Originally Posted by justflyingin
I have a Janome also (a Horizon) and there is no word of oiling. However, after a couple hundred hours of sewing, my husband, sitting in the other room, said, "Honey...are you sure that thing doesn't need oiling...sounds like it does." I said, "I don't know, the book doesn't say anything about oiling."
Hmm...So, he took the sewing machine oil and found places where he thought it could use it. And yes, it helped how ti sounded.
I'm so glad that worked. I'll keep that in mind should I ever have the same thing happen. My very mechanically inclined son would surely find those mysterious places, too. I would just hope he wouldn't take the whole machine apart. He would be in his glory!
My mom was a great one for constantly oiling her machine and always impressed on me how important it was, and I always did on my previoius machines, but then I bought this Janome and was shocked at this "no oiling" business, and I just don't understand it. Anyway, after oiling my walking foot, it is OK now.