I have a Euro-Pro Shark Model 998a sewing machine; but cannot figure out how to thread the bobbin. Help!?

Is the bobbin wound? Inserted on the bobbin spindle? A lead thread is out about 2"? The needle should pick up the bobbin thread with one cycle.

Did you go thru the manual in the troubleshooting section? are you sure you are allowing enough slack in the needle thread when you are starting it? Otherwise when you are holding the threads as you start too tightly, sometimes the needle thread can't get low enough into the bobbin case to catch the thread. sounds dumb, but I'm an experienced sewing person, and have done that. I dont' have a drop in bobbin machine - in my case, i can open the bobbin are, take the actual bobbin case out, and watch the needle go into that compartment with the needle thread & see what is actually going on. If you sewed over a pin or something like that, maybe your machine is now out of time, so the needle and bobbin aren't coordinating properly anymore. but you need a tech to fix that. could you be putting the bobbin in backwards by mistake so the thread is feeding off the wrong way? I don't think it should matter this much, though, i would think it would just make your stitching ugly.

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