Singer 328K help

**ConfusedPollock** · 21st August 07, 07:37 PM

I got a Singer 328K sewing machine as a gift. My aunt bought it for $2. A cheap heavy duty sewing machine......... How do you load the thread from the bobbin? To get the needle to pick it up? I have no idea...

**auld argonian** · 21st August 07, 07:46 PM

For starters:

http://www.sewingonline.co.uk/instructions/singer328k/

...the internet is a strange and wonderful place...sometimes scary...

Best

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**ccga3359** · 21st August 07, 07:49 PM

Try reading this. or to buy a pdf copy try http://www.sewingonline.co.uk/instructions/singer328k/.

**mexpiper** · 21st August 07, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by ConfusedPollock

I got a Singer 328K sewing machine as a gift. My aunt bought it for $2. A cheap heavy duty sewing machine......... ...

CHEAP???? thats a freaking fantastic price. My local vacuum and sewing machine repair shop has one listed for $95.00.

. I inherited my grandmothers singer sewing machine that does not use electricity, but has a foot trundle. Don't use it because it takes a lot of coordination to operate it. I have one that is about as older than yours but its in a cabinet,,, and I don't use it often, because the cord heats up and the motor begins to smell and smoke just a bit. I need to have the motor replaced.. the repair shop is looking for a new motor for it.

You might want to take it to a shop to see what it would cost to clean and oil it. You would hate to be in a middle of making a kilt and having it die on you!!

Best of luck!

**Canuck** · 21st August 07, 08:46 PM

Put the bobbin casing in your left hand open end up. put the bobbin in the casing with your right hand so that the bobbin spool will unwind in a clockwise motion. Pull the thread off the bobbin and slide the thread through the slit in the casing and slide it under the spring steel. you should feel a slight tension when you pull the thread. Now place the casing in the machine.
Now the needle has to be inserted properly on the machine usually the flat spot is pointed to the back. There is a slot in the needle for the thread to follow.then thread the needle.
Turn the flywheel so that the needle will come down. Hold the thread of the needle as you turn the flywheel until the needle completes it's revolution. It should pull the bobbin thread up. Now you need to insert something flat like a small screwdriver into the loop and pull both threads forward so that you free the top thread from the bobbin thread. Now grab the two threads and slide it back under the presser foot. Make sure you have about 6-8 inches of thread hanging out before you start sewing and actually hang onto them for a couple of stitches so that the needle doesn't come unthreaded.
Cheers