Bi crickey Iv cracked it

Last year before I moved back to the UK, I brought a sewing machine and had it shipped over to Cyprus. I pulled it out the box ready to work my magic on all the ideas spinning around in my head, only to find to my disappointment despite following the instructions, try as I may, I could not get the darn thing to work. Every so often I would get it out, try again, swear a lot, and put it back in its box in a fowl mood. Last night (drum roll please ) I finally got the darn thing to work, there is a metal pole that the bobbin goes on that needs to be pushed to the right, the instructions , online tuts and books iv brought all failed to inform me of this simple fact arhh :0(, now to learn how to use it :0S at long last.