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Looks like your doing a great job getting it ready to run again.

Glad you were able to clean and save this machine. I cleaned up my Mom's 403 that my heavy smoker sister had for many years. It is quite a job.

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Originally Posted by Linda - K.

Glad you were able to clean and save this machine. I cleaned up my Mom's 403 that my heavy smoker sister had for many years. It is quite a job.

love the slant-0-matics!!! Smokers can be fun to clean up after - this one is tougher than that for some reason.

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Originally Posted by grandmajuki

What a job you have taken on... why are/were you attracted to this machine? I see lots wanting older machines and just wondering...
judy

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-133897-1.htm
a post I made a while ago.

Love seeing your old machine become new again.
You are a natural to this re-do stuff.
Do let us see the when she "comes out" to make her debut?
Any name yet?

His name is Mr. Ed short for (Educational or maybe Edsel)

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Originally Posted by cherrybsixty

Miriam, good job, I thought Billy's tut were good, but, this is even more clearier. Thank you for sharing. Thanks for keeping is simple and plain to understand. Good luck with it.

Thank you for your kind words. This machine has an internal belt so it would not be a good idea to submerge - I'm doing everything I can to keep that belt from getting any thing on it. I will make another post when I get some more done on this machine. It will be difficult to get the zig zag parts to move freely - I cleaned a LOT of gunk off the externals - I'm kind of thinking heat may loosen the internals of the zig zag. I'm doing kind a no-no by not reading the manual. I should get busy on that. How ever, just getting it clean doesn't require much information. Getting it to move will be another story.

Miriam, it won't zig zag unless you set the stitch width knob...you do know this, right? If it's set on straight stitching and zero width, then no matter if you use the levers, it won't do anything but a straight stitch...

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Originally Posted by miriam

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Originally Posted by Candace

Are you sure thats's a 206 x 13 needle, Miriam? Your photo is a bit blurry, but it may not be. Lots of people stuck regular needles in these. Check your bobbin case. If it's all nicked up, chances are that's not the correct needle. Or at least it's really dull probably needs replacing anyway. I order mine online.

I just found the needles!!! I'm doing the happy dance!
http://shop.sew-classic.com/206x13-S...eedles_c46.htm

There are other places carry them too. Not hard to find as some people will state.

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Originally Posted by cherrybsixty

Miriam, good job, I thought Billy's tut were good, but, this is even more clearier. Thank you for sharing. Thanks for keeping is simple and plain to understand. Good luck with it.

You know I didn't read the manual yet. I was afraid I'd get busy playing with him and not get his face washed. Now that he is clean and I have about a week before I can get back I should spend serious time reading that manual. I'm am just afraid it is so gunked up that it is stuck. I don't want to hurt the zig zag parts.

Is yours a male too? I think mine is - you know how they like to make things more complicated than they need to be...