Originally Posted by justflyingin
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.
I know - always thought the same thing about machines - moving parts should be oiled. However, the machine has no holes or exposed parts anywhere for you to drop a little oil in, and the extensive owner's manual makes no reference whatever to oiling the machine except to specifically say not to (it's a Janome). The machine is about 8 years old and still runs as quietly and as smoothly as when it was new. So far, so good, I guess.
Probably a drop or so of oil in the walking foot won't hurt. Thanks for the advice.