My Singer Confidence keeps getting stuck in the bobbin area?

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I recently got a Singer Confidence (I could only upload one picture at a time, so I decided to just give a link to a picture of one).

Now I love the machine, but lately the machine has been getting bunched up in the bobbin area, and I realized why. Keep in mind in the picture, the thing that is black is the thing that holds the bobbin, and the silver around it is what holds the thing that holds the bobbin.

Now if you look to the bottom leftish (Bottom right in real life) there is a little silver square thing. See it? Under and around that, a part of the black thing is a little nub, which is keeping the black thing in place, to move the bobbin I am going to guess. the thing about this is that the thread can not move through to actually sew anything.

I did end up taking the black thing out to try and fix it, but that didn't work. Maybe it slipped or something? Except this is the only way that it will fit in to the silver thing properly.

I have also played with the tension, taken the bobbin out and changing it as well as the thread, and rethreaded it correctly. I'm no stranger to sewing as I've been doing it for quite some time, but this is a much better sewing machine than the one I have been using for the last 5 years, which is now a discontinued sewing machine and ended up having the motor run out.

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kay · Answer

Pull the needle plate (=throat plate) and clean under and around the feed dogs well.  Pull the bobbin case.  Clean and inspect the area and reassemble.  See: http://shesasewingmachinemechanic.blogspot.com/p/how-to-clean-and-oil-bobbin-and-feed-dog.html

Examine the bobbin?  Is it chipped or are there a bunch of protruding thread ends, or is it poorly wound?  If so, replace with a better wound bobbin.  If the bobbin itself is chipped or cracked, pitch it. It's dead.

Replace the needle, making sure the new one is fully up in the machine and right way around.  Depending on what you're sewing, you only get 2 to 8 hours of sewing time from a needle before it needs replacing.   If the needle hits metal, replace it immediately.  Many strange sewing machine maladies are immediately cured with a new needle.

Rethread the top of the machine, remembering to thread the top with the presser foot UP so the top thread can be properly tensioned.  Choose the same thread brand and type, but a different color for this experiment, much as I have done here: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22521551

Fetch up the bobbin thread, and pull about 3" of bobbin and top thread together under and behind the presser foot.

When you're ready to start to sew,
1) Drop the needle into the start of the seam (use the up/down control or turn the handwheel in the way that causes the fabric to feed normally -- do not turn the handwheel backwards)
2) Drop the presser foot
3) Hold the thread ends together and take a couple of stitches.
4) Drop the thread ends and sew normally.

When you've convinced yourself you've licked the problem, change to matching top and bobbin threads and sew.

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My Singer Confidence keeps getting stuck in the bobbin area?

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