My broken ankle since 2016 give me problems and Im scared off losing my whole foot

Hello, Kathleen -

If you would like to have an idea of what is causing your severe pain before you go to your primary physician and have your situation evaluated, I refer you to the well-respected health and medical website WebMD and its Symptom Checker:
https://symptoms.webmd.com/default.htm#introView

Please do not self-diagnose and make an appointment with your primary physician SOON!

Best wishes.

go to a doctor not fixya

poor blood circulation, weight problem,
talk with your doctor as there can be other more serious concerns involved and fixya site is not a medical site

Easiest thing would be to take it to a repair shop and have them order you a new one. If you don't have a local sewing machine repair shop, try Ron Anderson at A1 Sewing Machine: [email protected] "Dual Sew" is not a brand I've ever heard of, so it's likely "badged" (private brand). Send him a photo of the machine from the front, a closeup of the ankle, and see what he says. I've known him for about 20 years now on the net; he's always been helpful, has a good reputation.

Hi. I believe your machine has a snap-on pressure foot. I've posted pictures of snap-on pressure feet at www.robbiesews.blogspot.com; just look for the 'pressure foot' tag or search the site for pressure feet and you shouldn't have any problem finding that post.

Anyway, there is an adapter (called an 'ankle') at the end of the 'long iron piece that lowers and raises the foot' (excellent description, BTW). The ankle attaches to that piece with a small thumb screw. With the ankle in place, you just lower the ankle onto the catch on the pressure foot.

You can also use regular low-shank feet on your machine. First, remove the ankle. The regular low-shank feet will attach to the raiser bar with that same thumb screw that holds the ankle in place.

You really should get a replacement manual for your machine. I found manuals for Simplicity sewing machines at http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/simplicity-sewing-machine-instruction-manuals.aspx.

Hope this helps!

Robbie

Hi JoEllen,
The walking foot replaces the normal pressure foot on your machine. There is a screw on the left-hand side of the pressure shaft that holds the ankle (if your Necchi uses snap-on feet) on the shaft. Loosen this screw until the pressure foot (or the pressure foot/ankle combination) comes off. Now slip the walking foot on where the other foot came off and tighten that screw. You're ready to go!

Robbie

You can purchase that shank here:

Low Shank Snap On Presser Foot Shank

It sounds as though you are missing the ankle which is the part the foot attaches to. The ankle attaches to the metal rod with a screw and the foot snaps onto the ankle.
sewman7

This may be a lubrication problem on the presser foot shaft. Try freeing up with penetrating oil or Triflow. After letting set for an hour lower the presser foot and pull down on the ankle. If that does not work you need to open the machine and loosen the clamp screw on the presser foot shaft. Then try to twist the shaft to loosen it up.

If your SU is an Air Electronic model i.e. 80's model, Elna didn't make a walking foot to fit. However, if you've got a walking foot that is the same height from sole plate to the screw fitting as a standard Elna foot then you could give it a try. The walking foot connects to the presser bar with a screw but the needle bar also needs to hook into a secondary lever on the side of the walking foot to make the foot actually move. Probably sounds very confusing . Check the movement of the foot manually by hand turning the fly wheel to see how it works before you actually use with the motor to minimise any problems if the foot doesn't fit.

Also you'll probably only be able to do straight stitch with this foot due to the clearance around the needle plate.