Vintage Sewing Machine Owners....Your Tutorials are Starting
05-14-2010, 04:49 AM
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Billy, your tutorials will be a true blessing. The more detailed the better.
I think most of us have been trained to 'don't touch, let the expert handle it'. Your efforts will equip us to do a good job and save $$. Thank you.
I think most of us have been trained to 'don't touch, let the expert handle it'. Your efforts will equip us to do a good job and save $$. Thank you.
05-14-2010, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Billy, your tutorials will be a true blessing. The more detailed the better.
I think most of us have been trained to 'don't touch, let the expert handle it'. Your efforts will equip us to do a good job and save $$. Thank you.
I think most of us have been trained to 'don't touch, let the expert handle it'. Your efforts will equip us to do a good job and save $$. Thank you.
Some of these machines are sorta stubborn and I can not tell you how much patience it takes to take them apart. This tute will explain how to rip one apart that has 100 years worth of gummy oil and lint and rust in it and all over it and let you be able to save the machine.
Just because it might not be a Jones, W&W, W&G, Damascus, Eldridge, and so forth it should give you the basic knowledge it takes to refurbish one.
If I wanted to do a complete repaint on this machine I am using for the tutorial all I have left to do is to sand the japan off and I and ready to start taping off.
This is also how to save a machine Tutorial in a round about way!
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05-14-2010, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by kwhite
Wow this will be a superb resource. Is the dismantle of a machine the same for Electric as it will be for my Treadle?
Now I will be doing one for the newer version of the sewing machine that has a lot of mechanics to them but it will be after this one.
Now the one I just mentioned will be using my 500A on and this should apply to just about any machine with a self contained motor up to the mid 70's. Mostly it will be a clean, oil, and polish type of tute that is essentially your basic "Tune Up".
This way you can get to know your machine and you can keep a regular schedule on maintenance. If anything should break somewhere down the line you should be comfortable enough to tear into the machine diagnose the problem and if its not too complicated you can service it yourself.
So far I have never found a problem too far out there to not be able fix yourself.
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05-14-2010, 09:05 PM
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Thanks Billy. The tute is very clear. I started my diassembly. There are a couple of stuck things so I will let them sit tonight and see if they are loosened up tomorrow. It is the bobbin winder screw and the foot attachment on the stem.
One question for my Davis model. Should I take the stitch length plate off? The knob is attached to a lever underneath but I think there is a teeny set screw that I may have to get a smaller screw driver.
One question for my Davis model. Should I take the stitch length plate off? The knob is attached to a lever underneath but I think there is a teeny set screw that I may have to get a smaller screw driver.
Stitch length screw is under bobbin winder
[ATTACH=CONFIG]38034[/ATTACH]
Plate has 2 screws
[ATTACH=CONFIG]38035[/ATTACH]
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