Will not pick up bobbin thread - Riccar Sewing Machines

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1. Place spool of thread on spool pin. ...
2. Pass thread end, from inside, through the small hole in the rim of the bobbin (illustration 2).
3. Place bobbin onto the pin. ...
4. Holding thread end, step on speed controller to run the machine until the desired amount of thread is wound. ...
5. Trim thread ends from top of the bobbin.

https://www.singer.com/sewing-resources/winding-a-bobbin-alt
Machine will not pick up bobbin thread. ... - Your thread could be caught on something between the needle and your spool of thread if so, your thread will be too tight for the needle to pick up the bobbin thread. - Make sure that the upper thread is threaded properly. - Re-thread your machine, if necessary.
https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/76369/~/machine-will-not-pick-up-bobbin-thread

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Machine will not pick up bobbin thread. ... - Your thread could be caught on something between the needle and your spool of thread if so, your thread will be too tight for the needle to pick up the bobbin thread. - Make sure that the upper thread is threaded properly. - Re-thread your machine, if necessary.
https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/76369/~/machine-will-not-pick-up-bobbin-thread

Install a brand new needle. A bent/dull/damaged needle sometimes will not pick up bobbin thread.

Check that the needle is installed facing the correct direction.

Also check that the bobbin is wound smoothly, the bobbin is turning the correct direction in the bobbin case, and the bobbin tension is threaded correctly.

If it still will not pick up the bobbin thread, there is most likely a timing issue, ie the needle is arriving at the wrong time to intercept the bobbin thread. Search the internet for sewing machine timing discussions or take it for service.

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Try a brand new needle. Verify it is installed correctly.

Remove the bobbin. Check that the bobbin is turning the correct direction and the thread is threaded correctly in the bobbin case. Reinstall the bobbin case and make sure that it latches.

Retest your machine. Manually turn the handwheel and watch the needle descend and see if the thread picks up the bobbin thread. If not, then the machine may have a timing issue. Take it for service.

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Install a brand new needle. A bent/damaged needle sometimes will not pick up the bobbin thread.

Verify the machine is threaded correctly.

If it still will not pick up the bobbin thread, most likely it is a needle/hook timing issues. There are many web sites and videos online explaining sewing machine timing. Or take it for service.

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Try a brand new needle.

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Try installing a brand new needle.


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Did you check the tension? Sometimes when doing lettering or other specialty stitches you would lesson the thread tension which affects the bobbin thread behavior; did you remember to increase it again before switching back to plain sewing? (Though I would still expect it to pick up the bobbin thread... if it's not picking up bobbin thread then I wonder how the loops are being left on the back side of the fabric; it's the tension of the bobbin thread that keeps the top thread from just pulling through. I'm adding this because maybe that's a clue?)

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needle's in backwards

Try changing your needle