Disaster strikes my Elna in the form of the seamstress.
06-30-2012, 09:01 PM
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I'm happy for you! I have my mom's old Elna Super 62C and just love that old gal. It would break my heart if anything ever happened that couldn't be fixed. There's a vintage Elna yahoo group you might find helpful. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elnahe...ewingmachines/
07-01-2012, 03:39 AM
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I'm happy for you! I have my mom's old Elna Super 62C and just love that old gal. It would break my heart if anything ever happened that couldn't be fixed. There's a vintage Elna yahoo group you might find helpful. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elnahe...ewingmachines/
07-02-2012, 04:36 AM
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Well, here I am with egg on my face! I am reminded of the verse, "Weeping lasts for a night, but joy comes in the morning." Well, joy did come. I took it to the LQS in Ottumwa, Iowa. There a very kind owner looked at my machine and lo and behold, I didn't have the crazy needle far enough up in the shank! Now I have changed probably thousands of needles, even took this one out, turned it around to be sure I had it in properly, re-read the needle package to be sure I had the right ones, etc., etc., but he said that sometimes in older machines lint
accumulates and it is hard to get them in far enough! Well, it was a very cheap fix and of course I discovered some material that I "had to have" so hopefully he got as good a deal as I had. Thank heaven for an owner who can fix machines!
accumulates and it is hard to get them in far enough! Well, it was a very cheap fix and of course I discovered some material that I "had to have" so hopefully he got as good a deal as I had. Thank heaven for an owner who can fix machines!
07-02-2012, 09:24 AM
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Oh, good for you Q65! I, too had my old faithful machine freeze up on me. I finished a quilt in early April and was working on the border on another and when I turned her on this weekend, she just whirred her engine and the gears did not work. She is 54 years old and has never been in hospital! I surely hope she can be fixed as she is my go-to machine for everything. It is a Singer 401A--the last all steel one and it will sew through iron, I think. Hope the local shop can fix her.
07-02-2012, 12:39 PM
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I came very close to what you did, I forgot to change feet and tried to do a zigzag stitch with my 1/4 foot still on.
Threw her out of timing I did. I was fortunate in that I did it when my Bernina was brand new and still under warrantee so the repair was no charge. Phew. It sounds like you also got off very cheaply. So happy to see it was such a simple fix as the needle not being in all the way.
Threw her out of timing I did. I was fortunate in that I did it when my Bernina was brand new and still under warrantee so the repair was no charge. Phew. It sounds like you also got off very cheaply. So happy to see it was such a simple fix as the needle not being in all the way.
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