How To Adjust Bottom Tension on a Sewing Machine | SEWING WITH STEVE!
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Bobbin thread direction
1:30 What bobbin tension should look like
1:41 When bobbin tension is too loose
1:54 How to adjust bobbin tension
2:16 When tension is too tight
2:27 Adjusting to perfect bobbin tension
3:18 Adjust bottom tension before top tension 
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thank you for this _ just got a juki [ first time sewing w/ an industrial machine ] and I couldn't find a vid that explaining bottom tension clearly.
I have subscribed!
Thank you for your video but I do not have that kind a Bobbin I have a designer one it has a drop in bobbin the case is in the machine if you could show me how to do that I would be eternally grateful!!! Thanks Steve
I have no problem sewing cotton material. Once I start oth micro active polyester the machine start to skip stitches. I have adjusted the stitch length, switch between size 11 and 14 needles....no change.
Don't know why this is happening as I had no issues stitching this type of material before. I have Saito industrial machine
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I haven’t touched my machine in almost a year because of the tension issues I’ve had. This really helped answer my questions so thank you.
Exactly!! Me too. I’m going to try this. I really want to make my grand baby a blanket.
stephanie schmaljohann Same here!!! I have been so frustrated that I gave up sewing for weeks now.
@@felcares67 time to make toddler jacket. Plan now for winter -- 3 year old size
Tension is the reason why people find these machines so difficult.
Mine too! How can it be so simple and I have not touched my machine since before COVID!! Thank you!
Nobody got that joke? “It’s not as hard as it Seams” lol
Steve thank you! I inherited my Grandmothers Husqvarna Viking (64 40). Although she taught me to sew on this very machine as a preteen, this machine has forgotten, abused & left abandoned in shed. No love. No oiling. No adjustments. She would not even stich. Now... she's sewing like a champ! Thank you!
OMG, I have wanted to know this my whole life. I actually quit sewing for a while thinking my machine was broken. Thanks so much.
omg FINALLY someone who is not talking in a sicky condescending voices lol!! PERFECT explaination!
Excellent tutorial!! Saved my machine from gathering dust again. Such an easy fix.
Thank you, this was great, I have had bother with my machine for a while now and I also searched the internet for ages for a solution but your instruction is by far the best, that’s me sewing again!
Thank you! I fought with my machine for hours before I watched this, and fixed it immediately after watching your tension videos!!
You literally just saved me with my machine.... I've been messing with this knob for 2 hours and still got crap stitches, I RUclips it and you pop up and teach me top tension along with how to set bottom. THANK YOU THANK YOU. I can continue making mask now at a faster rate.😁
This was a lifesaver for me! In my manual, it just said to jerk on the thread. But I would have never thought to just let it roll! Now it is perfect and I am not frustrated. Thank you! Thank you!
Thanks for your clear and concise tutorial. I found it particularly helpful to see you “bouncing” the bobbin to test the tension.
Wow! Finally! After searching the internet for a few hrs! The answer to my question!!! Thank you!!!!
I can not thank you enough for this very simple solution to an issue that was driving me nuts! With your direction I was able to fix all my tension issues. Thank you thank you thank you!
Oh man ! Just what i needed. My repair guy showed me this procedure on my consew 227 about 10 years ago, but i forgot, and this jogged my memory back. Consew 227 bobbin carrier needs to be unscrewed though. The adjusting screw you showed was loose "as it should be for easy thread sliding" but i mistakenly tightened it down. Big mistake. You saved me alot of frustration....thank you my man !
Thank you so much this has completely solved my problem, have been sewing for over 20 years and never realised I could tighten the tension on my bottom bobbin😂
Where have you been all my sewing life?! I have been sewing for over 55 years and never knew how to get the correct tension. This is exactly what I was looking for tonight. THANKS
Great to see another young down to earth chill guy behind the machine. Straight to the point. I dig it! Subscribed
Thanks Steve! Great video, and presented in such a succinct manner. I’m setting up my Mum’s old Janome, and was looking for a short video to explain the correct bottom tension. Yours is simply the best. 👍🏼
Thanks! this helped a lot. I have been sewing for over 45 years and was always taught to NEVER touch that screw in the bobbin case. Such a dummy... anyway, just pulled my daughters old Kenmore out of the shed after 15 years. it was full of rust and bugs. AFter cleaning it up and oiling it, it runs fairly well. Still pretty tight and the thread just isn't flowing freely. I will make the recommended adjustments and possibly replace the bobbin case and shuttle since there is still some abrasive rust inside the parts that I could not reach. Fantastic Video!!!!
