Alden SUZ-2 Super Zig-Zag is home
#22
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Joe, here is a thread about the springs. http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...s-t183629.html I want one of those. I would have had a better view of what I was doing when I was thread painting the ducks and eagles on my son's quilt. Thank you, JMCDA, fo the directions in case I find one.
Caroline, does that stick up thing (now there's a technical term) in the top center of your machine move. A similar lever is bigger and further to the right on my Universal. It has to be moved to the right in order for the big knob to turn and choose different stitches.
Joe, my Universal is twin to my mothers' White and as far as I can find out was made by the Koyo factory that manufactured Whites. When White went out of the manufacturing business and only became a distributor, the factory kept making machines and shipping them to the US where new names were given. Caroline's looks like a higher end model of the same machine. Caroline, what is the # on yours?
I sat down at the machine and could operate everything - muscle memory, maybe? BTW, when I have a machine apart, I oil everything that moves or even might move.
Caroline, does that stick up thing (now there's a technical term) in the top center of your machine move. A similar lever is bigger and further to the right on my Universal. It has to be moved to the right in order for the big knob to turn and choose different stitches.
Joe, my Universal is twin to my mothers' White and as far as I can find out was made by the Koyo factory that manufactured Whites. When White went out of the manufacturing business and only became a distributor, the factory kept making machines and shipping them to the US where new names were given. Caroline's looks like a higher end model of the same machine. Caroline, what is the # on yours?
I sat down at the machine and could operate everything - muscle memory, maybe? BTW, when I have a machine apart, I oil everything that moves or even might move.
#23
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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JMCDA,
Thanks for the instructions. I saved the pic to my PC. As soon as I've gotten the controls down pat on this machine I'll give it a try.
irishrose,
Thanks for the link to the thread about the springs. I"m gonna bookmark it this time.
About the great big straight stitch foot. .....................
It dawned on my pea brain about 17 minutes ago why this machine has such a big straight stitch foot.
It's because the feed dogs are very wide. The wide foot covers the wide feed dogs. Really too simple. Hey Joe: "Here's your sign".
If you'll look at the pic you can see the straight stitch foot on the left and the zig-zag foot on the right. Both are just a bit larger than the feed dogs.
Pretty smart, the designer.
Joe
Thanks for the instructions. I saved the pic to my PC. As soon as I've gotten the controls down pat on this machine I'll give it a try.
irishrose,
Thanks for the link to the thread about the springs. I"m gonna bookmark it this time.
About the great big straight stitch foot. .....................
It dawned on my pea brain about 17 minutes ago why this machine has such a big straight stitch foot.
It's because the feed dogs are very wide. The wide foot covers the wide feed dogs. Really too simple. Hey Joe: "Here's your sign".
If you'll look at the pic you can see the straight stitch foot on the left and the zig-zag foot on the right. Both are just a bit larger than the feed dogs.
Pretty smart, the designer.
Joe
#24
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brady TX
Posts: 6,613
JMCDA,
Thanks for the instructions. I saved the pic to my PC. As soon as I've gotten the controls down pat on this machine I'll give it a try.
irishrose,
Thanks for the link to the thread about the springs. I"m gonna bookmark it this time.
About the great big straight stitch foot. .....................
It dawned on my pea brain about 17 minutes ago why this machine has such a big straight stitch foot.
It's because the feed dogs are very wide. The wide foot covers the wide feed dogs. Really too simple. Hey Joe: "Here's your sign".
If you'll look at the pic you can see the straight stitch foot on the left and the zig-zag foot on the right. Both are just a bit larger than the feed dogs.
Pretty smart, the designer.
Joe
Thanks for the instructions. I saved the pic to my PC. As soon as I've gotten the controls down pat on this machine I'll give it a try.
irishrose,
Thanks for the link to the thread about the springs. I"m gonna bookmark it this time.
About the great big straight stitch foot. .....................
It dawned on my pea brain about 17 minutes ago why this machine has such a big straight stitch foot.
It's because the feed dogs are very wide. The wide foot covers the wide feed dogs. Really too simple. Hey Joe: "Here's your sign".
If you'll look at the pic you can see the straight stitch foot on the left and the zig-zag foot on the right. Both are just a bit larger than the feed dogs.
Pretty smart, the designer.
Joe
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Thanks for the hint. I pushed the "sticky uppy thingy" to the right, kept working the decorative stitch selector and can now select about half of the stitches. I will post some more pictures on the thread I created for my Universal. The serial number is T10708 and J A38 is near the serial number.
#26
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Thanks for the hint. I pushed the "sticky uppy thingy" to the right, kept working the decorative stitch selector and can now select about half of the stitches. I will post some more pictures on the thread I created for my Universal. The serial number is T10708 and J A38 is near the serial number.
OK, I'm really feeling left out now. Where in the blue blazes is this picture thread? I've looked and looked and can't find it. I want to see the "sticky uppy thingy" too.
Joe
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I just updated my thread with some more pictures. Give me a minute and I will send you the link. Or you can go to my profile to look at my recent threads.
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#29
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Caroline, I thought so. I'm also J A 38, but the serial number is N 10303. Yours is a little newer than mine.
Here's a picture though it was precleaning when the motor was still off. http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...-universal.jpg
Here's a picture though it was precleaning when the motor was still off. http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...-universal.jpg
#30
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Caroline, I thought so. I'm also J A 38, but the serial number is N 10303. Yours is a little newer than mine.
Here's a picture though it was precleaning when the motor was still off. http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...-universal.jpg
Here's a picture though it was precleaning when the motor was still off. http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...-universal.jpg
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