I have a Singer Confidence 7469 machine. Granted it is not a high end machine, but it really does the job and was in my budget. I've had it for about 4 yrs. now and have made many quilts, fabric boxes, and wall hangings on it. I do all my FMQ on it also. Well, I'm sewing along on another quilt and all of a sudden the thing starts to make a noise and sort of tries to seize up.
The hand wheel is very hard to turn. I clean it regularly. I don't know if I should take it to a repair shop, the closest one is 78 miles from me, or just chuck it. This machine does not get oiled etc. as it said in the manual. Usually can fix most of my machines, vintage, myself but I took out all the screws and the thing still will not open up. Wanted to see if anything was amiss inside by the wheel. Has anyone out there have one of these machines and had this problem?