Originally Posted by AliceQ
Hi all! I need help! I just bought a Kenmore 158.19461. It's a free arm machine without it's bed. Do any of you know where I might find this piece? Also it's a zig zag machine that won't zig zag. I've cleaned and oiled what I can get to and it didn't help. Any advice?
Fixed up it is a nice machine. It may have some dried oil in the part that goes side to side. Take off the nose plate - push the needle bar side to side - look where it goes side ways - clean out any dried up oil then re-oil - then open up the top and look for places that move the needle bar side to side - clean and oil them too. you may have to heat those places to get them free. triflow may cut through the dried up oil
don't know about a bed for it - maybe you can make one out of plywood.