As a 52 year old male, whose wife doesn't sew, this vid was exactly what I needed to get our old singer up and running. Thanks for posting

No introduction, just straight to the point and helpful. Thanks!

I was awake at 3:00am and was able to setup my kids sewing machine. I had NEVER setup a sewing machine before. THANK YOU!!!!! :-D

We were loosing our minds before we found your video. You totally fixed our problem!!!! We can't thank you enough!!!

Inherented this machine from my mother, and thanks to your kindness, I can have it up and running again!brings back a lot of memories, I'm so thankful, wish I could give you a hug!much love from me and my teary eyes!❤

So informative . I've watched this video every single time I've set up my mom's sewing machine just to make sure I did it right . Lots of LOVE ❤❤❤ 🙏🏼 - January 20, 2022

That was just what I needed after not using the machine for a long long time.

You have no idea how much I appreciate you and this video

I truly appreciate that you used your frustrations to teach the rest of us. I'm soooo excited to set up my Singer which I got for Christmas 2011!

I swear companies should invest in video instructions like these. They would save a lot of money. Plus, no one likes to read paper manuals! Thank you so so much!

Your a life saver! I just inherited this sewing machine and had no idea how to set it up. Thank you for posting a detailed setup.

As a novice to sewing machine, I was able to get my second-hand Singer sewing machine going after watching your video. I have to say the Singer instructions were not well written, but you are articulate and your instruction is much easier to follow. Thank you for sharing.

Oh my goodness, thank you sooo much! I have a very old Singer and was searching for hours how to replace the bobbin! You saved me!

I have the exact same sewing machine that was my mom’s. You have no idea how helpful this was! Thank you so much!

I bought a Singer from the 70's and i got it up and running thanks to this tutorial.. Im crying a bit because of happiness! Thank you

Finally!!! Someone who can explain it and show it in detail! You are AWESOME!!!

I love how this video exists! Life saver for an old school Singer like mine. This was exactly what I needed. Well done!

Love * love*love your video. Thanks so much for finally showing up close and the detail. Thanks again!!!

THANKS! I was getting frustrated with that bobbin until I stumbled upon your video:)

I LOVE YOU!!! I still don’t understand how I did it, but I finally did it after seeing your video...I wanna cry!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I filled and threaded(?) the bobbin yesterday and was so proud of myself... but then I started having troubles with the tension (the bottom thread kept showing on top of the fabric) and I couldn’t figure out how to set the bobbin tension correctly... turns out I actually didn’t install the bobbin the right way (a bit less proud now haha) and your video showed me what I had missed. Anyway, long story short: you saved me a lot of frustration ♥️

Teaching myself to sew on an old singer 368 that was my grandmother's. The manual for it was lost of course 30 or so years ago. You're video was a life saver and very easy to follow! Thank you! :-)

Thank you for detailed explanation. I just have got a "broken" Singer-368 sewing machine trough the Craig's list. Year of production 1978. The AD in Craig's list said, there was a problem with back thread tension, and that is why the machine was given for free. When I got the machine, it looked like brand new, like it was never used. So I suspected, machine was good but previous owner (who inherited it from her grandmother) just didn't thread it properly. There was one part missing (the bobbin) which i have bought for $3.99 for 5 pieces. I have found your video and carefully followed your instructions. Now that machine is up and running very well. I am a 68 y.o. male, retired RN and I am not going to use machine very often. I jut have few projects in my mind (one of it is making a vinyl cover for my grand piano). Surprisingly, this machine is capable to sew together two layers of vinyl, because it is old, heavy and "all metal" (no plastic parts). Thanks again.

this video was made 8 years ago and it was exactly what I needed I have tried everything THANKYOU

Just got my sewing machine the other day as a gift and I was completely clueless as to how I needed to set it up to be able to actually use it. This has helped me so much! Thank you!!!

thank you! I couldn't for the life of me figure out what I was doing wrong...that bobbin messed me up, my machine is about 18 years old and I was scared that I wouldn't find a tutorial - so glad you posted this- huge help!

Thank you! i've got a 368 Singer, from the '70, and not a clue about how to set it up. This video is crystal clear.

best tutorial ever, your the only person who explained it well enough, I was able to thread my machine for the first time ever and I didnt make any mistakes!

truly a life saver! couldnt find anything on my machine anywhere and yours turns out to be very close, so thanks heaps!

