Thanks, I don't even own a sewing machine but this has been keeping me up at night

Every single time I am exposed to an animated explanation of this process I am more and more convinced that Dark Magic is involved.

I'm so glad I'm not the only idiot that didn't get it.

My grandmas been sewing for over 70 years, I’ve watched multiple times, I never knew how the bottom of the stitch worked. Seeing this explained it. It’s amazing the engineering that went into sewing machines, how all the movements work together and are precise.

For no particular reason I have often wondered how these incredible machines work. Now I know. Thank you 😊

It's pretty neat to see exactly how my machine stitches.

Thanks for this. I would say it might be easier to understand if you slowed the video down a little. It's hard to see the actual process.

Exactly what I needed, thank you so much! Always wanted to understand the process, it appeared to be so simple.

I have never used a sewing machine in my life. But this question came to me in the middle of the night and I couldn’t sleep without an explanation 🤣 so thanks

Thank you for this. My daughter asked for a sewing machine for Christmas and while we were setting it up, she asked me to explain exactly how it worked and I had to admit that I didn't exactly know. I had understood most of it but not the crucial role the bobbin plays.

still dont understand how it works

Thank you for a nice presentation.

Excellent video demonstration of how a stitch is made by a sewing machine. You simplified a very complicated process as much as possible, so most people should be able to understand the process. Less well made videos still made the process seem too causing to grasp. I had to practically meditate about the mechanics of the process to finally get it with earlier video explanations. However with your video and explanation, you explanation is the best I’ve seen anywhere. Thank you for making this tool for others to grasp.

Beautiful animation!

perfect video. cogent and concise. thank you.

This video is invaluable to a person that needs to “get it” so thanks for explaining it!

Thank you explained nicely!

This was so helpful! Thanks!

I've been sewing for years. Now I know. Cool. Thanks.

Good simple animation. Thanks.

Ah-ha! Thank you. I've used sewing machines all my life, but I've always wondered how they work. I just thread the needle and thread the bobbin, but never understood how they work together. Thanks for the explanation.

The bobbin case (on some machines called an inner rotary hook) floats (rides in a rotary hook without being attached, held so it doesn't spin) and the top thread actually passes around it to loop around the bobbin thread, which forms the stitch. The take-up lever pulls the slack out, pulling the top thread tight, and as the feed dogs move the fabric forward, it pulls the thread out for the next loop. On most newer machines, the rotary hook actually goes around twice to every one time the needle comes down. I'm trying to create a video that will show exactly how all this works, hopefully a little more detailed than this video, but this is still a very good basic explanation of what's taking place.

I knew it was simple, I just couldn't figure it out. Thanks! Mark

that answers that question! thanks!

This explains so much. I always wondered how those stitches stayed in place because of how differently the needle moved from hand stitching.

Excellent!

I still don’t understand either. If the bobbin thread is a loop and the upper thread tension is loosened to make a loop for the bobbin hook to grab, how do two loops of thread become straight and not tangled? The video needs to show slowly how the race hook mechanism uses the upper thread loop to create a stitch. Slow motion and more magnification is required to explain how this works to make the stitch.

Amazing thanks very much

You can slowdown the play back speed to .25 yo get a better look. Good illustration I’ve been looking for this. Thanks.

That's pretty cool. I had no idea.

Great explanation! Now I wanna build a sewing machine...

If you ever watch this with no sound and just started at it for a while, there's probably no way if understanding how something so simple can be so complex.

Thanks for sharing, so what exactly can be adjusted if the machine timing is off?

Very interesting! Yep i got it!

I used to think there is a little man inside the machine who twists the threads to form a stitch, and he had to be fed with oil. Well at least that is how my mum tried to explain to me when I asked her how the eff does the machine stitches so beautifully unlike hand stitch is all over. Mr singer is the little man inside. But now I know the two threads one from top and one from bottom have to be twisted against one another and then passed back out from the same hole and then the next one and twisted and back out and then the next hole in and twisted and back out again, the bobbin is a device that kind of makes that twist. In other words the thread on the bobbin gets passed through the top loop, so every turn the bobbin makes that twist through the loop of the top thread, the loop is formed by a fact that when the needle goes through the cloth, it drags the top thread with it, and when it is drawn out the thread remains behind and forms a loop because the thread cannot come back out again due to friction stopping it from coming out but the needle comes out as it is smoother and has no friction and is driven out as it is solid unlike the thread is soft and bends, the bend creates a loop which is then grabbed by the hook on the bobbin rotor, which by rotating through the loop causes the twist and stitch

This is pretty satisfying

Awesome illustration about how a sewing machine works. Thank you. I got idea how can I make new sewing machine using arduino and motors. Who didn't understand this is not born to understand it. lol

This otherwise nice diagram shows the needle thread loop passing all the way around the bobbin shuttle. In the real world, the shuttle is mounted somehow, not magically suspended in air, so how does the thread passing behind the shuttle not get hung up on the mounting? Please, somebody, post another diagram. Meanwhile, I may be have to take the shuttle out of my machine and take a look at the housing.

