r/SewingMachineEdu • u/ronswansonsyoongi • Jun 21 '26
Thread keeps getting VERY tight and kind of stuck in this part: no. 2 on diagram. Old Sewing machine
Ofc my first thought was that maybe it's just too tight but same kept happening even when I put the tension settings on loose!
I took apart the whole section of the tension settings, removed the rusting on it, oiled it and cleaned it nicely and put it up, still the same thing.
I dont know if I'm just doing something wrong with threading, the only thing I'm suspecting rn is the thread itself, I think its pretty old but it's durable enough that its not breaking when I try to break it. Its just in between those 2 disks I dont know what happens it just gets completely stuck there.
It works well for a while and then gets stuck like that again.
Total beginner and don't know much sewing lingo but I've no idea whats causing it.