Question about vintage Singer/foot pedal
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Bought a new motor with foot pedal on eBay. Person said it was running well. When I push the foot pedal, the machine just hums until I basically floor it, then it sews. Is that the foot pedal or the machine?
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I would try a couple of things:
Take the belt off, then see if the machine spins over easily by hand. If not, clean and lube.
While the belt is off, see how the motor reacts to the pedal. If the motor with no load still does not start turning over slowly as soon as you start the pedal, but just takes off wide open once the pedal is toward the bottom, then I would try a different pedal.
Take the belt off, then see if the machine spins over easily by hand. If not, clean and lube.
While the belt is off, see how the motor reacts to the pedal. If the motor with no load still does not start turning over slowly as soon as you start the pedal, but just takes off wide open once the pedal is toward the bottom, then I would try a different pedal.
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If it's the bakelite button pedal it has an adjustment screw inside. It regulate the speed. There's a blog post on the Archaic and the Arcane on how to service these pedals. I can't link to it at the moment, but it's easy to search up.
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