Originally Posted by
Stitch124
Tammi -- so I got home and lubed and oiled the machine. Runs like a top!!!! Now just one more thing I need to fix. There's a washer that needs to go in behind the stitch length control...Here are pics. I know that the washer goes with the 3 bent tips going inward toward the inside, but how in the world can I get this washer in place? This is a real bugger to slide into place. Got any suggestions? Here are some pics.
Hey Julie,
I'm so sorry for disappearing on you. I got busy and just didn't get a chance to get back to this thread. I see that you got this washer sorted out, so that's great!
Originally Posted by
Stitch124
Holy cow...just read your blog posts. 14 machines!! You are my hero!! I have only 4, not counting the little black FW I just refinished. I have a Sears Kenmore 1802(from 1971 my first purchase as a single woman), a Singer 403A (pristine), Singer 401 (just like Mom's), and my beautiful Birdy (white/green 1964 FW) that I got from my parents to make my own clothes for school. I was taking up too much time on Mom's 401!
I also have a beautiful Singer Treadle #61 cabinet that looks just like yours, but no machine in it yet. Not sure what machine will actually fit into it. I'd like a treadle but only if it's in good shape...not going to refinish any other ones than the FW's. I'm also looking for two more FW's to refinish and repaint for my granddaughters. I want to leave each one of my g/kids with a FW so they can say their Nana made them a quilt on their machines.
Time to go home. Will update my earlier post in a bit.
The treadle cabinet that I have will fit most of the full sized "black" machines that you'll find. Mine originally came with the 27 that you see in it, but I've had the 15-91 in it, so any of the 15 series will likely fit. So would a 201, 66, etc.
The black ones that obviously won't are the 3/4 sized machines: 28, 128, 99, Spartan, etc.
I think my count is up to almost 20 machines now. I haven't had a lot of time to blog lately. There's a 401A, a 503J, a 201, the Winselmann, another FW, a 99, oh,. and the 28 and the 128, I picked up in Calgary.... hmm,.. that's over 20. And I have 3 on "reserve" up north. There's a Wilcox and Gibbs chainstitch machine, a Rocketeer paper doll cutter, and a beautiful Saxonia I'm likely going to pay way too much money for. I have to make a trip up there to get them soon, but I need to scrape together a little more cash first.
Then there are the 14 machines I picked up to repair and sell, plus a few donated ones that I want to donate to the seniors homes around here, I think that makes an even 18 refurbs on my desk. Ugh. I'm halfway through those though, and I hope those don't count, since they're only visiting.
In the batch of machines I picked up though, there's a 328K. It's fairly well panned by a number of people, but it seems like a good steady little stitcher. In a test sew, the tension was perfect, and only the motor was a little slow. That was fixed by removing a bunch of the old grease, and just running it for a few minutes. It may get added to the herd. There's no representation for the 300 series machines otherwise....
It just needs a tuneup and a couple of spool pins.