Originally Posted by
Raggiemom
I oil my 6600 on that little wick whenever I clean out the lint. I just bought some generic machine oil at Joanns. It was a couple dollars and I've had it for a few years and it's still pretty full.
Ditto this.
I do take my machine apart from the bottom every 8 to 12 months and clean out the lint and oil and grease the spots that need it. Your sewing machine dealer is going to tell you not to do that but my husband is electronics maintenance man and I routinely pop open $100K instruments in the lab and repair them. So, I risk it. It did make me nervous initially but with the cost of a service call and two trips to the shop (one to drop off and one to pick up) I figured it takes me 4 years to break even. At this point if I kill it I am actually money ahead.