Another Great Garage Sale Find
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10-09-2014, 01:07 PM
#23
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I have a Wizard that I have had since 1965. My DH gave it to me for Christmas the year before we got married. It still works. I sewed all my clothes on it for years and sewed for our daughter. It is solid blue. I loaned it to my brother for several years and the cams got misplaced, made me sick, I hadn't been able to find any to replace them. I would suggest oiling everything and using a hair dryer to loosen that reverse button. Mine runs very quiet.
08-27-2017, 01:19 PM
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2017
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I have the same machine, colors inverted
I'm super late to the thread, but today I was looking at an antique sewing table that my husband bought about 15 years ago to decorate a room and I knew that the table had a machine in it but since I didn't sew I wasn't too interested in opening it up. Today I found this same machine that you're talking about. Along with booklets and all the parts, except the foot pedal cord is chopped off, probably by the weight of this machine when the table was closed? Who knows. The poor machine looks a little corroded but maybe we can treat it.
I believe I have most of the parts, if not all, to this machine, even an extra lightbulb! And literally a key to heaven, lol. The foot pedal could be repaired if I can't find one online. Look at my link for all the other photos of the different parts. And there's more that I didn't shoot.
I have photos in the following link of my findings today and I can scan photos of the booklet and parts list if anyone is interested: https://goo.gl/photos/JS8oj1GzGqiGoA1p7
Now that I have learned a little about sewing in recent years I want to learn how to use this machine.
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I believe I have most of the parts, if not all, to this machine, even an extra lightbulb! And literally a key to heaven, lol. The foot pedal could be repaired if I can't find one online. Look at my link for all the other photos of the different parts. And there's more that I didn't shoot.
I have photos in the following link of my findings today and I can scan photos of the booklet and parts list if anyone is interested: https://goo.gl/photos/JS8oj1GzGqiGoA1p7
Now that I have learned a little about sewing in recent years I want to learn how to use this machine.
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08-27-2017, 05:16 PM
#25
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Western NY
Posts: 57
@Meliss: You can actually use that machine with the treadle, even if the motor doesn't work. You just have to remove the motor belt and replace it with a leather treadle belt, which you can order for about five bucks on sew-classic.com. They have instructions on how to install it, it's pretty simple. It's also fairly simple to rewire a motor and foot controller.
Rob
Rob
08-27-2017, 06:22 PM
#26
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Meliss, you can get a new cord block here -
http://shop.sew-classic.com/Cord-Set...143-SCE143.htm
just open up the bottom of your controller, disconnect the cut wire from it and connect your controller to the new cord. It's very easy. Aside from the stitch cams, I'd say that all the other fiddly bits you have there went to the Singer machine that used to be in that cabinet but may be able to be used on the Wizard if it's a low shank machine.
Cari
http://shop.sew-classic.com/Cord-Set...143-SCE143.htm
just open up the bottom of your controller, disconnect the cut wire from it and connect your controller to the new cord. It's very easy. Aside from the stitch cams, I'd say that all the other fiddly bits you have there went to the Singer machine that used to be in that cabinet but may be able to be used on the Wizard if it's a low shank machine.
Cari
05-18-2018, 08:12 AM
#29
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 1
Today I found this Wizard 3KC 8844 sewing machine in near perfect condition for $15. Now I am a Singer person myself but it was just so darn pretty, I just love the color combination, and it looked so shiny I just couldn't pass it up. I have been on the internet searching and cannot find a whole lot of info about this machine. I do have the manual so that helps a lot. It sews so quietly but alas, it is heavy as lead, so my DH will be helping me with this one. The manual says you can push in the large round white button for reverse stitch when in straight stitch mode but I can't get it to even budge. It does go in all the way as you increase the stitch length and comes out as you decrease the length but when I stop sewing and try to push it in for reverse it just will not budge. Would anyone on this board have one of the cuties or know something about them. Apparently there is a set of cams that go with this machine but the lady didn't have them at the sale. She is going to look around and see if she can find them for me. The manual doesn't give a list of accessories so maybe the only thing that came with the machine besides the cams was the zig zag foot. Also the needle is to the far left for straight sewing with no way to move it to the center so I will be using some type of tape to get an accurate quarter inch. I don't believe a quarter inch foot would be of help with this machine. It appears that the bobbins are the same as for my Singer 15-91 and also the same as for my Brother CS6000i. Well, it is an interesting machine. The internet says this was a machine that was sold under the name of Wizard by Western Auto in the 60's and that Wizard was to Western Auto as Kenmore was to Sears.
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