Originally Posted by purplefiend

qltndog,
You don't need to take the motor off. Don't try to take the
bed off, just flip it up. Brush all the lint out of the bobbin area and bobbin case.
I service Featherweights. I use a toothbrush,sewing machine oil,
chennile craft sticks(aka:giant pipe cleaners), bamboo skewer, blue shop towels and strips of bridal netting type stuff. I remove the hand wheel and belt, so I can clean and oil the shaft that the handwheel goes on. Singer lube goes in the motor tubes, oil goes in oil holes in the machine, & anywhere else the manual says to. 1 drop of oil in the bobbin case base @ the 4 o'clock position. I change the motor belt and the rubber feet on the bottom of the machine, remove the screws and they will come off. Sometimes you need to dig the bed cushions out as they have melted. The plate under the spool pin can be moved to the side and you need to take the bamboo skewer and clean off all the old grease on the gears and then put new Singer lube on them.
Take off the throat plate and clean under there, make sure the finger of the bobbin case base goes back in between the throat plate springs when you put the plate back on. Take the bottom plate off and clean all the lint & gunk off, oil where needed and grease the gears on the
bottom.
Use the bamboo skewer to clean the bottom gears, just like you did under the spool pin.
The needle flat goes to the left(NFL) and threads right to left.
Sharon W.
Tender Loving 221 FW Care

Originally Posted by Grandmother23

I am waiting for a response concerning this machine for more pictures.

http://neworleans.craigslist.org/atq/2274883842.html

Originally Posted by melinda1962

Is there any way you can post a picture of the plug part on the machine? I have a 15 clone that is odd like that, 3 plug-in blade slots in sort of an arc. Let us see what it looks like and maybe someone will have a helper piece. I agree about the 15 bobbin case. If you have access to another 15 you can test it out and see if a regular one will work. Good luck.

Melinda

Originally Posted by ssgramma

Help Please!

My 201-2 was sewing nicely until I just broke the needle. Now the handwheel is not working. Inner (is that the boss?) spins freely and makes the needle go up and down, outer portion moves the needle only a portion of the way. That is all by hand. Foot pedal just makes the wheel spin but needle is not going.

Does it not like either of the 2 new needles I just tried or is it something entirely different?

I haven't a clue and gave up to come here.

Originally Posted by irishrose

Phone call #2 - A Singer treadle from the 1930s. The owner says it says Leader on it. "Does it work?"

10 minutes later - the pictures arrived. It has the tension on the top, which is a minus to me, but the cabinet and machine look to be in good condition, though I wonder why the top isn't down in the pics. Internet: Leader machines were made by the A G Mason company from 1870-1899. Interesting - worth a roadtrip? I haven't heard from the third one, but a $25 machine may be too much of a project for me. How does the top tension thread?

Originally Posted by sewbizgirl

I don't have the machine so I can't take a picture, but your description sounds exactly like it. The plug is on top of the motor, too, not on the right side like most all Singers.