Originally Posted by
DanofNJ
Prudent check list. I might add...make sure feed dogs are present. In foreign models they are nearly impossible to find.
Oh yuck! You've ended up with feed dogs missing? The worst I've had for dogs is the rubber ones disintegrated. Or on the Winselmann - the entire lower portion of the machine was disengaged. LOL! The lesson there is don't look at a machine in the dark.
Another one to check is that all 3 screws are in the bobbin case. I got a 301 this week that looked like all the parts were there... then I went to clean the bobbin case. Missing the tension screw. I wonder if that could have anything to do with it ending up for sale. At least I can still get that screw, and it doesn't effectively write the machine off.
Still need to dig into the 201-2 to see if it has any surprises like Miriam said it might.
That's tomorrow (later today?) I didn't check that one for bobbin screws either... but it's in awfully good shape...