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Old 11-03-2011, 04:10 PM
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Cool Singer 58' 185 K3

Picked her up at the local flea-market for $25 Clean as a whistle, and purrrrrrs like a

kitten......beautiful, yummy green.......well poop, I've tried 5 times to load the pic....just won't let

me....I'll try for a pic later. Just wanted to let someone ( who'll appreciate her ), know that I got a new

baby.... her name is Boop...after the GREAT Betty Boop
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YAY!! Congrats!
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Old 11-03-2011, 04:23 PM
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congrat to you - can't wait til we all figure out how to post pix, so we can see your Boop.
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I wanna see her picture too!
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I have a 1956 185K, and I love using it. I have trouble with the plate covering the bobbin. Do you have that problem too? Enjoy.
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Originally Posted by SnowQuilt View Post
I have a 1956 185K, and I love using it. I have trouble with the plate covering the bobbin. Do you have that problem too? Enjoy.
Probably not sitting all of the way in the spring, to take it off you have to pull it back a tad then lift the front and push it over the needle plate. Then take a small screwdriver and help the spring into both sides of the plate. Also while you have it off you can clean the area up a bit just in case there was dust or dirt under it or in the area of the plate.

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Originally Posted by Lostn51 View Post
Probably not sitting all of the way in the spring, to take it off you have to pull it back a tad then lift the front and push it over the needle plate. Then take a small screwdriver and help the spring into both sides of the plate. Also while you have it off you can clean the area up a bit just in case there was dust or dirt under it or in the area of the plate.

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Thank you Billy, I'll give that a try.
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Originally Posted by SnowQuilt View Post
I have a 1956 185K, and I love using it. I have trouble with the plate covering the bobbin. Do you have that problem too? Enjoy.
YES! I got the bobbin plate off to fill the bobbin....now it does NOT want to go on ...sits a little loosely over the hole.
Maybe it's operator error on my part
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The plate has to go on from right to left-I know it sounds wrong. Start from the needle side and using Billy's instructions from above for the spring, push it to the left. It may take more than one try. Good luck!

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Yeah Singer did that so you would not yank it off everytime you opened the plate to change the bobbin.

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