Originally Posted by
miriam
Are the cork gaskets in tact? When I got mine the bobbin case was broken, there were burrs and the tension spring was needing adjustment and it was full of oil beads. The oil pan was clean.
Gaskets? (plural?) There is a break in "the" gasket but it is "complete". It seems to seal just fine when set in the unit carefully. I have considered a coating of contact/rubber cement to bond the ends together in a non rigid fashion.
My boss just loaned me his high speed camera so that I can try to get a video of the needle/hook interaction at speed.
I will try to capture a series of pictures of the critical bits as well.
My sewing machine shop originally sold me a "v" belt for it but there is NO way that I can see that would let you put a contiguous belt on. (The clutch/pressure plate does not separate far enough) So I took that back and got a heavy leather belt. I own a pair of original Singer treadle belt pliers which made the connection SO easy... (first time using the pliers...) now she Zooms