Oh my gosh, your two videos on tension saved my mind! I made a small, double zipper bag and my tension was not right. I got it done but resolved to find out what was going on with the tension. Your videos helped so much. Thank you! I was able to make patio curtains today with no issues
6 years later and this video is still relevant. Thanks sooo much.
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this video is AMAZING. You explained everything I need to know in just 3 minutes which all those really long videos about tension couldn't. I could finally fix everything so thank you so much!!! Such a big help
I have been searching everywhere! I can't believe no one else talks about this in videos about tension! Thanks so much!!!
Best bottom tension adjustment explanation I've ever heard! Thanks!
Very nice. I was having trouble with the bottom tension and I fixed it!
I have looked all over RUclips trying to fix my bottom thread issue. You just helped me fix it!! Thank you!!
That is the most information on bobbins I’ve learned this far. I’ve read my manual but it’s not very descriptive at all. Many thanks! Can’t stress my gratitude enough, my machine has been kicking my butt. Just started this hobby can you tell 😀
Thanks for these helpful videos,I haven't sewn in many years ,and I had totally forgotten what my grandma tought me about the bobben tension .Two seriously happy cousins are back in the old sewing machines.We both bought sewing machines at a yard sale recently and literally thought we were jipped . WOO HOO. you ARE AWESOME .thanks for your talents.Now we our redeeming our talents .👼
Hey Steve, I just stopped by to tell you that YOU, SIR, ARE THE 💣! I was stressing out and your video solved my bottom tension issue. Thank you
So happy to help!
@@BagBuff Hi. A bobbin question I'm using tex 40 bobbin thread for my tex 80 topstitch thread on a twin needle machine. For the life of me the bobbin thread keep cutting off and won't continously lockstitch with topstitch thread. I'll get a few stitches in before the topstitch thread stop looping and I have to open up the machine constantly to pull the bobbin thread through the slots, groves and spring over and over to get the top thread to catch bobbin thread. Any advice?
Thanks - I finally decided to look at the manual after around 40+ years of having both the machine and manual!
Thank you so much! I tried fixing my sewing machine about 4 years ago looking at RUclips and didn’t get anywhere. I just tried again and found your videos and it’s fixed! It’s not perfect, but I can use it again.
Thanks Steve!! You totally helped me fix the tension on an old machine that someone gave me. Was getting really frustrated.
OMG.
I can't BELIEVE I just learned something new about my sewing machine from a guy!
You are FRICKIN AWESOME DUDE! This damn thing has been driving me nuts for YEARS now.
I turned the thread bobbin (what I call backwards, counterclockwise) and now it feeds PERFECTLY!
Thank you! 👍
OMG! You are my new favorite person!!! I have had an older Brother serger now for about four years that was hardly used by the previous owner, but have been unable to find a manual for it. INSTANTLY...I found it on manualslib.com! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thank you!! I just switched weight of PTFE thread and was having a booger of a time correcting tension on my Juki 1541. I’ve read my manuals and taken a couple of machine troubleshooting classes at fabricators conference but still had trouble with bobbin tension. No one ever showed me your “spider coming down from the ceiling” trick. Heading back out to my shop now to fix it! Looking forward to your other videos, as I am transitioning from custom boat canvas to bags due to arthritis in my hand.
same here..I've been watching tension vids for like an hour and they are all the same..no one ever takes the bottom bobbin out and shakes it..thank you I almost fixed my problem but it's getting there
You the man!! I was gifted an old singer 6215 (Brazilian made) was working fine then the metal plate on the black bobbin housing cracked. Ordered 2 new ones from Amazon but the sizing on both was slightly off. Ended up taking the new metal plate off and putting it on the original bobbin housing. Also decided to lube my entire machine at the same time. Couldn't hold a stich since. Glad I found your video!
Thank you! Super helpful! Was a simple fix for something that had been frustrating me for weeks!
Informative, brief, well-explained! You've saved me sooooo much time. Thanks so much! I love your videos!
Thank you so very much! I have a Juki Jin NA 11UT and my tension was off. I didn't know how to adjust it and was afraid I'd make it worse. This is the BEST video I've seen explaining how to adjust the bottom and top tension. Mine is sewing great now.
Thanks so much Steve !! I was always bemused with tension issues and you make it so easy 🎉I wish I’d found you years ago !!!😊
Dude thank you much my bottom tension has been out since I bought my machine you explained it all so clearly and now I can sew like a pro. Wonderful video, top guy!!
This video saved my sanity. Feels like such a basic sewing skill I should have learned decades ago! Thank you!!!!!
Thank you!!! I had no idea my problem was that I had the bobbin in wrong! Been having problems for over a year!!!
Works perfectly now!!!
thank you ♥ huge thank you.
