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[Frankthetank]

I trying to sew this scuba webbing or dive belt webbing and it's acting like the top thread is not tight enough and leaving loops on the bottom. I think it may be that the machine can't pull the thread up to tension it with the needle in the webbing. I'm sewing with a walking foot Typical GC0302 with #40 thread and a 17/120 dp needle. Any help would be appreciated. I've tried the next size up needle with no better results and maxed out the tension on the top thread.

[BigRig]

@Frankthetank , pictures are helpful if you can.

[John]

100% you have some threaded wrong on your machine when this is happening.
Make sure you machine is threaded correctly and you bobbin is threaded correctly. Refer to your manual for exact instructions.
Make sure your thread is passing through the tension disks properly and that your bobbing is threaded through the tension spring properly.

Hope this helps!
John

[Frankthetank]

Thanks John you were spot on. I'd only ever threaded the machine the way I was shown when I purchased it. It has a 2nd set of tension discs that is never really noticed.

[John]

That's awesome! happy it helped!!