What is an authorized dealer? Each of the sewing machine manufacturers has a marketing division that recruits people to sell and service...

My experience with Fix Sewing Machines Institute correspondence course has been life changing to say the least. The correspondence course...

Service manuals are often helpful for specific issues on individual machines, but attempting to learn sewing machine repair by using...

Thread is drawn from the top of the machine down through the material and needle plate by a needle. The needle reaches its lowest...

When a sewing machine forms stitches, it may be described as being in time. When stitches fail to form or skip, the machine is said to...

Oscillating hooks move back and forth from their start/stop positions. With the needle at its lowest position, the point of the hook...

Rotary hook rotates twice for each stitch. As the needle moves to its lowest position and rises to "loop lift" (the point where the...

There are two types of hooks in sewing machines: Oscillating and Rotary. Below is a picture of a common oscillating hook. Notice its...

The needle bar must be adjusted to the correct height to enable the needle to be positioned for the hook. Loop lift is the position of...

The needle is the most important part on the sewing machine, but the position and movement of the bar to which it connects controls the...