Originally Posted by
greenini
I did an awful. Yesterday I broke a needle while trying FMQ and I'm pretty sure I knocked the timing out and I'm getting quotes of minimum$60...anybody retimed their own machine? I'm headed to the vintage shop also but since this thread is here, thought I'd try here first. Am really bummed out....
The 301 is the EASIEST machine to retime (IMO). I've retimed 3 or 4 of them. Please don't spend $60 to do it! Are you sure it needs retiming? Does the new needle hit the bobbin case?