I am a bit embarassed
#51
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Join Date: May 2010
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The feed dogs on my machine were going thump, thump, thump everytime I sewed. So I was going to take it to a repair man and I read this quilting site and couldn't remember if I ever oiled my machine. I love my machine and haven't wanted to give it up. It was purchased new in the early '70. Sooooo I brush off the feed dogs, oiled the little holes that was marked red, guess what! It purrs. Thanks gals. The money I saved on a repair guy I can buy fabric. Yeah!
#52
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Originally Posted by walen
YIKES! What a sleezie bunch of mechanics! What did you do to get to go into the service department?
Billy
#53
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Every machine needs at least a drop of oil in the bobbin, even the drop in bobbins, they go at fast speeds to rewind.
Sooooo, after making that statement, I again read my manual and it doesn't mention anything about oiling or lubricating machine. Now I am absolutely positive that I did read it somewhere in the materials that came with the machine when I purchased it, because I was VERY skeptical when I saw it said to not oil. I had never before heard of a machine not needing to be oiled and I have been sewing for more than 30 years (some of it industrial). :-o
#55
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Location: Windham, Maine
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
I have had my brother for about 2 years and did not know I was suppose to oil it either. It was running fine so I didn't think about it. So I found my manual which was lost and found out it is suppose to be oiled every hour that I use it. Boy was I surprised it was still running.
#56
Originally Posted by bstanbro
My Bernina tells me to oil it every 100,000 stitches, but I do it after every project. It starts getting noisier and oiling it keeps it quieted down to a nice purr. (Or maybe that was me.)
"I have had my brother for about 2 years and did not know I was suppose to oil it either. It was running fine so I didn't think about it. So I found my manual which was lost and found out it is suppose to be oiled every hour that I use it. Boy was I surprised it was still running."
So...how would you even know how to count 100,000 stitches (or does something tell you)???
And...EVERY HOUR??? Who was that instruction written for?
This has been a very interesting discussion!
#57
I have a Baby Lock quest plus and I could not find out where to oil it in the manual. I looked online and I still couldn't find the information. Would someone post a picture of the oiling site? That goes for my Janome JEM platinum also. Bless you.
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