Unjamming a Featherweight Sewing Machine

[@jrs4201]

Great info Laura thank you!!

[@amysheridan4496]

Just ordered the tool yesterday! The folks at the Featherweight shop are amazing 🤩

[@katemoore2980]

I just used this tool last night and pulled out about ten inches of nasty thread jam. The machine now runs smoothly!

[@Poshfrocknfluffyslip]

That machine is the one my mother used: she was a dressmaker all her life, having left school at 14 and joined a firm in London. My childhood was spent listening to that machine whirring away. I’d love to own one now, but they go for very silly money these days!

[@gracepatane9384]

Great information! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@kelleyamador8838]

That is the best lesson on a mechanical machine I have ever heard!

[@karenjohnson3431]

Excellent video 🌺🌸🌺

[@cr2884]

What a great video. I appreciate you keeping us educated. I never knew this tool was available. I appreciate you telling us what we do to cause this problem in the first place. I have yet to have one but watch in a few weeks I will. Same as when I watched a Bernina Jeff video. I paid attention. And then 2 weeks later, yup, it happened to me.

[@d.i.n.1950]

So nice to see you do a video on these excellent machines. I love mine

[@doreensherk287]

❤Thanks Laura, that is great info on Featherweights. I sure hope I do not ever get a jam. I think I would have to take my “Little Girl”, into the shop. I also didn’t know about the plate and the notch. You are so knowledgeable about these sweet machines. Your machine looks so shiny and no scratches, mine has lots of wear on it, but that is ok, past history.

[@mariefrance8132]

I love my two Featherweights and do exactly what you tell us to do .. always move the wheel towards you … oh, and one thing .. when you were showing us the bobbin case, I could see some lint on the top right side of your bobbin case .. that can also cause a jam when sewing …

[@LQ327]

Hi I have all of the tools you mentioned. I use the featherweight online store. But I never knew what that silver tool was or the reason why I have so many thread jams thanks so much for this video!!😊

[@SharonRStudio]

Thank you for doing this video. Your explanation was wonderful.

[@nancywicker1930]

So grateful for this explanation!

[@BA-ng9bx]

I was thinking about getting a featherweight but if I have to go through all this just to remove a jam I think I will not buy one after all, so thanks for the video😂

[@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778]

Thanks for this great info. A lot of this is great for any machine. I don’t own a Featherweight, but I’ve had many a jam! One of my machines is a 1911 treadle Singer “Red Eye.” I think a lot of this is probably applicable to the “Red Eye, too. I never knew the major causes of thread jams before or how to prevent those jams till now. I just thought I was having a bad day!

[@valeriabauer2738]

Thanks!

[@SewVeryEasy]

Wow thanks

[@hong-diy]

这个缝纫机真漂亮😍，讲解详细❤

[@valeriebigley8759]

Great info ❤

[@peggyfitzmaurice4100]

Thank you for the info. I have never seen that tool for a featherweight. I did not see you use it to tighten the bobbin back after you pulled the threads out. Do you need to do that?

[@margaretflagor8988]

i have an original " instruction for using portable electric sewing machine 221-1" model. if you would like to have it will send. love your demos

[@suemerritt1679]

This might be a stupid question, but does this mean there is no reversing for a lock stitch?

[@nevaannegrant453]

No you can reverse with your featherweight.

[@denisetymensky8922]

@@nevaannegrant453 how do you lock the stitch? Is it the same as the 1918 machine I was told to hold the fabric in place and stitch over the same spot?

[@mjremy2605]

This tool costs $43 - outrageous! It does not remove the shuttle assembly. You can loosen a screw on the shaft and put the whole shuttle race assembly out and clean it of dirt and threads at zero cost. Women, stop being afraid of taking your machine apart and delegating it to male techs who rip you off. Aren't you tired of paying double for a haircut, dry cleaning, clothes, razors, and everything that is sold to women? I got rid of all that. I cut and color my own hair, my own waxing, I use dog hair trimmers not razors, and I fix my own sewing machines. Done with the old Patriarchy that is under paying us and over exploiting us. So DO NOT BUY this expensive useless tool and get a small screwdriver (exact fit) from Home Depot for that shaft screw. Ditto for the 301 machine. Remove the whole shuttle race assembly and clean it out with steel wool (if rusty), or degreaser, then oil it up with silicone oil or sewing oil, do not use machine oil. Done.