miriam

For starting out, I took apart a featherweight when I was very young, put it all back. All I had was a user manual. So I have worked on machines for a few years. Another way to learn is to find some junk machines and see if you can make them work. Most of the time they can be made to work unless they are plastic wonders or computerized or too rusted. I have bought 50 at a time a couple times. Then I have bought junk machines one at a time here and there. I learned the most from a 401g I found in the garbage. It did not work at all. I searched and searched to find information. I revived it. After that I only bought slant-o-matic machines for a while. I have a couple just for parts. Since they caught on and Facebook caught on they aren't very plentiful but I like working on them. I also had industrial machines in a business for a few years. One of them always needed something. It also helps to have sewed for over 60 years and been too broke to have one repaired. The other thing I did was buy out old sewing machine repair guys stash. A couple times. I got a full set of manuals and lots of parts. The class mainly confirmed a lot of things I knew. The advanced RW class really was too ADHD for me to learn anything more than a couple things I might have been able to figure out on Utube. Some people learn ok from the classes. I learn by doing and making plenty of mistakes. The school of hard knocks can teach you a lot but what ever way you learn there is always a cost - just ask Igor.