parts 15 ooops maybe not.
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So I saw this nasty 15 on CL. missing throat plate, faceplate/tensioner. Looked terrible.
Cabinet was not even worth dragging home. Then i noticed the RAF decal. ohoh. I'm am an old warbird fan and like British things. So I looked it over more carefully. It would turn a few degrees. It's bobbin case had bunches of thread trapped and would not let anything move under it. Compared it to a 15 clone Eureka and tore it apart. Fixed it. Presser bar was seriously stuck. PBlaster, a smaller hammer and a punch and an hour of tapping got it released and operating right. Borrowed a Singer face plate, the Eureka throat plate and it is stitching now. Hmm. How to power it??[ATTACH=CONFIG]587077[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]587078[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]587079[/ATTACH]
Cabinet was not even worth dragging home. Then i noticed the RAF decal. ohoh. I'm am an old warbird fan and like British things. So I looked it over more carefully. It would turn a few degrees. It's bobbin case had bunches of thread trapped and would not let anything move under it. Compared it to a 15 clone Eureka and tore it apart. Fixed it. Presser bar was seriously stuck. PBlaster, a smaller hammer and a punch and an hour of tapping got it released and operating right. Borrowed a Singer face plate, the Eureka throat plate and it is stitching now. Hmm. How to power it??[ATTACH=CONFIG]587077[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]587078[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]587079[/ATTACH]
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Oh, I love the RAF decals! If there is one more machine i need, it is one with the RAF decals. I love WWII history and have been a British fan since high school. (Did you pick it up a couple of months ago in St Joe, MO? I think it was the one I was watching too!
) Congratulations! So glad it went to a good home! You have clean it up so well. The decals look proud and shiny...
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This was just the amount of challenge I like. No pieces actually broken. head scratching for a bit. Tore apart a 15 bobbin race (actually 3, That may be another post.) to figure out why it was locked up. Lots of oil and the punch I used was a re-purposed 14" steel rod. Yes, NZQuilter, I could make it a hand crank. Thanks all.
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You may have the one that the stitch length goes opposite the regular 15-30 goes, I have one too, and it's got a few differences - but I don't recall what the exact submodel is. These are uncommon enough, and in good enough condition that it should not be used as a parts machine. I expect most of the parts are the same, but some must be different for it to work differently.
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