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Addiction
I should also add that the tension dial needs to be assembled correctly, and sometimes the felt disc is hardened or missing. It is a simple dial: felt disc or discs go on first. Then the big disc with the slot in it with the "saucer" facing OUT. Then the slotted washer. Then the spring. Then the nut. I added one felt disc to my machine, reassembled it correctly, and my top tension problems are gone.
I have a Standard Rotary that I foolishly decided to remove the tension assembly for cleaning-on the porch, at dusk. The pieces flew all over and the next day I found a felt disk on the floor, no idea where it goes! I googled around and asked here (
Standard Rotary treadle tension reassembly help!), entry #6. I was never able to find any references to a felt disk in tension assembly, and I still sometimes have issues with that machine. If you can make sense of my post, can you tell me if I put the felt back in the wrong place?
Thanks,
Anne