
2006-10-24 13:10:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
try this yahoo board on singer machines..
http://tinyurl.com/yy8p8l
hope this helps you...hopefully someone will be there that knows your machine..
2006-10-24 13:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by strut526 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a sewing machine technician and I can tell you for sure that the whole assembly should NOT have just popped out unless you loosend the screw that holds it in. Obviously this is what happend that jammed it. Take it back and buy a Bernina next time. Ok, I'm a Bernina tech.
Just putting it back in doesn't help you now as it will need to be retimed, with all the close clearences done with guages.
2006-10-28 10:49:56 · answer #2 · answered by Rick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your manual - hopefully there is something in there about this.
I just bought a new Brother - could not sew on it for two days because the bobbin thread was so loose and no matter what I did it was screwed up. Girl at the store said if it was old thread that could be causing the problem. Bought brand-new thread, and it works great. So this perhaps is a thread issue with yours?
2006-10-24 13:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by gator girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be there first thing in the a m and take it back to the store u bought it at and make sure u have ur receipt with u.
2006-10-25 12:53:21 · answer #4 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