Good day, all!
I am now gratefully accepting? input--thoughts, experience, wild guesses--regarding why the thread on our #3 refuses to pass over the bobbin, instead forging its own path underneath.
Here's what I have tried so far:
Observing the few youtube vids out available;
Searching this group for hints (haven't been able to tease anything out, so please point out known threads that I have missed);
Securing the bobbin thread to the small rod under the cloth plate;
Not securing the bobbin thread beneath the plate;
Tilting the machine (which resulted in one correct motion);
Adjusting the ring slide to be progressively looser or tighter;
Holding the upper thread when starting out;
Not holding the upper thread when starting out;
Adjusting the upper thread tension;
Stringing certain words together in interesting arrangements.
The machine is 1860 vintage. Could the hook simply be worn out?
Thanks in advance,
Ziggy in Maine
