Originally Posted by
J Miller
Does anyone know how to check and adjust the timing on a National / Eldredge Reversew VS machine?
I've run into some variations of info, but mostly the data I've found says 20x1 needles. Unfortunately they vary a lot.
One needle was bent when the point of the shuttle somehow got between it and the machine body. OUCH!
So any help would be appreciated.
Joe
I was hoping someone would chime in that actually had experience that machine. I've only tried any timing issues with a Singer 626 (it actually needs to be adjusted some more). I got it to pretty well zigzag but I really wanted it to chainstitch. I did get it to do that.
However, a while back, I refurbished a coworker's 1930ish Franklin long shuttle. The info I had for it said that it took 20x1 needles and I researched way too long to figure out how/where to get needles for it. I finally decided to jump in and start cleaning and polishing. I kept finding needle tips in different places. I think I found about 4 or 5 of them. I decided that I would just try some 15x1 and see what happened. It worked fine and was able to make a bag for the controller. The machine is at the shop and I even had another guy ask if I could fix a backpack. We pulled the machine out and fixed on the spot.
Just a suggestion to try a regular 15x1 needle - Maybe sometime in its life it got adjusted to use the more easily obtainable needles or maybe it was made that way originally.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.