20 Most Recent Singer 5050 Mechanical Sewing Machine - Page 8 Questions & Answers

Your top threading is not right, double check your manual. If, you don't have one go to singerco.com and download one for free

The manual usually shows a pretty good diagram of how it should be, it snaps in place. Call singer at 1-800-4singer. Or go online at singerco.com and download a manual for free,

Hi. The position finger on the right hand side needs to be adjusted closer to the case. It may very well be bent. If it is bent, it needs to be repaced.

sounds like a broken or loose spring behind your lever.

Go to singerco.com and under support you can download a free manual

Go to singerco.com under support and download your manual for free.

Have you read your manual and made sure that the buttonhole lever is pushed to the rear? Call Singer if you still have a problem, 1-800-4singer. Good luck

Go to www.singerco.com and ask customer service, sounds like you have thread holding it up,

Hola
Busca en www.youtube.com videos sobre como henebrar la aguja. Si no los hay en español, busca con las palabras threading a sewing machine.
Aqui hay un manual pero esta en ingles.
http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/SINGER/5050-_E
Haga clic en la PDF y despues hay que contestar 4 preguntas dando su opinion sobre la maquina y ya esta.

Hi. In my experience, this is a fairly common problem (at least with my Singers). The drive belt needs to be a bit loose, but it is possible that yours is a bit TOO loose. Check your manual for how to change the belt. It should also tell you how to tighten the belt.

If you don't have a manual, I strongly suggest you invest in one. They are the most important accessory you can own! I found your manual at http://www.singerco.com/accessories/manuals.html

Hope this helps!!

Robbie

I would try to re-thread the machine first, make sure you have the tension thread seated on top and make sure that you have the bobin in properly

the reverse lever may be stuck. this is usually located on the right hand side of the machine, and is a lever that you can push down. sometimes it's a switch.

have you check your needle to see if it's bent
check to make sure it's threaded correctly

Make sure you place the bobbin thread into the case in the 9 o'clock position and slip it through the tiny slot at 12 o'clock position...Failing that there should be a tiny screw on the outside of the bobbin case that you will need to tighten slightly. Hope this is of some help. Good Luck

Look in your manual, if you do not have it go to www.singerco.com/accessories/manuals
under support and download it for free. It will give you all of the info you need.

The new SingerCo.com has some great resources and information about machines. There might be some helpful specs about your machine here: http://new.singerco.com/products/detail/80/features

There is some more info about your machine here: http://new.singerco.com/products/detail/80

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You must tighten the inner wheel after you have threaded a bobbin or bobbins.

Top tension about 4 or 5, use a good mercerised thread only, make sure you do not have the bobbin tesnion too tight, slacken the screw anti clockwise on the bobbin case if it is

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My wife just had this a similar problem with her Singer Omega 36 where she could sew straight and select patterns but could not zig zag. If you open the top of the machine you can see where a little lever connects to the white plastic pattern module that gets inserted in the top. The reason for the problem was that the lever was not touching the bottom of the module properly. The notches on the module cause the needle to move from side to side creating a zig zag. The module needs to be inserted correctly, by this I mean fully and the correct way around or it does not reach the lever when it is in the A position. At first inspection it looks the module could be inserted any way around but there is a thin and a fat clip. You need to try both ways to see which on sits lower in the machine. You may now need to adjust the tension on the machine as the lever will nowe move differently inside the machine. This fixed my wifes problem.