I'm used to my moms machine and i was given a singer without the instruction book so this was so helpful THANK YOU

Thank you so much! I’ve scoured the internet looking for someone to tell me where to put the bobbin and you’re the only who actually helped. Thank you!

My daughter got a Singer sewing machine years ago and hasn't been able to use it cause she didnt know how to thread the bobbin. I've never done it before, I literally did it the first time watching you!!! NO BULLSHIT!! I'm not into sewing at all, but I really feel like i accomplished something today!! Woo hooo! Thanks singer sewing lady.

Had the same issue. Was spinning the wheel away from me and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't catch. You're a life saver. Thank you!

11 years later and I’m happy you posted this 👏👏

I'll give you a tip. When you are threading the bobbin, you don't go through the hook. If you do, it crosses back over itself and it shoots off like it did in the video. You actually just go around the round screw that is at the base of the hook. If you pause at 1:01 you will see a blue-ish flat head screw, you wrap the thread around that (when threading the bobbin). Other than that, great video, it was helpful for the part I needed. Thank you!

Thank you thank you thank you! My nana gave me her Singer 7108 and I couldn't raise the bobbin thread to save my life before finding your video!

Thanks RockinHottie, I am a widowed 60+ guy that inherited a sewing machine. With your help I have just taken up a pair of denim jeans perfectly :)

Great tips!! I couldn't figure out why the needle wasn't catching the bobbin thread and ur tips solved it! Thank you!

Thank you kindly, I just picked up a Singer 6110 in great shape at a yard sale for $15.00 but with no manual. Following your instructions I now know it sews and I got a bargain.

Hello The Rockin Hottie, I just want to say thank you so much for providing this tutorial video regarding the 534 Singer Stylist. I couldn't find help on how to use my sewing machine at all. You are a true blessing! Thank you

Thank you! Blessed are the people who make useful youtube tutorials, for theirs is the gratitude of all!!! I have the exact same make, but I got it second hand so I didn't have the user's manual. I searched and searched and finally found this video that explained everything so perfectly!

Thank you very much. So helpful. I just got this old singer machine from a family member and needed you to guide me. Greatly appreciated

After on and off trying to thread my Singer 5050c for 10+ years using the Singer diagrams that look like an Ogre drew them with an Etch-A-Sketch, I was able to finally thread my machine and take in a shirt and hem a pair of pants in less than an hour. Thank you!

Thankyou my wife was trying to thread the machine came across your video and low and behold she is using her sewing machine thankyou very much

THANK YOU!!!! I have a similar machine, and I was fighting with the bobbin for a long time

YES! Thank you so much, I have been trying to thread my machine for so long. It's from the 80s so it's different than a lot of the newer models, but this tutorial helped me SO much! Thank you!!!!!!

8 year old video better than most new ones. Your explanation was concise, clear and easy to implement. Many thanks.

Never delete this video! I finally got my Singer to sew without that same tangle of black thread you showed at the start.

God bless you so much. Was struggling with my new Machine and now i came across your video now. Very helpful

That point about turning the bobbin winder off is gold! Thank you 💚

thanks its great to know that people are actually finding it helpful and "fun" to watch.

Thanks so much for this video. I got a hand me down singer that's older than the one you show, but was the same for the most part. I struggled with it for an hour!! I found your video and let out a huge sigh of relief when I saw my bobbin thread pop up. You rock.

Bought an old Singer 247 from a pawn shop. Followed your video and started sewing no prob. Thanks.

Thank you so much for this tutorial....just bought a singer 427 as my mam had one decades ago. Now we are modding lavvus 👍

Mind = blown, probably the best tutorial on KZfaq, thank you

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I did what you did and watched a bunch of, "how to thread your machine" videos that weren't just unhelpful, they were downright demoralizing. With your video I got it working on the first try! So thank you. Forever.

I had to watch many confusing videos in Arabic since I'm an Arab until I came across yours!! It was a real help. I'm new on this and the way you explain was "very" clear. Thank you.. I hope you have other videos for beginners showing how to start sewing

This video was super helpful! I watched 2 other videos before this with no luck and was ready to give up, but this one made it click! I got the machine up and running and completed my first project :) back for a review today to start something new!!