I'm totally new to sewing machines and many tutorials are either "how to thread" (ok, I've learned that) or "ok, now we're sewing" and I'm like "but.. hey, wait! what.. what goes in which direction? what if it falls out and is not going back! and how to..". Some things seem to be so obvious to many teachers that they dont' show it and I don't even know how to ask about sth I can't name XD
and now, showing this bobbin which shouldn't unwind like a crazy workaholic on lsd, you solved my year-long issues. thank you!
Thank you! I got an old Pfaff that has that kind of a bobbin, but was really intimidated to tough it. You explained it so well, im going to takle it 😉 Im pretty sure that’s will fix my problem 👍
thank you for showing me this! Mine was way to loose now its not! what a life saver your are!
Holy crap I love you!!!!
I have a jack F4 and since i got the thing it had been skipping stitches on knits. I just fixes it thanks to another video but then my bobbin tension ended up being SUPER loose. Now it's perfect and i can fix the top tension. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thank you for making this video. I had no idea how in the heck to interpret the manual-it was very subjective and I’ve never had a machine where I had to set the tension.
Thank You soooooo much! I have been trying to figure out how to fix this for a week!
Thanks for posting this. Now I know how to fix the bottom tension on my Singer. You're a lifesaver!!
Wonderful! Solved my problem with stitches below!!!! This is on my 52 year old Kenmore.
Thank you for the great video. Had this machine kenmore since 1985 with thread tension issue, did what you said AND IT IS FIXED....:-)
Absolutely loved this video. I bought another sewing machine, and realized it was me, I could not resolve the tension issues. The needle thread kept breaking and breaking. This was the 1st video that actually explains the bobbin tension. So I'm going to go take a look at my machine. 😊 I will update you.
Hope it worked!!
Thank you so much
I'm going to use my machine for the first time since I bought it.
God bless you
LOL, my bobbin tension has been too tight literally my whole life. Thanks for these great videos.
How have I never, ever questioned what that screw on the bobbin is for? Years of frustration, and the solution was right in front of me all the time.
Thank you so MUCH!!! Just fixed my tension on my embroidery machine..
Many thanks about which of the two screws on the bobbin to adjust. No more loose bobbin thread anymore on my friend's Singer 7102. Cheers.
Omg!!! That totally fixed my problem!!! Thanks. I am so happy I can start sewing now.
Thank you for a short video on this bobbin tension problem. Soooo many videos are just so long talking about other stuff and not getting down to business ! You’re was 👌🏽
thank you Steve, I've just watched your 'bottom tension' video, I've always had problems with my Necchi machine, I had an Elna previously which was brilliant and I cried when it died, it took me 2 years to throw it away, it was too old to get the parts! I've just altered the bottom tension and it's sewing better than it's ever done! Still don't like it though, but I don't sew very often now so I'll have to put up with it!!!
Nicely done Steve. Thank you.
I will adjust the bobbin as you instructed, but wonder if there is something more that is contributing to the stitch actually tearing through the fabric. I sew a straight line through doubled fabric. When I pick up that portion and give it a slight pull, the fabric splits on the sew line. I have a Singer 331K4 for upholstery. I had not used it in a year, as we moved to a larger property and have been busy with general ranch work. I set up my upholstery shop again and now need the machine. There are no repair shops within a hundred miles, so could surely use your sage advice.
Dominick
Wow 😮I have never had anyone explain this to me. So easy . Thanks 🙏🏼
holy shit you saved my life! im in fashion school and i have my apparel const. test tomorrow and for some odd reason my machine wasn’t cooperating. now it works just fine, thank you so much!
Oh my !!! Thank you so much , I was threading my bobbing the wrong way 🙌🏽God bless you
Holy moly! The reason why i stopped learning how to sew was because of this problem. It was more than 10 years ago when I borrowed my mom’s sewing machine. I just wanted to hem my jeans. I did not know anything back then including the word “tension”.. I always experienced a very problematic inner stitch everytime and I did not know that the lower tension only needs to be readjusted accordingly and also to defluff all those lints,etc.. Thank you so much for this! It helped me de-stress today lol
Thank you for this video. You gave me the exact information I needed!!
Just purchased a New Tech 0303D from Gold Star Tools and this is really helpful. A lot to learn but it will be worth it.
Perfect!!! Straight to the point and the fix!!! Thank you :)
Thanks for your videos. I watched both fix top tension and bottom tension. Tried them both and seems to have worked for the most part. The top thread is still sewing in a loopy line.
This actully work i think my did slide down like yours but u fixed my bottom tension which seamed to be to tight! Thank u Steve cheers
Loose bottom thread problem fixed! Thank you so much for the video!
