1912 Singer Red Eye - broken thread guide
I recently acquired a battered 1912 Singer Red Eye that I've painstakingly gone through, only to realize that the upper arm thread guide, the wire hook near the thread take-up lever, had been snapped off. There is only the tiniest bit protruding (which was why I didn't notice it in the first place), not really enough to grab onto. I can get a replacement guide, but how do I get what's left of the old one out? I can't find where anyone has addressed this particular calamity. Any suggestions? Surely it can't mean the end of Lavinia...can it?