Originally Posted by Carol's Quilts
I noticed the other day that my walking foot makes a squeaky noise when it's running. There is no noise when using other feet. Do you think it would be OK to lubricate it with sewing machine oil? My machine is a never-oil machine, so I haven't used oil in a long time.
My husband is a mechanic. He says there is no such thing as a machine that never needs oil. :)
If it has moving metal parts, it will need some sort of lubrication eventually.
But as to the walking foot squeaking. If it didn't used to squeak and now squeaks, I'd oil it.