Help with Singer 503 Special
Hi everyone! A friend found a Singer 503 machine for me at a garage sale for $10 so I figured it if works, great and if not, I've only lost $10. It looked really clean, but the wheel wouldn't turn all the way. I cleaned the bobbin area, oiled it really well and worked with it till I finally got it to sew. Took all day but it sews a really pretty seam. Unfortunately, I can't unstick the wheel I'd have to turn to wind a bobbin. It's like that and the wheel that makes the needle go up & down are fused together. Any ideas on how to fix this? There are little nicks in the paint around the wheel that made me think someone had tried a wrench on it. So, I did too, but couldn't get a grip, just made a couple more paint dings. Thanks for any advice you can give.