Machine. Maintenance
#11
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
Posts: 8,562
I piece HSTs and other triangle type sections on one machine where I can not use my sticky-note-pad-1/4"-seam-barrier trick, and the other where I have the barrier set up for a straight 1/4" seam. I just move down the table length from one machine to the other, SEW handy.
Jan in VA
#13
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 952
I have several sewing machines (mostly Singer). I oil and clean each and everyone after I complete a project. The three newer ones don't need as much cleaning. The Vintage Singers are lubed and oiled after each major project and I do use different machines regularly.
#14
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 673
I don't think so. Crazy is spending thousands to do just straight stitch and zigzag on a plastic machine that you can't fix when you can get a reliable, fixable one (that occasionally carries the elusive scent of Cologne de la Huile) for less than 100 bucks.
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: West Islip, NY
Posts: 659
I sat and sewed on my featherweight all summer. I just recently changed the needle and oiled her. and you're right I then thought about the other machines and slowly pulled them out and clean them up & oiled whatever machines needed to be oiled. my janome says not to oil. don't understand that, so I just cleaned her up.
#18
I'm in the process of rotating my machines right now. I just added two to the herd and I figured I better give some of the old girls a spin before I get the new ones in to play with.
I also keep an inventory of my machines for my dear daughter who inherits all my worldly goods. My inventory lists each machine, model no., serial number, how much I paid for them, when I bought them, where I bought them, a list of presser feet and accessories, and a brief description of the kind of sewing they do. This way she'll have a pretty good idea of the worth of each machine.
I also keep an inventory of my machines for my dear daughter who inherits all my worldly goods. My inventory lists each machine, model no., serial number, how much I paid for them, when I bought them, where I bought them, a list of presser feet and accessories, and a brief description of the kind of sewing they do. This way she'll have a pretty good idea of the worth of each machine.
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