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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I have my grandmother's that she got when my mother was a kid, so that would 
be the late 20s, early 30s.  My dad worked as a repairman for Singer for 
awhile and he always oiled mine each year when he came to visit. (He'd 
appointed himself keeper of the machine <g>).

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SISU!" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Sewing machine problem


> I guess I jumped the gun on asking for help.
> I had multiple problems and was overwhelmed with the number of variables
> that could be at fault.
> My thread kept breaking and the tension was out of adjustment(somehow it
> got set to 0 ---makes me think someone tinkered with the machine, but I
> can't imagine how that would have happened).  I also had needle problems
> (wrong size, breakage, etc.)  After much tweaking, 3 days worth
> actually, I THINK I have it now.  I have no idea of how it got so out of
> whack, but the major problem, I think, was a massive amount of lint in
> the bobbin shuttle assembly.  Once I took that apart and brushed/blew
> out the dust and lint, things are working better and I think now it is
> just a matter of some fine adjustments to the upper thread tension.  The
> needles aren't breaking, the top thread isn't breaking anymore, and the
> top thread is now pulling off the spool correctly.  I don't have any
> 'looping' on the top or bottom anymore, but using two different colors
> of thread, I can still see the bobbin color from the top side, so I know
> I still need to adjust/loosen the top thread tension.
> This machine was given to me by my mother, and it has served us both
> close to 60 years now.  I learned to sew on it when I was a kid and it
> is a great machine.  I totally freaked out when I had a problem as it
> has been problem free for so long.  I had to get out the manual to see
> what the settings are supposed to be and use that as a starting point.
> Mother had it serviced and oiled about 15 years ago before she gave it
> to me.  I don't use it that much, so I haven't oiled it since.  Nothing
> is grinding and all still sounds good, so I am hesitant to oil it.  I've
> always heard that too much oil is worse than too little.  Do you think I
> should oil the machine?  Since I am in maintenance mode, what else
> should I do to make sure this baby gives me many more years of service?
> BTW, it's the gear driven model, not the belt driven model.
>
> Bev
>
>
>
> sjc wrote:
>
> > Yep, whatcha need?
> >
> > Susan Jane, in Maine
> >
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