7 Steps to Threading your New TuffSew Walking Foot Straight Stitch Sewing Machine

7 Steps to Threading your Industrial Walking foot Sewing Machine by TuffSew

The old sewing machine just isn’t cutting it- broken needles, continuous breakage of thread, inconsistent stitching, and lack of capability-drove you to Google to figure out which sewing machine might be able to handle your heavy duty projects. Maybe you read this article on our TuffSew blog http://tuffsew.com/blog/?p=31. So you did it!! You purchased a TuffSew Straight Stitch Walking Foot Machine. This article will explain to you how to thread your new machine- since it’s one of the most important tasks to getting the results you want.

You notice when you get your machine that it’s all threaded and ready to go. But what happens 2 weeks later when you want to change the thread color? Well, now it’s time to do it yourself. Here are the steps in properly threading your machine:

1)      BOBBIN SPINDLE: Take the thread off the bobbin spindle.

2)      WRAP AROUND THREAD GUIDE: Put the thread on the front thread guide (wrap it around in the natural form. You might need to watch our YouTube video for this step. The video is attached to the bottom of this article).

3)      3 HOLE THREAD GUIDE: Take the thread and go DOWN the right hold of the thread guide. Then take the thread DOWN the left hole.

Before the next 2 steps, make sure the presser foot is UP. That is the black assembly on the left side of the ceiling of the machine.

4)      TENSION DISC: Take the thread down near the tension disc. You want to make sure you go IN BETWEEN the metal tension discs. There’s one tension disc with a tongue on it. You want to put the thread right in front of this tension disc. Floss the thread through the tension disc from right to left.

5)      TAKE UP BAR: You’ll notice when you floss the thread through the tension disc that the thread pulls up the spring. It will click! You will then thread the take up bar from RIGHT to LEFT.

6)      NEEDLE MECHANISM GUIDE: Snip your thread first, it will make it easier. This is the last thread guide before you thread your needle. This thread guide is right above your needle. You want to thread this guide from RIGHT to LEFT only.

7)      THREAD YOUR NEEDLE: First drop the presser foot down which will give you more room. Always thread the needle from LEFT to RIGHT only. Bring the presser foot back up. Next turn the handwheel 1 complete turn counter clock wise. This will pick the thread up automatically so that you have both threads to the top! Now you are ready to sew.

If you have any further questions on maintaining your sewing machine, feel free to Contact TuffSew by visiting http://www.tuffsew.com/contact

If you'd like some visual help with threading your new TuffSew Walking Foot Sewing Machine, please click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYQwf-QTMjU