Great piece of work Is it possible to communicate with the person who created this animation.

:D, perfectly explained thank you.

Thank you

Which software u used to make video

What software u used to make this animation

So cool! I rewatched on 0.25 speen so watch in slower motion 👍👍

Isn't there a shaft supporting and rotating the bobin so how the loop can be made without getting obstructed by the shaft?

Never knew how it worked. Now I do, many thanks! Can take another one to my grave hahaha!

Whats the brown thing? And how does it magically attach to the spinning thing each time?

How is that orange string stick thing no clippinv through that wheel?

Magnific

How is possible that the thread coming from the needle (the green one) could go fully around the bobbin from both front and behind? maybe it's me, but looks like the bobbin is floating in the air...could you please explain where I am wrong?

I've torn down and rebuilt engines, transmissions, and brake systems.......but i can't figure out a sewing machine to save my life.

The thing that I struggled to understand is how to decide on the tension, I still have no idea what it does, why its adjusted, or what low/high tension means. Please help! If you guys could make a tutorial on this, it would really help. Thank you!

Clear as mud

Incredible, especially when you consider these were invented long before the internal combustion engine.

So does the bobbin float like magic? Isn't there an axle for it? So how does the loop go around the bobbin and not get tangled in the axle?

Dark Magic aka "Grandma under table making the stitch"

I couldn't imagine it before this.

Finally ... been wondering how this shit works since I was 3. I'm 32 now..

So that's how it works??!! Thanks.

Unsolved Mysteries has got nothing on this.

This makes me wonder how those mini stitching machines without bobbins work.

My brain just exploded when I realized how

I’ve been confused about this my whole life, but never looked it up till now. Still kinda confused but I understand what’s its saying

You need a better close-up view of how the bobbin loop works.

Thanks....

How I wish that the world still existed with such analog technology, so that common people could spend their time inventing. I think that the brain power which went into creating many of the 19th and 20th century inventions was superior to today’s in many ways. Also, and this is a big also, such analog devices allow common people to repair and reproduce them. Today’s average joe can’t repair or recreate the modern creations, such as smartphones or KZfaq. Back then, with a few bobbins and levers, some know-how and enough time to spare, such involved processes were available to all. I think what I’m saying is, I long for the more romantic age where seemingly magical constructions like the sewing machine were being invented. Maybe one day we will return to that age of mechanical curiosity and innovation.

Please make video on zig zag sewing machines anatomy.

Bobbins so crucial

I get it just fine the wheel under the needle locks each stitch with a loop over the bobbin thread over and over .

Thks, I always assumed it was magic (aka PFM).

Look up sewing machine animation slow. This one shows a little differently for those that are still lost.

Is that phyllis from the office?

[sarcastically] Hey! How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does a sun set? How exactly does a posi-trac rear-end on a Plymouth work? It just does

so why is the tread usually on a big roll and the bobbin on a small real not the same colour? surely you are using equal amounts of both? would you not be constantly replacing the bobbin

I have a bad english , so when i searching this , i got lost to "Sewer system"

How is the thread started?

I see. Thanks

You are wrong. It DOSENT go all the way around. Halfway around it lets go and the string gets caught on the thicker piece of metal. Your welcome. Just a friendly Correction 😊

BLACK MAGIC

Couldn't you show the animation in slow motion?

Run this video is slow motion for best viewing. Go to the upper right hand corner of the video , click on the dots and you will see an option

Nice but it is too fast and two dimensional...

For years I always thought a needle would go through the fabric and be rotated around to be sent back up over and over.

Would have been more helpful and informative if the illustration had been slowed down, rather than show it in real time.

I’ve gotta watch this for hw and I don’t get my hw or this video (maybe I’m just dumb idk)

Thank you. I know why my mini sewing machine is not working.

Now I get it, I thought it was a magic😂🤣😂

I'm more confused

Akhirnya bisa tidur dengan tenang.....

How the hook rotates ???without having the thread to get stuck ....is it rotating in mid air

The take up lever is wrongly timed in this animation. It begins to pull up ONLY when the loop comes off the hook.

Animation is good, moves too fast. Furthermore, the speaker speaks too fast, sort of rushing.

Was this narrated by Phyllis Vance?

I’m like overwhelmed and crying because every sewing machine I have I break and I never even get the chance to see anything cuz it immediately doesn’t work cuz I don’t know ?????? And I still don’t understand how I could be doing anything wrong or how to fix it cuz oh my god I don’t understand

😊❤😊👍

The only thing I dont get is how the thread gets around the axle the bobbin hook is attached to

And now I know. Thanks internet!

I thought a sewing machine used two needles and the top one goes through, then the bottom one picks it up, the top moves forward, the the bottom then pushes it to the top and this repeats.

Is that a straight stitch?

Anyone try this stitch by hand, is it possible?