Originally Posted by
redmadder
Trouble is, the pin seems to be ever so slightly bent, so even after cleaning and buffing, it's not reliable, resulting in the tension not engaging when I put the needle down. Back to the ordering board.
When I bought out that OSMGs stuff there was a bag of nails - some had been trimmed, some not...
There was also a bag of fish hooks. Some had the hook part trimmed then the rest of the hook bent and some had not - I think he was making thread guides for the Singer 66 out of the fish hooks. Fish hook probably a penny and a hook probably a lot more - same with the nails - nail a penny, tension pin - probably a lot more.