To avoid breaking needles:

*Use good quality needles.

*Change the needle often, don't use a dull needle.

*Use a needle that is the right size for the fabric and thread.

Machine feels like it is working heavy or loud:

*Dust or lint might be clogging or caught in parts.

*Machine needs oiling.

*A piece of thread could be caught in bobbin or take up lever area.

Fabric puckers when you sew:

*Your tension is wrong.

If the thread breaks near the needle:

*Thread is too heavy.

*Not threaded correctly.

*Needle is not in correctly.

If your sewing machine skips stitches:

*Your machine needs to be cleaned.

*Your needle is dull and needs to be changed.

*The wrong kind of needle is being used.

Your sewing machine is making a sound but not moving at all:

*Check your hand wheel and tighten it.

*Check and rethread bobbin and upper thread.

*Make sure thread is in the take up lever.

*Make sure your bobbin maker has been pushed back over to the sewing mode.

You Keep losing your upper and lower threads:

*Most likely you are not pulling your thread out long when you are done sewing and you are cutting your threads too close to the machine.