Hi Everyone,
I'm sure this topic has been covered already but my search skills are not faring well today. I've got a Singer Model 12K from about 1884 - so the clutch release is not the one you pull out. I've got out the two sliding plates so I can get to the shuttle. I also want to remove the throat plate and have removed the screw but can't "lift off" the throat plate. Even after it has soaked liberally in penetrating oil. There's no rust, things are well and truly gummed up with old oil that has gone almost "tarry".
Is that throat plate meant to slide out rather than push in? The online manuals I've looked at don't even talk about cleaning the feed dogs. This was probably so obvious to even the youngest seamstresses in the family that it didn't warrant a mention in the manual lest you take offence as the gentle reader of the suggestion you're an idiot!
I - on the other hand - am very much at the ID10T level, despite my RTFM approach. So any tips at all are welcomed, regardless of how obvious they might seem to the experienced.
I've also seen here:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/12k_parts_for_sale
a feed dog slide cover for under the bed (their stock number D2308). Where on Earth does that belong? I can't see one in my machine. Nor can I see it in my slightly younger 12K that does have the pull-out clutch release. Will that remain hidden until I get the throat plate out - or...?
Thanks heaps for any help at all,
Megan