Sunday, January 25, 2015

The Needle On My Sewing Machine Breaks

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This is the installment for "The Needle Breaks", another common problem.  Not all steps apply to all machines (if a bobbin case la...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Pfaff 1222

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I haven't attended the local Friday night auction for some time and I haven't bought a sewing machine in a while.  This week, th...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

Upper (Needle) Thread Breaks

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  I found a very comprehensive troubleshooting chart in a service manual for industrial machines and edited it for home machines and home se...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Singer Genie 354 Revisited

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Remember this sad relic I picked up over a year ago? After suffering buyer's remorse for 14 months, I got tired of looking at it on...
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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Low Shank Snap-On Feet

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I had such good luck with the set of high shank accessories, I thought I should try out the low shank set.   Since most of the feet are...
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Friday, November 14, 2014

Singer 401

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I don't have anything Earth-shattering to write about today, I just wanted to remind my loyal followers that I am still around. On the...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Unknown Accessory

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I was cruising the Goodwill auction site today and ran across "8 Pounds of Sewing Machine Accessories".  No one had yet bid and th...
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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Willcox & Gibbs

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We went to the weekly auction last night.  I was drawn in by the photo of an electric Willcox & Gibbs machine that appeared to be in goo...
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Sunday, September 07, 2014

Singer 401/403/404 Tension Adjustment

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Today I dug out a Singer 403 that I haven't used in a long time (maybe never). I'm not sure I ever serviced this machine when I...
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Thursday, September 04, 2014

High Shank Snap-On Feet Test

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I got a chance to test drive the high shank snap-on feet this afternoon.  I was pleasantly surprised, Everything fit and worked well.  I use...
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