Originally Posted by
irishrose
I brought home the Montgomery Wards 15 clone tonight. I haven't purchased it yet. I want to try FMQ with it first. Tension was off - I got that, didn't advance well - whoops, the feed dogs were down, but 1) it sounds like a tank and 2)where is the thread cutter?
It's a pretty little thing. Shiny black with moderate silver trim.
Pic??? Some don't have thread cutters. I bet you can get one some place. Glad you found and rescued that one. You will really like it once you get it moving. Sounds like a tank? Did you oil every moving part you can find under, inside the nose, inside the top? Check the pulley to be sure it is tight on the shaft. Clean out the bobbin shuttle - look in a manual - those pop apart to clean - lint could make it make noise. Use a flash light to shine in the holes to see that the oil hits the moving target. Move the machine as you oil so you can see what parts move - oil the friction points. Those machines move so sweet when they are oiled.