General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Tom

There was one in the family from the 1960s and after you have threaded the needle, and loaded the shuttle, make sure you pull plenty of thread through, and pull the thread from the shuttle up and across the needle hole and start the process by hand, just turning the wheel slowly, and make sure the needle cotton and the shuttle cotton have linked together, starting the sewing process, and don't be in a hurry to press the pedal and get it buzzing, just use your hand and the wheel, until you get used to how it works.

You also might find that the shoo, needs to be adjusted regularly, because they tend to come loose