Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
Hi Janey,
I don't have an Atlas machine(yet!) so I'm probably not going to be much help ...
Oh, shucky darn.
Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
...you may have to expand your search to include other Brother built brands(go by picture not model), ...
I don't know all the other badge names for Brother, but knowing that this Atlas was built by Brother. I did search for Brother. The Galaxie 230 is closest except for the drop feed knob on the bed.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MID-...IAAOSw9ZdXKToK
Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
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I've only seen pics of a set of Atlas cams once and can't remember what they looked like, only that they were in a marked box. ...
What kind of "marked box"??? Most of the vintage cams just seem to say "Deluxe Zig Zag" I'm guessing that the Atlas ones would have come in a pink box, but don't know as can't seem to find a picture of an Atlas with cams. - just the Galaxie 230.
Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
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The wick thingy is similar to what some of my Brother machines have. If the wicks are hard then you should clean or replace them. Is there also a plastic oiling system, or what I call an oil rail on the under side of the machine top? My machines that have this wick also have the oil rail.
Cari
I'll try to get a better picture of the underside of the top and the wicks. I looked at it a little closer (actually removed metal piece that has the wicks coming out of it. The wicks are fairly short and a knot on the end so they don't come through.
More later,
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.