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Old 08-24-2012, 09:19 AM
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J Miller
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Originally Posted by irishrose View Post
I am ready to scrap a Touch & Sew 639. I want the attachments and maybe the foot pedal, but the rest is history. The little gray spring that holds the bobbin in place is bad. A machine is no good without a bobbin. Too bad as this is the one that chainstitches. Not that I ever need to chainstitch. I may keep the case, too. It won't match any of my pretty black machines, but it will keep the dust off them.

I couldn't scrap an older treadle, but I did manage to find someone who wanted my one that was too much work for me.
Soooo ..... why not replace the spring? If that's the only thing wrong with it, seems like a shame to scrap it.

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