Originally Posted by
Gay
ditto - cjsews - I didn't think the needle shaft that goes up an down needed oiling. After all, we're told not to oil anything as it happens automatically.
I would like to find out how to get the covers of so I can blow out the dust bunnies, but my manual doesn't show me that
Gay..never blow out the dust from your machine..you can so easily blow some of it
INTO the machine and cause some real problems. I use my vacuum cleaner with the smallest suction tip....I actually have a very small tip for reversing and blowing up bags, etc.
Re oiling, actually most computerized machines have silicone parts and oil can be destroying to them, but there are a few places that you can oil. For instance my emb machines say "do not oil". As I stood over my dealer repairman, I saw him put a little oil in the bobbin race with his finger--I said "you are not supposed to use oil". He replied, "i'm the repair expert" and went on to say just a bit in that location was a good thing.