At last a video that PROPERLY shows how to do the tensioner! Thank you :)

Just got my "new" machine last week and finally had time to practice . Your video was the best teaching tool ever! Everything I had found prior to this was completely foreign (and literally sometimes!) Thank you Soo much!! Would love to see more sewing videos from you!👍

Oh my goodness. God bless you. May your dreams come true. May you have the happiest live ever. Because you, just helped me on finishing my school project. May God bless you lady. Thank you.

Thank you very much for the video. You have helped me a lot with it. Greetings from an Uruguayan man living in Ecuador.

I just want to say that this video has been a lifesaver!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Thank you!

Thank you for the comprehensive explanation, you don’t get videos this helpful anymore. Good job!

My mom bought me this sewing machine at a yard sale after telling her how much I wanted one lol but we both have no experience with sewing, this vid was super helpful thank you !!

Thank you, I bought the machine second-hand because I wanted the lovely table it was in but it seemed a shame to just dump the machine. I downloaded a manual but it was not very clear and I spent ages this afternoon trying to thread it from the instructions to no avail. Your video solved the problem in just a few minutes, thanks again.

Thank GOODNESS for this video! I just got this sewing machine from my mother, and I had no idea what I was doing wrong threading it

I would recommend instead of threading it to the hook, slip it into the tension discs beside the hook you've mention so that you can have more control on winding the bobbin and even filling of thread. Another thing is to disengage the needle to prevent accidents by turning the stop motion screw (the small wheel in the center of the handwheel) to you so that you'll only powering the motor for the bobbin winder and not the needle.

Well I messed about for ages with that tensioner bit at the front before I found this video - Most new machines seem to have a simple slot the cotton slips into and videos don't describe that spring tensioner because presumably its hidden. Thanks for a simple and concise explanation - worked perfectly for my Frister & Rossmann Cub 4 I just bought to get started, its pretty much the same set up. Great job RockinHottie.

Thank you soooooo much for making this video. I could not find a single other video that was helpful enough for me to get it. I went from a brand new digital sewing machine that belongs to my parents to an older version of the singer than you currently have and was clueless. You saved my sewing!

Love this video! You are a goddess!! I hated my machine til now lol

Omg!!thank you so much hun. i went to a used furniture store to find a ironing board, and walked out with the same exact sewing machine that was attached to a desk where the door opens out and keeps the fabric from falling to the ground ,but i could not get it to work i tried everything, watched videos,read the manual and nothing until you, i'm so excited i 've had this for over a year and finally can play around with it. thank you once again!!! ps the close up really helped, other people's videos were so far away, also don't pay attention to the negative comments, bc your way of doing helped a lot of people, and it works. i don't understand why all these so called experts are watching your video than telling you how it should be done kinda funny bc if they know how it's done than why are they watching your vid????????!!!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH IM SO GLAD THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND VIDEO I CLICKED IF I HAD TO GO THROUGH THREE HOURS OF VIDEOS TO FIND THIS I WOULD HAVE JUST GIVEN UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH NOW I ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO DO IT ON MY OWN YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON KEEP DOING WHAT YOURE DOING!

Yes - the two corrections that are mentioned in comments below are correct: 1) On the wheel, first loosen/turn the center knob (clutch) counter clockwise to disengage the needle/shank while filling an empty bobbin with thread. Just hold the wheel with left hand while you turn the center clutch with right hand - it will only turn about a half or a quarter turn. 2) Guild the thread from the spool and then around the "disk" (not the hook). The little 'disk' separates from the base/mount. This is where the thread is fed. You can feel the spring action that holds the disk onto the base. This spring action holds the thread in place under the disk. It also guilds the thread up and down the bobbin to help fill it evenly. Don't forget to tighten the clutch back after you fill the bobbin. Loved the video and sew happy you inherited the machine rather then having it end up in the scrap pile. The older machines easy outlast the newer ones. This model does have a few plastic gears. My husband is currently refurbishing this same model (we found in a shed at my Mother's house. The original plastic gears were brittle and crumbling but he was still able to order new ones. He found the parts manual and the owners manual (free download) online. Have sew much fun with your machine!!

thank you so much.. my mum had this muchine for over 20 years never used.. she did not know how..with your help now i can ...thanks again.. you are great

thank you so much. im really glad that i was able to help you. i was frustrated and unable to find proper help thats why i made the video so im really glad that it served its purpose

Thank you for the detailed description. We were having trouble getting the bobbin to catch simply because we were winding the wrong way. Fantastic video and thank you.

