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Cathy, I think I have figured out why my new Spartan does not pick up the bobbin thread. The only part of this machine that has rust on it is the bobbin case. It sat without a slide plate, which is probably why the case is rusted. When I try to pick up the bobbin thread the top thread goes part way around the case then gets stuck! I can gently pull on the thread with my hand and get it past the stuck parts, but I think it is the roughness of the rust that is the problem? Do you have a simple solution for removing that rust and smoothing the case out? That is without having to remove the case! I know you showed us all how easy those cases come off at the TOGA, but I am not sure I have the nerve to remove the case - I am not sure I'd get it back in!
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Some of the Japanese-made machines of the fifties and early sixties were left dedicated--in the straight stitch position, the needle was all the way to the left.
HI, I am new to the board, enjoying it . I have a wizard sewing machine baby blue very well taken care of i have a problem with it the needle not returning to the middle it stays on the left side. I will take and help i can with it. I love the way it sew and was thinking of giving it to doughter -in law to be, but i think this old baby is staying with me.
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Here's a National Two Spools in North Carolina if anyone is interested. Looks like you could negotiate the price.
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/atq/2762784910.html
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Here's a National Two Spools in North Carolina if anyone is interested. Looks like you could negotiate the price.
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/atq/2762784910.html
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/atq/2762784910.html
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I paid $30 for just the head of the first Two Spools and $150 for the second that came in the parlor. That has been the most I have paid for a machine and cabinet. I even debated on purchasing it at that price.
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Cathy, I would love to have you over on Sunday, but we are not going to be home! DARN!!!!!!! It would be fun to show you my machines!
On a good note, I got the Spartan working!!!!! I just used sewing machine oil and a board nail file on the rust until I got all I could see and feel off! The only problem now is there is a little wire thing on the right hand side of the bobbin case that the top thread has to pass between that wire and the bobbin case. The little wire is sometimes stopping the thread from going by there. I tried tweaking it and now I can sew, but once in a while I get a broken thread because it got caught there.
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On a good note, I got the Spartan working!!!!! I just used sewing machine oil and a board nail file on the rust until I got all I could see and feel off! The only problem now is there is a little wire thing on the right hand side of the bobbin case that the top thread has to pass between that wire and the bobbin case. The little wire is sometimes stopping the thread from going by there. I tried tweaking it and now I can sew, but once in a while I get a broken thread because it got caught there.
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Ok I am really disenchanted with the Pfaff's now. Every Pfaff I own, before now, is made in Germany! I know everything changes and this Pfaff I just picked up the other day - the one that I can't find any mention of even from a repairman - is made in Taiwan. We took it to a very old repairman today - he is in his 80's - and he said that it says Pfaff, but it looks like a Janome to him. Anyway, he had a plug and foot pedal that work with the Pfaff. Now, I know Singer never badged a machine, and I know in the past Pfaff didn't either. I also know that you had to have a license to even sell Pfaff parts, much less the machines so they are never in the box stores, but are they now badged machines? It is sad, but it makes sense if this is actually a badged machine - that is why I can find nothing out about it on the net, nor from a repairman!
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Nancy, I'm a bit lost. What Pfaff are you talking about?
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Ok I am really disenchanted with the Pfaff's now. Every Pfaff I own, before now, is made in Germany! I know everything changes and this Pfaff I just picked up the other day - the one that I can't find any mention of even from a repairman - is made in Taiwan. We took it to a very old repairman today - he is in his 80's - and he said that it says Pfaff, but it looks like a Janome to him. Anyway, he had a plug and foot pedal that work with the Pfaff. Now, I know Singer never badged a machine, and I know in the past Pfaff didn't either. I also know that you had to have a license to even sell Pfaff parts, much less the machines so they are never in the box stores, but are they now badged machines? It is sad, but it makes sense if this is actually a badged machine - that is why I can find nothing out about it on the net, nor from a repairman!
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I'm talking about the plastic wonder Pfaff I couldn't resist picking up for $15 at a flea market the other day. I know, I shouldn't be discussing the 'newer' machines here, but I just couldn't pass up a Pfaff for $15 bucks! I have never even seen a Pfaff at a flea market, thrift store, estate sale, yard sale before. How could a pass by one at a flea market for $15? Anyway, it is the Pfaff 4228 that didn't have a foot pedal or plug - that is why it was so cheap. I tried searching for the machine on the net and found some references to a 4228, but when I went into the sites that referenced the machine - nothing - no Pfaffs with that number listed anywhere! I still find nothing, and the repair guys - I tried two of them - find nothing either! So if the 'vintage' repair guy who has been doing this for 50 + years says he thinks it is not made by Pfaff, I believe him! Or could it be that all the machines coming out of Taiwan, look the same and are made by the same people there?
Anyway, I actually like this little machine. I have a couple modern, new Janomes that I really use to use all the time - until I got into vintage. It is nice to have another new machine for the kids and for light weight trips to classes since this one does decorative, has needle positioning, etc.
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Anyway, I actually like this little machine. I have a couple modern, new Janomes that I really use to use all the time - until I got into vintage. It is nice to have another new machine for the kids and for light weight trips to classes since this one does decorative, has needle positioning, etc.
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