Shag rugs and a 516 with a walking foot...

Well I believe it was 3 years ago a student tried to finish off the edges of her shag bathroom rug with a 516 machine with a walking foot. Well ever since then it hasn't worked all that great. You would have to force the fabric towards the beginning of the stitching for it not to get bunched up and rip your fabric.

Then I found this one morning and decided I needed to take apart the walking foot and see what was going on. With a decent amount of struggle I got the presser foot and walking foot. Found out the throat plate was slightly bent upward, so I had to fix that and inside the presser foot which had a lot of nylon fibers that caused the back end of it to add too much pressure to the beginning of the stitches. Just cough up $10-$20 and buy a new rug.