Received this sewing machine as a gift with no sewing experience or instructions, but a lot of curiosity and determination. Thank you so much for your video! It helped me a great deal and I managed to make my first tentative lines. :)

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I just started sewing about a week ago and just teaching myself through you tube videos! I will look for other beginners sewing guides with you! Thanks again!

Thank you very much for this detailed vid. Exactly what I needed for getting the old machine back to work!

Great Video!!!! I had given up trying for months to learn what you just went over. Thanks sooooo much

I was struggling with inserting the bobbin (after not having used my machine in 10 years) but your video helped more than anything else. Thanks!

July 4th, 2024, still a great video, thank you for making it :)

Thank you! For showing up close!! I have a hard time seeing small things. This was great 😊👍❣️

I don’t know how many videos I’ve seen on KZfaq, your videos is one of the best so far I’ve seen. I liked the fact that your camera person was very good with zooming in. I was about to throw my sawing machine out the my backyard door. Thank you! 😊

Close . . . Pass the thread from the spool - UNDER the button thing (not the hook). The button thing puts a slight tension on the thread to keep it even as it winds. The hook is just a guide for when you thread to actually start sewing (DON'T use the button to sew - the tensioner at the bottom is used for that). That little bit of tension when winding the bobbin keeps the thread from yanking all over like it did in the beginning. Also: don't wind, then go through the hole, then wind more . . . go through the hole FIRST, then start winding the bobbin. I applaud you for making a clear to see video for the purpose of education. Hopefully these hints help others who are struggling like you did.

thank you very much for very clear, comprehensive and most helpful instructions

you're literally a life savior!

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I got my very first Singer (model no. 247) it's not my first sewing machine BUT my first big normal stronger machine (my other machine is called a "Sew & Sew" I love it my quote exactly was, "So incredibly EASY, my 6 year old son was sewing" and cutest machine but not extremely strong like the Singer) your video was the only video that showed me how to thread with that knob with the numbers on it, (the little wire that you can move) the rest I knew how to do luckily but I was so worried I wouldn't do it correctly and screw up lol grateful for your video thanks so much again!

Somebody wanted to throw away a singer 377 but I took it home, cleaned it up a bit, found this video and now I'm sewing. Thanks for the basics.

Thank you so much for this video! I watch it every single time I thread my machine. I sew sporadically, so I forget how to thread the machine properly every time.

Thank you so much! I have an older sewing machine and following the manual was very confusing! I actually got everything set up by watching your video! So helpful!

i searched such a video for 4 F****** HOURS!!! thank you for this! live long and prosper! sincerely, a french cosplayer.

Amazing and still relevant in 2022. Thank you so much I was going nuts trying to figure it out with pictures!!!!!

yes! i've been trying since last night to sew something for my mother and i couldn't sort out why the bobbin thread didn't do what it was supposed to. thank you for explaining so clearly why it didn't work! you made my day :)

Super thorough, fantastic close-ups... all in all, a great video. I don't have the same model that you do, but your video was helpful anyway, especially since I have a top-loading Singer, and needed reassurance that my bobbin procedure was correct. Thanks for posting all those years ago!

I love you so much right now... ! best video I've seen on the subject so far. THANK YOU!

Thank you!! I borrowed a 1970's sewing machine, and have spent several frustrated hours trying to get it set up (I haven't used a sewing machine in about 15 years, which doesn't help). The old Singer manuals I've found were either inaccurate or incomprehensible -- now, I might actually be able to use this thing!

whoa awesome....I was just given a crazy old singer and literally spent 3 hours trying to figure this thing out...ya gave me just what I needed...thank you!

I appreciate you zooming in; so helpful. A model 4016 was passed down to my daughter. Your machine looks the most similar to ours in comparison to the many other videos I’ve watched. Again thank you for the step by step. Much appreciated. 😌