Originally Posted by
Mrs. SewNSew
It's some sort of cheap pot metal, but the replacements are not so cheap!
Replacements are probably not cheap because there are so few survivors out there.
Sory to hear of your frustration!
Originally Posted by
sdhaevrsi
You are having some discouraging machines to work on lately.
I call those ones "Character Builders". I've built a lot of character in the last several months...
Originally Posted by
miriam
The stuck fly wheel is no doubt a stuck needle bar - oil the shafts. I got my clone working. Like a fool I hit the shaft with a hammer - it moved but the machine did not.
Miriam, I'm thinking we may need to take your hammer away for a bit!! Touch and throws only!!
The 31-15 I freed up had a handwheel completely seized solid. It was one of the ... uh... slidy bits that was stopping it moving. And yes, now that I've said that and you all are thinking "WTH is she talking about" I will go snap a pic. LOL!