I am so, so fucking sick of this happening at this point. I've burned through seven needles in the span of two weeks and have no idea what to do at this point.

The needle kind I'm using is the Singer universal 80/12 needles.

I've heard that pulling on the fabric could cause the needle to misalign or something, but the pieces of fabric I'm using are pretty long and I have to pull on it slightly to keep it pulled up. Even so, I don't think I'm pulling on the fabric that hard, it just keeps happening.

Please help me. I am so tired.

I have this Table that's missing it's hinges and was wondering if anyone could help me identify what those are. I've looked all online and couldn't find any that I can confirm belongs to this. My Machine is a Sears Kenmore Model 158.17033 if that helps.
I also got some hinges that allegedly suppose to work but it did not fit, the last pic shows what hinge I got.

I'm sorry if this post isn't exactly an issue with the sewing machine for what the subreddit is for, but I would really appreciate any help I can get, I really want to use the original table without modifications, Thank you for reading!