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Old 04-04-2013, 05:52 PM
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Mine is a small aerosol can with straw...about 1" wide x 6" high with the lid on. Mine is OLD! My dad was a gun collector. I found it in with his gun stuff...& he passed away in 2002
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Old 04-05-2013, 12:37 AM
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I've never needed to use the spray - just the drip tube - it does a great job.
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Old 04-05-2013, 01:36 AM
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They also had a spray cannister and I wish I would have gotten that, just to have more on hand--but in the end, I had enough to get it ungunked and ordered more to have on hand, to keep it healthy. I also used our gun cleaning tools to soak up the extra oil in the bottom of the machine that was pooling up a little. A few of the non-lint swab squares on the end cleaned it right up.

It sews very nicely, I was trying some of the stitches last night. I'm fairly certain my grandmother, who was a seamstress, had a very similar model she used. I have to try and wind bobbins tonight--haven't done that yet.

Question, if anyone sees this--do I have to purchase special needles for this machine, or are todays needles I would put in my Bernina--with the flat back end--going to work?
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Old 04-06-2013, 03:53 PM
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I think you got a deal, girlfriend!
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Old 04-09-2013, 10:06 AM
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I'd read the owner's manual cover to cover first. If one did not come with it, they are downloadable free, from ISMACS site and/or Singer, I forget. Best of all...the pages download on 8 1/2 x 11, much easier to see all the parts, etc.
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Old 04-09-2013, 03:16 PM
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I do have the original owners manual and I downloaded a copy to my Ipad. I'm going to read it over and over by section. It is working very well now, thanks to help from this board and my new best friend, Tri Flow
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