Thursday, December 26, 2013

Update

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Lots has happened in the past few weeks. We closed the quilt shop. After 18 months with not a single profitable month, we got tired of con...
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Sunday, December 08, 2013

The 66 is Finally Finished!

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  I spent most of the day putting the finishing touches on this machine.  All I had left was the tension assembly and the bobbin winder and ...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Singer 66 Update

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Progress is happening on the 66 I blogged about earlier. Step 1 - I stripped it down to bare bones Step 2 - Cleaned all the old b...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Industrial Sewing Machines for Home Use

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Everyone knows that industrial machines sew better, last longer, and are more reliable than domestic sewing machines but many sewis...
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

What Have I Done to Deserve THIS? Singer 66

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A lady brought her Great-Grandmother's sewing machine into the shop for servicing this afternoon.  She said it had been stored in an unf...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Rocketeer #1 is Finished!

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  This machine is one I thought was 100%. However, when using it, the light switch was very touchy - I had to turn the light on &...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Singer Stylist 533

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A lady dropped this by the shop last Saturday. She had picked it up for her daughter and wanted it checked out before she gifted it.  It...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Rocketeer Bobbin Winder Latch Spring

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  As I was reassembling the bobbin winders on my three 500's and the 503, I noticed that on only one of the four machines did the bobbin...
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Saturday, November 09, 2013

Singer Rocketeer Bobbin Winder Spring

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One of the weak points of the Singer 500a and 503a is the bobbin winder spring.  The spring breaks and the bobbin winder will no longer spri...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Slant Needle Nose Door Hinge Repair

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I estimate that half the slant needle Singers I find in the wild have a broken upper hinge on the nose door.  This is especially true of th...
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