Hi there. Great video. I am using an Omega sew and go I bought to travel. It has a wonky bottom tension and a bobbin that only has a very different screw. The bobbin doesn’t drop like in your video. I’m assuming I need to find different bobbin holders
Thank you for getting directly to the fix
Thank you for this Steve. Been struggling for days.
How do I do this if I don’t have the silver case style? My janome 4030 QDC has built in and I drop my plastic bobbin in etc. Do I take plate off and remove built in black bobbin part and do the same exercise you demonstrate in this video? Thanks!!
Hey Steve, Started sewing about a year ago on an old Simplicity but just picked up a Janome' HD1000 BE. Love this sturdy little beast and I'm wondering if setting that Juki bobbin is the same as this model ? Suppose I could just go try it but only had this machine a week. Don't want to booger it up so soon.. Thanks
Thanksfor this video. It helped me a Lot!
Any tips on sewing from thin to thick layers of fabric. I sew 100% wool felt 3mm. When I stitch the corners, I do not get the stitching I prefer.
Thanks
Petro
Man!!! I appreciate your time to explain this SH@&$/@ problem. I will go back home now to fix it. 😁👍
I've been struggling with my machine for two months now without experience and trying to solve this by myself with no luck. How foolish not to look on RUclips.
Thank you Steve. Subscribed with no hesitation 🙏
Thank you so much for your bobbin video. I do have a question. I just bought a Brother PQ1500SL and the thread cutter cuts the thread way too short. The needle comes unthreaded when I cut using the thread cutter. Is there a way to adjust that??
I have a pfaff cylinder arm and the tension spring on the bobbin cannot be loosened enough to run #138 thread. My question is. Do I get a longer screw for the tension adjustment on the spring our bend the spring? This machine was used prior in a handbag factory for binding using #138 on top and #69 NYLON bonded on the bottom. When I try and loosen off the tension enough for #138 on the bottom the screw will fall out way before it is the proper tension. Thanks, J
What!?!?!?! Why is this not in any sewing machine manual! Thank you so much for this! (And the top tension too!) You are my hero!!
Awesome! This was the answer I needed to solve my issue. Thanks!!!
excellent video i have a consew industrial and having problems skip stitches i have change needles, bobbins ,top tension etc and still have the problem i do heavy upholstery work leather ,vinyl etc i am looking to buy a new machine and another brand any ideas i also time the machine as well
Thank you for the info. I have a Singer 457 that will pick up the cotton to start but then will not make stitches at all. I have followed your instruction in this video but it is sill the same. I would be very grateful if you could help.
Excellent video, clear explanation. Thank you.
Thanks for the great video and invite. I spent hours changing threads, rethreading machine, adjusting thread and bobbin tension, cleaning, even running a pipe cleaner between tension disks, etc. I'm still having tension issues. I have Juki TL2000qi. I just started top stitching a project and at first both top and bottom stitches looked well formed and not loose. But about 13" into the sewing, the bottom stitches became very loose. I also tested the bobbin case (laying it on table surface and gently pulling thread - it flowed smoothly). When testing the bobbin tension, the bobbin almost always falls out and into my hand.?. Not sure that's right. I am out of ideas unless there is an unknown related to the bobbin case. I can't imagine what else to try. Any other ideas?
Thanks for your kind effort to teach us, but is this method can be applied to class 15 bobbin which is widely used in home sewing machines as janome, brother and singer, pls reply to me. Thank you.
This is probably one of the most helpful things out there
Thank you. Very helpful video, especially for a beginner like me.
Thanks so much I was able to fix my own tension! Thank you!!
Thanks.. What tension numbers.. Top and bottom would you suggest for 2 layers of cotton and 2 layers of medium weight interfacing with standard thread ?
Thank you, I’m getting my little screw driver out adjust bobbin tension. Very helpful video
Steve, great video but my machine is a little different and I am hoping you can help me. I have a Singer that does not have the casing that goes around the bobbin. Instead, the bobbin sits directly in the machine so I have no way to test the tension. Most recently I was sewing covers for cushions and the stitches became very loopy and loose. I took the bobbin out to make sure it is clean and threaded the correct way and from what I can see it looks good. Any suggestions would be grateful!
Thank You. Great video. !Short and to the point! You have a new subscriber!
This video saved me today. Thank you so so so much!!
Do you have any experience with a bias binder foot attachment? I just picked one up (foot, feeder, and attachment set) and I'm having issues with the bottom thread looking off, almost like it's too tight. So I tested sewing a bias tape just under the foot, and the top and bottom thread tension looks perfect. Then I put it back in the attachment and the top thread is fine but the bottom is all jacked up looking. Why would there be a difference if I hadn't change anything except for sewing it through the bias attachment?
Very well explained. Thank you so much.