Resources on how to disassemble/reassemble long bobbin winder
Hi Everyone,
I've got the bug - and my hubby is an enabler! He got me a rust-bucket 1892 Singer 28K to learn on. "Surprise, Darling - look what I got you!" - and yes, I was happy about it.
Everything re stitching is turning, going up and down etc. But I am going to have to take the bobbin winder (it has the big tyre on it) apart to de-rust and clean it and then I need to put it back together and adjust it so everything works "just so". There's not a lot out there on how to do this and while I have the adjuster's manual, that isn't too forthcoming on disassembly/reassembly. (That would be, pretty much useless.)
Does anyone know of a good online tute/blog/vid where some angel of mercy has done this and documented the process with their hints and tips? I'm very lucky with this one - as rusty as it is the bit that needs "spring" to hold a long bobbin in has plenty of pep. But the tiny-toothed gear is not meshing well enough with the worm to make the gear turn. So I already know in advance that will need adjusting. But of course that means I can't see how the "feeding-fork" that directs the thread to the bobbin is relative to the bobbin so it fills evenly end-to.end. My guess is that will need adjusting too by the time I've taken it apart and cleaned it and got it together again.
Any tips or hints, as always, gratefully received.
Thank you... Megan