Look what I just inherited...
#14
That is the sewing machine I learned to sew on! I've thought about trying to find one for nostalgia. I can't remember what year my mom got it for Christmas. I think it was second grade when I started sewing in 4-H and that would have been around 1986/1987. I think it just died one day when I was in high school.
#15
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Don't let it intimidate you...it is very easy to thread. Just a couple of up and downs with the thread. You have a wonderful machine and it will work very hard for you. Enjoy!
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There's proably one out there for free, but I couldn't find any. If you join the vintage viking groups.io they have all the manuals. There's lots of help and advice to be found, even expert repair guys are active there.
Cleaning and oiling one of the old machines are a bit more work than they originally were. The main thing is the lubrication free gears, which isnt lubriation free anymore. With regular service they were meant to be oiled with a very stable and slightly thicker oil. The gears are sintered and porous, and you can either start applying a regular machine oil more frequently, or track down a replacement for the original type oil. If you search for it, you will find everything on the group.io. You will get good help here too, but for the manuals and techniqual bit, this is a good supplement. https://groups.io/g/vikingsewingmachinespre1980/topics
Cleaning and oiling one of the old machines are a bit more work than they originally were. The main thing is the lubrication free gears, which isnt lubriation free anymore. With regular service they were meant to be oiled with a very stable and slightly thicker oil. The gears are sintered and porous, and you can either start applying a regular machine oil more frequently, or track down a replacement for the original type oil. If you search for it, you will find everything on the group.io. You will get good help here too, but for the manuals and techniqual bit, this is a good supplement. https://groups.io/g/vikingsewingmachinespre1980/topics
#19
https://pages.uoregon.edu/craigb/Vik...20brochure.pdf
Here's some instructional video also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czQ3HekB5_I
I found out that there is a difference between computerized machines & electronic. Your machine is electronic.
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