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J Miller 05-29-2012 04:46 AM

Singer Repair Manuals
 
Where can I find Singer repair manuals? Not the owners manuals, but the shop manuals to actually fix and adjust the innards of these things?

I've tried a bunch of places but all I find is parts books and owners manuals.



Joe

Vintage.Singers.NYC 05-29-2012 04:58 AM

The following lists are incomplete and poorly organized, but there are some Adjuster's Manuals scattered throughout. (The problem is you have to download them first to see what they are....)

http://parts.singerco.com/IPsvcManuals/

http://parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/

jlhmnj 05-29-2012 04:59 AM

Hi Joe,

Some are listed here. I've also emailed them and gotten additional not listed (301).

http://sewing-machines.blogspot.com/...e-manuals.html

Jon

J Miller 05-29-2012 05:23 AM

Rain,
Those were two I've been searching for. The links are in my other hard drive that failed.

Jon,
Haven't communicated with Ed in a while. I guess I should read his blog more often.

Thanks for the links.

Joe

J Miller 05-29-2012 08:51 AM

I've been to those places recommended above as well as doing a Google search and so far no luck. I'm specifically looking for a 413 and a 538 service / repair / adjusting manual.

Any body know of any for these two?

Joe

Vintage.Singers.NYC 05-29-2012 10:23 AM

Hi Joe, I realize this won't help you with your current problem, but I'll throw this out there since it seems you repair, or are starting to repair, a pretty wide variety of machines. You may want to look into taking Ray White's sewing machine repair class if one is offered near you:

http://www.whitesewingcenter.com/repairclass.php

I've sung the class' praises on other forums as well. As you get into more and different kinds of machines, you'll find it's impossible to find Adjuster's Manuals for all of them, or even worse, sometimes you go to the trouble of tracking down the manual--and the part you need to fix isn't even mentioned! That's when I've found Ray's training handy, as he teaches you to "learn" a machine by looking at the parts. It helped me fix some problems on a Singer 111w155 industrial that I couldn't find any assistance for.

As for a more short-term solution, one idea might be to do a little research and find out if there are other models that are similar to the 413 and 538, in the way that the 403 and 500a have a few things in common. Then, if you can acquire an Adjuster's Manual for the similar model, there might be enough overlap in it to help you.

The other short-term solution is to jump on the Vintage Singers Yahoo Group and do a search of the archives to see if anyone's had, and fixed, the specific problems you're having. Failing that you can post a query in hopes that someone's got the fix.

Bennett 05-29-2012 10:46 AM

I've found several manuals and adjusters manuals at Scribd. You can't download without a subscription or uploading your own content, but you can view them online for free.

J Miller 05-29-2012 11:04 AM

Rain,

I'd love to take Ray's course, but finances prohibit that for the forseeable future. I'll just tinker along till I find what I want.

Bennett,
Will check it out.

Joe

Pat M. 05-29-2012 01:45 PM

I ordered one from April1930.com

DeAnne-Mn. 05-30-2012 07:22 PM

Thank you everyone for the info, Just a newbe trying to get started.


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