Walking Foot Fell Apart
#1
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Location: Mendocino Coast, CA
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Walking Foot Fell Apart
Blast it all! My walking foot just completely disintegrated in my hands. It's like a 3-D puzzle, or house of cards that suddenly fell to pieces. I have no idea how to get it back together and I'm usually pretty handy at fixing things. Does anyone know about fixing these gizmos? If not, can anyone recommend a sturdier walking foot for my Singer Slantomatic, 403A?
Thanks,
Cindy
Thanks,
Cindy
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Location: Michigan
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Don't know, but I thought I would save some money by purchasing a generic unit. Broke after a couple months use. My generic one was plastic, the genuine foot was all metal. I would go for a brand name one.
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Location: West Texas
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I would like to find a walking foot with a metal shank. The plastic shanks are the first thing to break for me, although I have had the whole thing fall apart also. Once I found a penguin WF at an estate sale for a couple of dollars. It was dysfunctional, but my friend was able to attach the little spring inside, and it worked fine.
Right now I have a slant WF that works perfectly on my 301 -- I just hope it lasts. The last two that I have purchased for my short shank Pfaff 130 have not worked correctly. It seems to be trial and error to me!
Right now I have a slant WF that works perfectly on my 301 -- I just hope it lasts. The last two that I have purchased for my short shank Pfaff 130 have not worked correctly. It seems to be trial and error to me!
#7
I have two that the bottom part fell off. I took one to the Baby Lock shop and they put it together, it just snapped into place, but it didn't stay one when I started to use it. The Juki did the same thing. I thought I just wore them out, no one has ever told me not to use them in reverse. May have to remember that.
#8
I have a Viking walking foot that did not work correctly so i bought a new one for $37 on sale. I brought it home and looked at my old on and the arm that goes up on the crew was not moving nice and freely so I took it apart and watched how it went together and it was all gummed up with grimie stuff so I cleaned it all up and put back together and it is fine. I took the new one back.
#9
I have two that the bottom part fell off. I took one to the Baby Lock shop and they put it together, it just snapped into place, but it didn't stay one when I started to use it. The Juki did the same thing. I thought I just wore them out, no one has ever told me not to use them in reverse. May have to remember that.
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