New Home 960 Excessive Noise?
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New Home 960 Excessive Noise?
I have just restored a New Home 960 sewing machine (See Photo) and it now produces lovely stitches (See Photo) However, whilst I realise that oscillating machines tend to be quite noisy, I think this is more so. I have identified excessive tolerance in a square pinion where it connects to a fork component (See Photo) and I wondered if it had been inserted incorrectly at the manufacturing stage. As the component looks quite square, shout it have been fitted on the opposite faces.
Clearly, I don’t want to remove and refit if the tolerances and thus noise is normal in these sewing machines. Any help or suggestions would be welcomed.
Clearly, I don’t want to remove and refit if the tolerances and thus noise is normal in these sewing machines. Any help or suggestions would be welcomed.
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Your machine looks very much like a New Home I have apart on the workbench, although I can't find a model number on it anywhere.
I will get motivated and clean it up and see what kind of noises it makes and post back.
I will get motivated and clean it up and see what kind of noises it makes and post back.
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Mine is apart and bone dry right now, but just wiggling the main top shaft back and forth by hand I hear noise from both ends of top and bottom components. Hopefully in the next couple of days I will get the inside cleaned/oiled and run it with a motor.
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Would you kindly elaborate upon your suggestion, perhaps by providing a link to assistive information or video resources? Which specific bar are you referring too? Any illustrative material (Videos, Documents or Diagrams) would be appreciated.
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I heard the most metal slop at the nose end of the upper portion while moving the handwheel back and forth by hand. Interestingly, when the machine was lying on its "back" it didn't make any noise moving the handwheel back and forth, but did when upright.
I have not sew tested it yet because I need to put together an outlet with a foot control.
I did take some pictures, but it wasn't really dirty inside, just dry. If you want to see them I will post them. The outside had a layer of dirt on it, most of which wiped off, and I had already started that before I saw your first post.
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I did some more testing, and the noise at the nose end increases dramatically when the stitch width is at "5" and is almost nonexistent when it is at "0". I am trying to pin down what part(s) are making the noise but it all seems to be related to the needle bar.